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UCR Today: Odyssey of the Mind Tournament Challenges Students to Let Off STEAM
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Odyssey of the Mind Tournament Challenges Students to Let Off STEAM. UC Riverside to host state tourney Saturday, March 28 for more than 1,000 ‘OMers’ and their families. March 11, 2015. California Odyssey of the Mind team preparing to compete at the state tournament. For the uninitiated, Odyssey of the Mind. California’s nine regional tournaments started in ...
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UCR Today: Novel Nominated for Top International Award
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Novel Nominated for Top International Award. Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, wins Arab American Book Award for Fiction. July 29, 2015. Laila Lalami's novel "The Moor's Account" has been longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize. It is the third honor this summer for Lalami. The Moor’s Account is one of 156 books co...
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UCR Today: UCR Extension Hosts Webinar Focusing on Fraud
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. UCR Extension Hosts Webinar Focusing on Fraud. Senior citizens most vulnerable targets for scams. July 21, 2015. UCR Extension is hosting A Vulnerable Population: Combating Fraud Among Seniors, a four-hour webinar covering Internet fraud, mail fraud and identity theft on Saturday, Sept. 12. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu. UCR Extension is hosting A Vulnerabl...
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UCR Today: Special Olympics USA Takes Over UC Riverside
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Special Olympics USA Takes Over UC Riverside. Nearly 500 Special Olympics USA athletes, coaches, and managers stay at UCR. July 23, 2015. The Southern California Special Olympics Softball team, representing USA in the World Games. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu. Tiffany Pricer is one of the three Southern California Special Olympics Softball team coaches....
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UCR Today: Expert Available to Speak About 10-year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Expert Available to Speak About 10-year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. UC Riverside Ph.D. student co-founds museum in Lower Ninth Ward and is available to talk about neighborhood’s recovery efforts and challenges. August 4, 2015. UCR graduate student Ian Breckenridge-Jackson co-founded the Lower Ninth Ward Living Museum. The Lower Ninth Ward was, and still...
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UCR Today: Using Online Health Forums to Serve Underserved Communities
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Using Online Health Forums to Serve Underserved Communities. Researchers find few people over 65 use online health forums, while women use sites to talk about conditions and men prefer to talk about health news. August 11, 2015. Vagelis Hristidis, a professor of computer science and engineering. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu. A professor of computer science...
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UCR Today: UC Riverside to Help Establish an Urban Water Sustainability Research Network
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. UC Riverside to Help Establish an Urban Water Sustainability Research Network. Darrel Jenerette will serve as senior personnel with the Urban Water Innovation Network. July 31, 2015. Darrel Jenerette is an associate professor of botany and plant sciences at UC Riverside. Photo credit: UC Riverside. An associate professor of botany and plant sciences. This pro...
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UCR Today: Student Launches Global Clean Air Campaign at United Nations
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Student Launches Global Clean Air Campaign at United Nations. Pedro Piqueras was one of five students out of hundreds who applied who was selected to launch a campaign at the United Nations. August 10, 2015. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu. Pedro Piqueras, a chemical and environmental engineering Ph.D. student at the Bourns College of Engineering. Other winni...
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UCR Today: Warehouse Jobs Pay Poorly, Lack Health Insurance
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Warehouse Jobs Pay Poorly, Lack Health Insurance. Two UCR studies of Inland Southern California workers find that warehouse jobs typically pay less than a living wage, are temporary, and lack health-care benefits. July 21, 2015. Inland Empire warehouses employ thousands of residents in the region. Two policy research briefs. The research team includes: Ellen ...
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UCR Today: Let There Be Light: Chemists Develop Magnetically Responsive Liquid Crystals
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University of California, Riverside. Visit UCR’s Facebook page. Follow UCR on Twitter. Visit UCR’s YouTube channel. Subscribe to UCR Today via RSS. Let There Be Light: Chemists Develop Magnetically Responsive Liquid Crystals. UC Riverside discovery has applications in signage, posters, writing tablets, billboards and anti-counterfeit technology. June 26, 2014. The liquid crystals we developed are essentially a liquid dispersion, a simple aqueous dispersion of magnetic nanorods, said Yadong Yin. Who led t...
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