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Scientists previously believed that sperm contribute only their genome during fertilization, but a new study led by UCR biomedical scientist Changcheng Zhou shows a connection between what fathers eat and daughters' health.
Psychology research 'giant' Robert Rosenthal has died
Jan 10, 2024 · Robert Rosenthal, a father of meta-analysis who was named one of the 20th century's top 100 psychologists, died Jan. 5 at 90. Twenty-five years ago, following his retirement from Harvard University, Rosenthal joined the UC Riverside faculty. He was named a University Professor in 2008 by the University of California system, a distinction shared by only 40 professors in UC’s history.
Scientists developing new solutions for honeybee colony collapse
Jan 7, 2021 · The University of California, Riverside, is leading a new effort to stop and reverse a worldwide decline in honeybees, which threatens food security and prices.
U.S. News 2023 college rankings are out, and UCR surges
Sep 17, 2023 · Once again, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the No. 2 university in the nation for social mobility. UCR also climbed 13 spots in the overall rankings, to No. 76 among the top 435 private and public universities.
UCR in top 1.3% of world universities | UCR News | UC Riverside
May 15, 2023 · UC Riverside ranked in the top 1.3% of universities worldwide in the 2023 Center for World University Rankings, released Monday, May 15. The campus ranked No. 252 out of 20,531 institutions. Nationally, UCR landed at No. 82 and for the U.S. and Canada it was No. 92. The rankings are published by the Center for World University Rankings, a consultancy based in the United Arab Emirates.
Money magazine rankings put UC Riverside in top tier - News
Jun 17, 2024 · UC Riverside is one of only 54 universities to receive a 5-star ranking in Money magazine’s 2024 list of Best Colleges . It placed UCR in the top tier of the Money rankings, with a half-star improvement over the 2023 rankings, and in …
Is ChatGPT a threat to education? | UCR News | UC Riverside
Jan 24, 2023 · ChatGPT, which the company OpenAI recently released, generates text and can even write essays.The artificial intelligence, or AI, chatbot has already been reported to be a coauthor on four papers and preprints.What does this mean for the future of education?How can universities best address the challenges ChatGPT, or …
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Forbes names UCR No. 31 public university in the U.S.
Aug 31, 2023 · UC Riverside is the No. 31 public university in the 2023 Forbes “America’s Top Colleges” rankings. The ranking is an improvement of two positions from the 2022 Forbes rankings. The methodology for the Forbes list relies on data from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, as well as databases such as …
New method expands the world of small RNAs
Apr 5, 2021 · A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new RNA-sequencing method— “Panoramic RNA Display by Overcoming RNA Modification Aborted Sequencing,” or PANDORA-seq — that can help discover numerous modified small RNAs that were previously undetectable.