Latest Headlines From UCR Today

• Drought increases microbe-laden dust landing in Sierras
  (August 9, 2022)

  Dust from all over the world is landing in the Sierra Nevada mountains carrying microbes that are toxic to both plants and humans. Research from UC Riverside shows higher concentrations of the dust are landing at lower elevations, where people are more likely to be hiking. 

• Demographic dilemma: slowing population growth, not pandemic, at the root of U.S. worker shortage
  (August 3, 2022)

  Supply chain struggles have been widely blamed for the inability to meet consumer and business demand throughout the pandemic.

• Coolants in Puff electronic cigarettes present health hazard
  (August 2, 2022)

  UC Riverside-led study highlights need for regulation to protect public health

• Study examines ‘black boxing’ in breast cancer survivorship care
  (August 1, 2022)

  UC Riverside researcher argues important post-treatment information is concealed

• Regents approve plans for new School of Business building
  (July 26, 2022)

  The Regents of the University of California have approved construction plans for a new UC Riverside School of Business building that will provide more instructional and administrative space to meet growing enrollment demand.

  The vote, which took place July 20, allows the campus to move forward with construction this fall. The new building is expected to be completed by fall 2024.

• New dean of School of Education named
  (July 25, 2022)

  Joi Spencer has been named the dean of UC Riverside’s School of Education, effective Jan. 1, 2023. 

  Spencer is a professor of Mathematics Education at the University of San Diego, in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, or SOLES. During 16 years at USD, Spencer has been associate dean and, most recently, interim dean of SOLES. 

• New program aims to increase Latinx students conducting environmental research
  (July 25, 2022)

  A $342,000 grant has allowed the expansion of a UC Berkeley program to UCR.

• The chemical controlling life and death in hair follicles
  (July 25, 2022)

  A single chemical is key to controlling when hair follicle cells divide, and when they die. This discovery could not only treat baldness, but ultimately speed wound healing because follicles are a source of stem cells.

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