Latest Headlines From UCR Today

• Girly and a fighter. But are MMA women breaking barriers?
  (August 24, 2022)

  Study finds male-dominated MMA is not friendly to gender equality.

• Expert: Student loan forgiveness is a win - but only for some
  (August 24, 2022)

  On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced a student loan debt program that would forgive $10,000 in debt for borrowers who earn less than $125,000 and an additional $10,000 for those who received Pell Grants. Many borrowers are celebrating the liberation from debt that — for some — has prevented them from buying homes and setting aside savings.

• Student Freedom Initiative adds UCR to its next cohort of member institutions
  (August 23, 2022)

  Today, Student Freedom Initiative announced the next round of Minority Serving Institutions, or MSIs, that will participate in its program. 

  UC Riverside, ranked No. 1 in the U.S. for social mobility by U.S. News and World Report, was one of the universities selected. 

• UCR ranked No. 23 among best value colleges in new college guide
  (August 19, 2022)

  UC Riverside is ranked high for financial aid, making an impact, and value in the Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges for 2023.”

  The lists are based on the Princeton Review’s survey of 160,000 students attending the 388 colleges and universities profiled. They appear in the 2023 edition of the annual college guide, which will be released Aug. 23.

• Personal stories on sexual abuse, self-worth, and academia 
  (August 17, 2022)

  Associate Professor Victoria Reyes published her new book, “Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope.” 

• UC Riverside and UC Davis help create program targeted for students who didn’t finish college
  (August 17, 2022)

  More than $4.85 million in state funds will allow these campuses to reengage with former UC students and California residents with some college and no degree attainment.

• Sleeping giant could end deep ocean life 
  (August 17, 2022)

  A previously overlooked factor — the position of continents — helps fill Earth’s oceans with life-supporting oxygen. Continental movement could ultimately have the opposite effect, killing most deep ocean creatures. 

• The newest California water-worry is the megastorm
  (August 16, 2022)

  Research from UCLA and other sources recently predicted another “big one” to hit the West Coast. This time, it’s not an earthquake, but a “megastorm.”

  Such a flood typically hits California every 100 to 200 years, but the dynamics and frequency of this storm will be exacerbated by climate change. That is, warmer temperatures mean much of the precipitation will fall as rain, and not snow.

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