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News and Events
Study: Ethicists’ Behavior Not More Moral
(May 21, 2013)
Do ethicists engage in better moral behavior than other professors? The answer is no. Nor are they more likely than nonethicists to act according to values they espouse, according to researchers from the University of California, Riverside and Stetson University in Florida.
Quality of Life Summit Set for UC Riverside
(May 21, 2013)
A University of California, Riverside administrator and two students and the state superintendent of public instruction will be speakers during the Quality of Life Summit presented by the Inland Empire Economic Partnership on Wednesday, May 22 at UC Riverside.
UC Riverside Named as a ‘Next Generation University’
(May 21, 2013)
The University of California, Riverside is among six institutions hailed in a national study by the New American Foundation as a “Next Generation University” for success in enhancing student outcomes and maintaining robust research profiles despite economic pressures.
California Poet Laureate Launches Bullying-awareness Project
(May 20, 2013)
California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera has developed i-Promise Joanna, a bullying-awareness project launched this year with fifth-graders in the Inland Empire.
New Leader of Teacher Education Program
(May 17, 2013)
The University of California, Riverside Graduate School of Education has named a new assistant dean/director of its teacher education program.
UC Riverside Scientists Discovering New Uses for Tiny Carbon Nanotubes
(May 14, 2013)
UC Riverside scientists have discovered that by adding ionic liquid—a kind of liquid salt—they can modify the optical transparency of single-walled carbon nanotube films in a controlled pattern.
Stem Cells: Hope or Hype?
(May 14, 2013)
On May 30, UC Riverside's Nicole zur Nieden will give a free public lecture on campus to discuss whether the claims for stem cells can be justified.
Marine Animals and Engineering at the Museum
(May 13, 2013)
A University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering associate professor and his students will be bringing some of their marine animals and high tech materials to the Riverside Metropolitan Museum on Saturday, May 18 to talk about how nature inspires the next generation of engineering materials.
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