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All Events for Wednesday, January 18, 2017
- Seminar: Combinatorial Number Theory: "KLOOSTERMAN SUMS"
Dr. Mei-Chu Chang, UC Riverside
11:10 a.m.–Noon
(Mathematics) - Seminar: Partial Differential Equations & Applied Math: "Well-balanced discontinuous Galerkin methods for the Euler equations under gravitational fields"
Dr. Yulong Xing, UC Riverside
1:10–2 p.m.
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December 14, 2016
Pirrung Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Michael C. Pirrung is among 11 University of California innovators who were recently elected to the National Academy of Inventors for “. . . creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.”
December 8, 2016
SHINES to Host Workshop on Spintronics and Thermal Transport
With support from the Vice Chancellor for Research, UCR's Energy Frontier Research Center on Spins and Heat in Nanoscale Electronic Systems (SHINES) will hold a workshop at UCR’s Palm Desert Center on January 12-13, 2017. The workshop will focus on recent developments at the frontiers of spintronics and thermal transport in nano-materials and nano-devices.
November 10, 2016
Wilson Named Interim Deputy Director of UC Observatories
Professor of Physics and Astronomy Gillian Wilson has been named interim deputy director of UC Observatories, a multi-campus astronomical research unit with headquarters on the UC Santa Cruz campus. The unit operates the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near San Jose, technical labs at UC Santa Cruz and UCLA, and is also a managing partner of the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. The appointment comes just months after Wilson was named chair of the University of California Observatories Advisory Committee.
October 25, 2016
Are We Alone?
The search for alien life is defining a new era of space exploration—from Mars and icy moons in our solar system to Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. Join us for the 2016-2017 Science Lecture Series to learn how scientists hope to find life beyond Earth, and explore what that means for humanity.
July 11, 2016
Study Shows Lingering Toxic Effects of Oil Pollution on Development of Fish Embryos and Larvae
In the first experiment evaluating the effects of oil from the three-million-barrel leak from the Deep Water Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, Professor of Aquatic Ecotoxicology Daniel Schlenk found that the weathering of the oil produced significant changes in gene expression related to critical functions in Mahi embryos and larvae.
December 1, 2016
Soto Awarded SACNAS Student Presentation Award
Undergraduate student Joselyn Soto was awarded a SACNAS Student Presentation Award for her presentation, “Morphological and Functional Consequences of Hippocampal Demyelination and Remyelination-Induced Recovery,” at 2016 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference in Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 13-15. In addition to her research in the lab of Associate Professor Seema Tiwari-Woodruff in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Soto is a member of the MARC-U STAR program and serves as a CNAS Science Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction leader in the UCR Academic Resource Center, and participated in the UCR School of Medicine’s FastStart program.
August 29, 2016
Chen Awarded HHMI International Student Research Fellowship
Yu-Chieh “David” Chen, a graduate student in the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program who works in the lab of Anupama Dahanukar, an associate professor of entomology, has received one of 20 International Student Research Fellowships Program awarded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His research will focus on insects, including, butterflies, moths, and flies, that undergo dramatic changes in the nervous system during metamorphosis. Chen will receive $86,000 over two years from HHMI.
July 14, 2016
Neema Adhami Awarded UC Smoke and Tobacco Free Fellowship
Neema Adhami, a graduate student working with Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Manuela Martins-Green, is one of only four students (and one of only two graduate students) to receive the new UC Smoke and Tobacco Free Fellowship Award. The goal of the fellowships, open to all UC undergraduate and graduate students, is to develop the next generation of leaders in reducing the harms and social costs from smoking and use of tobacco products worldwide.
June 29, 2016
UC President Recognizes CNAS Grads for Service
University of California President Janet Napolitano recognized recent graduates and members of the CNAS Science Ambassadors Hanni Schoniger and Jade Zamorano among the UC graduates who made the most of opportunity through public service. They created Change in Scientific Importance for Youth to motivate middle and high school students to go to college and pursue careers in STEM fields.
Academic Opportunities
- Student Programs, Internships, and Fellowships (Undergraduate and Graduate) at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Learn more - Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) National Internship Program
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