Content Tagged with: College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Neuroscience student plays winning game at Grad Slam
David Nikom found the right metaphor to explain his research about the high incidence of Alzheimer’s in women by looking back at his childhood playing video games with his older brother. Nikom, a doctoral student in neuroscience, took first place in the 12th annual UCR Grad Slam Final on April 10 at the School of Business Building. The event...
New agreement expands GIS resources
UC Riverside is renewing its contract with Esri with a new licensing agreement that will expand the availability of geospatial and mapping software to the campus. The university has long had a relationship with the Redlands-based GIS technology giant and licensed its technology for use by students, staff, and faculty members in every college and...
Four researchers selected for prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Postdoctoral scholar and doctoral students to join global cohort of young scientists in Germany
A rising star in fungal science
UC Riverside mycologist Sydney Glassman wins national early-career award
Gravitational physics community gathers at UCR
The 42nd Jim Isenberg Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting brought leading gravitational researchers to campus for the first time
Faculty promotions and awards celebrated
UC Riverside honored faculty members for their achievements at the 2026 Faculty Recognition Reception on Thursday, March 5 at the Riverside Convention Center. Faculty members were recognized for their promotions and advancements in the last academic year. They were also honored for receiving awards in research and creative activities from groups...
Professor receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Wound Healing Society
Manuela Martins-Green’s lab pioneered studies on the role of chemokines in wound healing
From diagnosis to discovery: Marin Furukuwa’s journey through epilepsy research
Undergraduate’s internship experience fueled her passion for neuroscience and healthcare
UC Riverside doctoral student awarded prestigious DOE fellowship
Ryan Milton will conduct AI-based nuclear physics research at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Postdoc receives CURE Epilepsy’s Taking Flight Award
Mahboubeh Ahmadi will study hippocampal inhibitory circuits and seizure-related behaviors
A UCR astrophysicist is now an asteroid
A scientist, his asteroid, and a happy hour
Tango mandarin is ‘2026 Flavor of the Year’ in Spain and Portugal
A European trade association chooses the UCR-developed Tango mandarin as "Flavor of the Year" in Spain and Portugal.
UCR scientists win 2025 Buchalter Cosmology Prize
Research shows how the universe’s first galaxies may have generated magnetic fields in intergalactic space
Custom engineering brings radioactivity to life
A box on wheels built in a UCR machine shop is changing the way students see physics
The princess with a point
As the 2025 American Honey Princess and a master’s student in entomology at UC Riverside, Emilia Burnham has found a unique way to connect with schoolchildren and inspire future scientists.
The hidden glass shop powering UCR science
Stephen Lepore’s custom glasswork keeps research moving across campus and beyond
UCR researchers recognized as ‘Highly Cited’ in 2025
Six UCR faculty members make Clarivate Analytics' 2025 list.
UCR scientist recognized by American Federation for Aging Research
Huimin Zhang has received AFAR’s Grant for Junior Faculty
UCR welcomes new faculty members
UC Riverside welcomed 73 new permanent faculty members from a variety of disciplines for the 2025-26 academic year. The new faculty members offer expertise on a wide range of subjects from natural disaster management to classical and folk Korean dance. Their research topics include the role of deception in influencing people, exploring icy planets...
UCR physicist pushes for NASA & NSF funding in Washington, D.C.
On Save NASA Science Day of Action, Steve Choi joined hundreds of scientists and advocates from across the country