University of California-Riverside (UCR)
(Riverside, CA)
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The University of California, Riverside is one of 10 universities within the prestigious University of California system, and the only UC located in Inland Southern California.Widely recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the nation, UCR's current enrollment is over 19,000 students, with a goal of 21,000 students by 2020. The campus is in the midst of a tremendous growth spurt with new and remodeled facilities coming on-line on a regular basis.We are located approximately 50 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. UCR is also within easy driving distance of dozens of major cultural and recreational sites, as well as desert, mountain and coastal destinations.
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Super Tiny Giraffe is UC Riverside graduate student Shaahin Amini's entry for the "Science as Art" competition, sponsored by the MRS (Materials Research Society). The photos are of a mix of nickel, aluminum and carbon viewed through a high-powered microscope.
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UC Riverside Commencement 2005 - Earthquake During Rigoberto Gonzalez Address
On Sunday, January 12, 2005, writer, poet and UCR alumnus Rigoberto Gonzalez was giving his keynote address at the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Commencement ceremony. He told the crowd that his father used a Spanish expression that translates to...
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Nature - The Best Engineer - First Sundays at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum
Undergraduate students from Professor David Kisailus' lab at the University of California, Riverside teamed up with students from Mira Loma Middle School to demonstrate how invertebrate animals develop the tools they need for survival and what science can...
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Because babies grow well on formula, the benefits of breast-feeding are not immediately apparent. Long-term studies are beginning to show a higher incidence of disease—including asthma and diabetes—among patients who were fed formula as infants. However, the cellular and biological mechanisms are not yet well understood. By...
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As a health expert and social psychologist, Prof. Friedman developed the most extensive study of long life ever conducted. Based on data collected from 1500 Americans over eight decades, his work reveals some surprising results. Personality traits such as conscientiousness and persistence predict life expectancy at least as well as biological...
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Today the average American is exposed to more than 80000 toxic industrial compounds from the use of everyday products. In his most recent book, "Legally Poisoned," Prof. Cranor advocates for significant, immediate changes in US regulatory and public health laws so that testing of chemicals and nanoengineered materials is required before...
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The Center for Plant Cell Biology (CEPCEB) engages world-class researchers from a broad range of fields in interdisciplinary research. Under the director of Dr. Natasha Raikhel, CEPCEB faculty employ the latest advances in computational biology, engineering, chemical genomics proteomics, microscopy and bioinfomatics to determine how plants...
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Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky has devoted her research career to studying human happiness, one of the most salient and significant dimensions of human experience and emotional life, and one that yields numerous rewards for the individual. Specifically, her research addresses three critical questions - 1) What makes people happy?; 2) Is happiness a...
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University of California, Riverside poetry professor Juan Felipe Herrera — known for chronicling the bittersweet lives, travails and contributions of Mexican Americans — was named California Poet Laureate by Gov. Jerry Brown for a two-year appointment. Herrera, 63, the son of migrant farm workers, holds the Tom
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University of California, Riverside poetry professor Juan Felipe Herrera — known for chronicling the bittersweet lives, travails and contributions of Mexican Americans — was named California Poet Laureate by Gov. Jerry Brown for a two-year appointment. Herrera, 63, the son of migrant farm workers, holds the Tom
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