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
- 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...
- 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 "Move or get out of my way," to which Gonzalez brother would answer in Spanish, "Well, move me then." At that moment, at 8:41 am, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Southern California, resulting in nervous laughter and cheering from the crowd. earthquake.usgs.gov Gonzalez didn't realize that an earthquake had occurred and had thought he had bumped the podium. But the looks on the faces of the faculty members on stage tell it all. Then-EVC/Provost Ellen Wartella can be seen to the right of the stage.
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- Nature - The Best Engineer - First Sundays at the Riverside Metropolitan...
- 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 learn from them as part of the First Sundays presentation at the Riverside Metropolitan Museum on Sunday, May 6, 2012.
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- Living the Promise: Ameae Walker
- 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 shedding light on how immune systems function, Dr. Walker contributes new knowledge in the fight to improve human health.
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- Living the Promise: Carl Cranor
- 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 they can be used in the manufacturing and sale of products.
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- Living the Promise: Howard S. Friedman
- 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 factors like cholesterol and blood pressure.
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- Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky on Studying Human Happiness
- 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 good thing?; and 3) How and why can people learn to lead happier and more flourishing lives? She is the author of "The How of Happiness."
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