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 Nearly 5,000 Freshmen Have Declared a Commitment to UC Riverside in the Fall - Nearly 5,000 freshmen and 555 transfer students have declared their intent to register for classes at the University of California, Riverside, this fall, an increase of about 20 percent when compared with the previous year. ..more |
| UCR M.B.A. Student Wins Management Award- Daniel Pio, a recent graduate of the M.B.A. Program at the University of California, Riverside, has received the 2008 George W. DuBois Memorial Award in management from The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management...more |
UCR Junior Wins Strauss Scholarship- Samantha Wilson, a junior at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded a $10,000 Donald A. Strauss Public Service Foundation Scholarship to carry out an independent service project in India during her senior year...more |
| Eaton Contest Winners Announced - Graduate students Edward A. Laag from UC Riverside and Andrew Warren from UC Irvine placed first and second in the first annual short-story science fiction contest sponsored by the Eaton Science Fiction Conference. ..more |
| Research News
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Large Release of Methane Could Cause Abrupt and Catastrophic Climate Change as Happened 635 Million Years Ago, UCR-led Study Warns - An abrupt release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, about 635 million years ago from ice sheets that then extended to Earth’s low latitudes caused a dramatic shift in climate, triggering a series of events that resulted in global warming and effectively ended the last "snowball" ice age, a UC Riverside-led study reports. ..more
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New Idea for How Anti-aging Products Delay Ripening of Fruit, Wilting of Flowers - When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene promotes.
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UCR Geneticist Plays Scientific Advisor to Movie about "Love, Adventure and ... Genetically Modified Rice" - University faculty members frequently get invited to various institutions and conferences to give lectures about their ongoing research. But in January this year, Norman Ellstrand, a professor of genetics at UC Riverside, was approached for his expertise on rice genetics by an unusual caller.
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What to do on the Web When the Economy Goes South? – Web of Misery Holds the Answer - The economic downturn might have a positive effect on the rise of some Internet sites according to researchers at UC Riverside’s Sloan Center for Internet Retailing.
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Highlanders Highlighted
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| '96 Highlander Highlighted
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Kim Holcomb ('96 B.A. Political Science, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) is a television news reporter with KING-TV in Washington. After graduating from Boston University with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism, she spent the last ten years working as a television news reporter.
Did you land your dream job? Were you honored with an award? If you have news or accomplishments you'd like to share with fellow alumni, submit it for future publication in the Class Acts section of UCR, The Magazine of UC Riverside and possibly this enewsletter. |
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| Job Opportunities |
 The Office of Alumni & Constituent Relations is seeking two dynamic individuals to join its professional staff. The Director of Student Relations orchestrates a robust student scholarship program, oversees the award winning Student Alumni Association, directs highly successful career conferences, coordinates volunteers for student recruitment and orientation events, and compiles alumni content for each issue of the UCR magazine. The Assistant to the Assistant Vice Chancellor provides critical executive level support, coordinates all aspects for UCR Alumni Association meetings, maintains alumni web sites and online networks, and publishes the monthly Highlander Highlights e-newsletter. Visit the UCR Human Resources web site for more information about these positions.
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| Membership |
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| Outstanding Young Alumnus Award |
 Do you know an outstanding young alumnus who has a significant record of career and/or civic achievement and deserves recognition? Nominate that person for the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award for 2009. The award will be presented at the 23rd Annual Alumni Awards of Distinction Banquet in the spring of 2009.
For more information, visit: http://www.alumni.ucr.edu/about/awardnom_form.html
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| Homecoming 2009 |
Homecoming 2009 will be held February 6-7. Save the dates and plan a trip with family and friends to return to campus. Activities will include:
| HEAT 2009 Music Festival |
Hike to the "C" |
| Tailgate Party |
Homecoming Basketball Game |
| Reunions |
College Alumni Events |
| Back to Class series featuring some of UCR’s best faculty |
Parents Association Winter Meeting |
Stay tuned for more details.
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| Travel: Iceland: The Northern Lights and Lava Fields |
Travel the Globe and Expand Your Horizons |
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Iceland: The Northern Lights and Lava Fields
February 15-22, 2009
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The UCR Alumni Association, along with the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, presents an Icelandic adventure in search of the aurora borealis. Join UCR alumni and friends for a nine day program that includes a visit to the Blue Lagoon on the lava-covered Reykjanes peninsula, a city tour of Reykjavik, a full day tour of Thingvellir landmark, Gulfoss Falls, and the Great Geyser, the south coast of Iceland to view Mt. Hekla and the Icelandic Folk Museum, and a tour of Snaefellsnes Peninsula. Dennis Mammana, sky photographer and astronomer, will lead an astronomical lecture and night sky viewing enrichment programs to further enhance your tour experience.
Contact the UCR Alumni Association to request a detailed brochure or to be placed on the Association’s travel list. Tour participants, whether UCR alumni or not, must be members of the UCR Alumni Association. Each member may bring one companion to travel as a guest. |
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