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Our Department, and indeed the UC Riverside campus, continues to be in a period of rapid growth: outstanding faculty continue to join our Department, the numbers of graduate and undergraduate students continue to increase, a new chemistry building has been built.

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UCR begins construction on new instructional building

UC Riverside will celebrate the start of construction for a major student instructional building with a groundbreaking ceremony for the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility on Friday, Oct. 4. The four-story, 100,700-square-foot building will have a seating capacity of approximately...
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Ten professors win NSF CAREER Awards

Ten UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support research in areas ranging from early detection of diseases to human-robot interactions. The awards support early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve...
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Dr. Mihri Ozkan part of United Nations Climate Panel

Combating climate change may involve building structures as large as stadiums with arrays of huge fans that suck in vast volumes of air to capture free-floating carbon dioxide before carbon-free air is released back into the atmosphere.
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Ashley Pimentel awarded the Chair's DEI Award!

Please join us in congratulating graduate student Ashley Pimentel to receiving the Chairs DEI Award! This award is given to one UCR chemistry graduate student every year for their outstanding efforts in outreach and mentoring.
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January 21, 2024
The Megalodon was less mega than previously believed
A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was significantly more slender than earlier studies suggested.
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January 17, 2024
New vaccine design uses immunity against influenza to offer faster protection against emerging pathogens
Strategy developed by UC Riverside-led research team speeds up production of antibodies against COVID-19
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January 17, 2024
Keys to aging hidden in the leaves
Scientists have known about a particular organelle in plant cells for over a century. However, UCR scientists have only now discovered that organelle’s key role in aging.
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January 12, 2024
The early bird (or scientist) gets the worm
UC Riverside research on nematodes secures $1.3M NSF funding
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