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Our Department, and indeed the UC Riverside campus, continues to be in a period of rapid growth: outstanding faculty continue to join our Department, the numbers of graduate and undergraduate students continue to increase, a new chemistry building has been built.

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Chemical shield stops stressed DNA from triggering disease

Dr. Linlin Zhao involved in Mitochondrial DNA research in which mitochondrial DNA repair prevents inflammation. “If we can retain the DNA inside the mitochondria, we might be able to prevent those downstream signals that cause inflammation,” Zhao said.
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Undergrad Student Lina Mai selected for the 2025 CNAS Academic Excellence Award!

The Academic Excellence Award for the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences recognizes one graduating senior who is selected by faculty from each major for their academic success, research, and/or creative activity.  Please join us in congratulating Lina!
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Dr. Joshua Hartman selected for the ADT Junior Excellence in Teaching Award!

Co-hosted by the Academy of Distinguished Teaching and XCITE, in partnership with the Academic Senate, and the Office of the Provost, the Celebration of Teaching is an annual event which signifies the gold standard of excellence in learning engagement at...
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Graduate Student Stephen Proctor selected for the DoE SCGSR Program!

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 79 graduate students representing 29 states for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program’s 2024 Solicitation 2 cycle. Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources...
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October 21, 2025
Dusty air is rewriting your lung microbiome
Genetic or bacterial diseases have previously been shown to have an effect on lung microbes. However, a UC Riverside discovery marks the first time scientists have observed such changes from environmental exposure rather than disease. 
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October 01, 2025
Rare fossil reveals ancient leeches weren’t bloodsuckers
A newly described fossil reveals that leeches are at least 200 million years older than scientists previously thought, and that their earliest ancestors may have feasted not on blood, but on smaller marine creatures. 
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September 26, 2025
New adaptive optics to support gravitational-wave discoveries
UCR-developed technology will allow scientists to peer deeper into the universe
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September 25, 2025
Carbon cycle flaw can plunge Earth into an ice age
How global warming may overcorrect into an ice age.
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