School of Business opens new building | UCR News | UC Riverside
Oct 9, 2024 · UC Riverside’s School of Business opened its new building in late September, launching a new era at a state-of-the-art facility with increased space to meet fast-growing enrollment. The four-story, 63,400-square-foot building was already bustling with activity, with students filling its auditorium, classrooms, and the lounge area near its café following the start of instruction on Sept. 26.
Were the 2024 election polls wrong? UCR expert weighs in
Nov 13, 2024 · Most political polls for the 2024 presidential election saw a close race in the electoral college, and a resounding popular-vote victory for Democrat Kamala Harris. Trump won the electoral college 312 to 226, and the popular vote by more than three million votes. We asked polling and survey expert Andy Crosby with the UCR School of Public Policy to tell us what the polls may have missed, or ...
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UC Riverside and Caltech study reveals AI’s toxic air pollution footprint and toll on people’s health
Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start
Dec 12, 2024 · UCR geologist and lead author Nic Barth at the Alpine Fault. The Australian Plate is to the left. (Jesse Kearse/Kyoto University) A paper in the journal Geology describes the method, which helps determine the origins and directions of past earthquake ruptures — information valuable to modeling future earthquake scenarios on major faults.. By studying subtle curved scratches left on the fault ...
Plastic bag bans have lingering impacts, even after repeals
Nov 15, 2024 · Hai Che. Such are the findings of a study published in the Journal of Marketing Research co-authored by UC Riverside marketing professor Hai Che that examined policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas—policies that were later repealed.. Significantly, the behaviors spurred by the plastic bag rules continued ...
UCR's first undergrad McNair Scholars complete summer research
Oct 29, 2024 · UCR's inaugural McNair Scholars prepare for research symposium on July 24, 2024. (UCR/Stan Lim) Federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program honors pioneering Black astronaut Ronald E. McNair.It aims to increase doctoral degrees awarded to income-eligible, first-generation, and/or underrepresented students by providing two ...
Slowing ocean current could ease Arctic warming - a little
Oct 25, 2024 · Map showing how the AMOC carries warm water from the tropics to higher latitudes. (R. Curry/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/USGCRP) For years, scientists have warned that unchecked Arctic warming could lead to devastating consequences, threatening wildlife and ushering in an era of more frequent and extreme weather events.
Taking a Worry off the Plates of UCR Students
Dec 2, 2024 · To address this demand, Basic Needs R’Pantry is operated at three locations on the UCR campus. Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students can visit once a week to shop for various food items such as dry goods, vegetables, fruits, and canned goods, as well as baby products, household items, and hygiene products using points (15 points for all students, plus 5 additional points for ...
Reestablishing UCR’s API Alumni Network
Nov 27, 2024 · After approximately three decades since their last assemblage, UC Riverside’s Asian Pacific Islander (API) Alumni Network has been re-established. 11 API-identifying, degreed Highlanders have made a minimum yearlong commitment to guide and support current API undergrad and grad students.
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UC Riverside-led team’s technique relied on determining the mass of galaxy clusters