Current News Releases

Mihri Ozkan has been selected by the National Academy of Engineering to speak at the 2008 Frontiers of Engineering symposium to be held in Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 18-20.   (July 3, 2008)

The clean-up and restoration of the Arts building continues after a flood and electrical outage June 23 caused major damage to the basements of two buildings. Arts staff and faculty are working from temporary quarters in the CHASS Interdisciplinary building. Classes have been relocated. Student affairs staff who evacuated the basement of Hinderaker Hall have moved to locations in the Commons and in Costo Hall, and are likely to stay there.   (July 3, 2008)

UCR’s Copernicus Project is pulling double-duty this year as it combines science experiments with an emphasis on literacy at the Science Summer Institute. An estimated 160 K-12 teachers will be participating in this year’s program July 7 through 18 at the UCR Extension Center on University Ave.   (July 1, 2008)

Experiments that once might have required 256 days of computer time on a personal computer can now be performed in just one day thanks to a new supercomputer the campus has acquired. Named Biocluster, the supercomputer, purchased by the Bioinformatics Facility of the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, is now the most powerful supercomputer at UCR.   (June 30, 2008)

UC Riverside must say goodbye to acting chancellor Robert Grey and his wife, Kathleen, but they are leaving a legacy behind.   (June 27, 2008)

Although high school graduation can be a joyous occasion, some students never get there. A UCR study shows that extra-curricular activities, the kinds of programs most likely to be cut when state budgets shrink, may well be the glue that keeps students in school.   (June 26, 2008)

Jerome Schultz, a distinguished professor and chair of the Department of Bioengineering, has been recognized by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers as one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era.”   (June 26, 2008)

The University of California, Riverside had a $1.1 billion economic impact in the state of California during the 2006-07 academic year, statistical modeling estimates show. This represents a 22.1 percent increase over the 2005-06 overall impact of $920 million.   (June 25, 2008)

The California Digital Newspaper Collection, a project of UC Riverside’s Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, has won the Larry L. Sautter Silver Award for Achievement in University Computing for 2008. The award recognizes efforts to promote information sharing about technological solutions that advance the UC’s mission or improve its administrative processes.   (June 25, 2008)

Collaborative regional planning shows promise in solving issues such as transportation, housing and land use policies in California, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside.   (June 24, 2008)