U.S. News 2023 college rankings are out, and UCR surges
Sep 17, 2023 · In a new category for undergraduate teaching, UCR’s School of Education ranked No. 62. Two other new rankings were for undergraduate psychology, with UCR No. 80, and undergraduate economics, No. 88. In the overall list, Princeton was No. 1, MIT was No. 2, and Harvard and Stanford tied for No. 3. On the 2023-24 social mobility list, Cal State ...
Is ChatGPT a threat to education? | UCR News | UC Riverside
Jan 24, 2023 · UC Riverside experts share thoughts on the AI-powered language model that understands and responds to natural language. 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.
The Megalodon was less mega than previously believed
Jan 21, 2024 · A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was more slender than earlier studies suggested. This finding changes scientists’ understanding of Megalodon behavior, ancient ocean life, and why the sharks went extinct. The Megalodon or megatooth shark is typically portrayed as a super-sized monster ...
The world is much more alike than different - News
Jun 9, 2020 · In the current study, the U.S. and Australia were most alike. In “The World at 7:00,” the two countries most different in terms of experiences were South Korea and Denmark. In the current study, the two countries most different were Malaysia and Jordan. The country most like the rest of the world in “The World at 7:00” was Canada.
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.
Artificial intelligence is bringing the dead back to ‘life’ — but ...
Aug 4, 2021 · Q: What sort of implications does this technology have from your point of view? A: I am struck by the possibility of a future in which we might be able to feel more and more like our departed loved ones are “really still here” through voice and video generated to sound and look like them. Programs might be designed so that artificial reconstructions of them even say the kinds of things ...
Scientists developing new solutions for honeybee colony collapse
Jan 7, 2021 · Scientists developing new solutions for honeybee colony collapse. Grant establishes network of bee researchers at four UC campuses. 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. Honeybees pollinate more than 80 agricultural crops ...
Food for Thought | UCR News | UC Riverside
Aug 29, 2024 · Sarah J Nightingale. Assistant Director, Content & Publications. Email (951) 827-2495. Browse the menu for expert insights into entomophagy, learn how scientists are feeding astronauts on the International Space Station, see how UCR-developed foods are making their way from lab to table, and much more in the summer 2024 issue of UCR Magazine.
New research bites holes into theories about Megalodons
Feb 7, 2022 · True body shape of the ancient Megalodon remains a mystery. (Phillip Sternes/UCR/DePaul) The study, which makes use of a pioneering technique for analyzing sharks, has now been published in the international journal Historical Biology.. Megalodons swam the Earth roughly 15 to 3.6-million years ago, and are often portrayed as super-sized monsters in films such as 2018’s “The Meg.”
Rise of oxygen on Earth: Initial estimates off by 100 million years
Apr 5, 2021 · Jules Bernstein. Senior Public Information Officer. (951) 827-4580. [New research shows the permanent rise of oxygen in our atmosphere, which set the stage for life as we know it, happened 100 million years later than previously thought. A team including UC Riverside found that oxygen levels fluctuated dramatically before becoming a permanent ...