| The Press Room |
 UCR's Program in Soil Science Earns Top Rank - The Faculty Scholarly Productivity
Index™, a new annual index of graduate programs that rates faculty members’ scholarly output at nearly 7,300 doctoral programs in the U.S., has ranked UCR’s program in soil science, offered by the Department of Environmental Sciences, in its top ten...more
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 National Science Foundation Supports UCR Study of Polar Lake Life Forms - DNA samples taken from Antarctic ice cores will be used to analyze how microbes
in an ice-covered lake survive cold, dark, nutrient poor environments...more
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 UCR Ecotoxicologist Appointed to National Scientific Panel - Daniel Schlenk, a professor of aquatic ecotoxicology and environmental toxicology in UC Riverside's Department of Environmental Sciences, has been appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Scientific Advisory Panel for a three-year term...more
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 Valentine's Day Centennial Gala Planned for Citrus Experiment Station - This Valentine’s Day, as couples struggle to find just the right way to say “I love you,” UC Riverside will be throwing a Valentine’s Day gala to celebrate 100 years of service by its Citrus Research Center - Agricultural Experiment Station...more |
| Research News |
UC Riverside Research Team Discovers that Insulin Heals Wounds - Insulin is a hormone known primarily for regulating sugar levels in the blood, yet researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently found that applying insulin directly to skin wounds significantly enhanced the healing process...more
 NASA Supports UCR Research on Improved Solar Cells for Spacecraft - The Space agency awards a two-year grant to use nanotechnology to improve the efficiency and radiation-resistance of solar cells for spacecraft... more
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 UCR Researchers Examine How Some Invasive Plants Gain a Foothold- Plant geneticist Norman Ellstrand leads an experiment that points out how
controlling sexual compatibility can help control the spread of some invasive
species...more
UCR Involved in Discovery of Diabetes Fighting Molecule - Bioengineering Professor Jiayu Liao is part of a team that discovered the molecule which could lead to a diabetes and obesity pill.... more
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| Highlanders Highlighted |
| '86 Highlander Highlighted |
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Peggy Honein '86 is the branch chief for the Center of Disease Control's Birth Defects Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch. She joined CDC in 1997 and has won a number of awards. Her publications include research on the role of smoking in birth defects, the impact of folic acid fortification on neural tube defects, the prevention of isotretinoin embryopathy, and medication use during pregnancy. Peggy has most recently served as the lead epidemiologist on the National Birth Defects Prevention Study and as acting team leader for the Birth Defect State Prevention Team. Peggy married Tony Honein in 1991 and lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with Tony and their two children Chris,11, and Jennifer, 9.
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| 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. Visit www.alumni.ucr.edu/involved/update.html to submit your Class Act! |
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| New Scholarship Endowment |
UCR Alumni Association Announces $2 Million Scholarship Endowment Campaign
In 1976, the UCR Alumni Association wanted to help attract the best and brightest students to UCR. From its pool of membership dues, the Alumni Association began a scholarship program and granted $1,000 awards to six incoming freshman students.
The amount and number of scholarships have grown exponentially over the past three decades. Since the program's inception, more than $1.3 million have been awarded to over 750 students.  Providing scholarship support to students is a proud tradition of the UCR Alumni Association. In honor of the 30 year anniversary of student scholarship support, the Alumni Association has launched a $2 million endowment campaign. The endowment ensures scholarship funding in perpetuity and enables the Alumni Association to continue attracting and retaining the best quality students to UCR.
To make your tax-deductible contribution to the UCR Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment Campaign visit:
https://uaservices.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/online/donation.cgi?program=AAScholarship |
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| Homecoming 2007 |
Homecoming 2007
Feb 20-24
Make Plans to Return to UCR for Homecoming!
Register Online by February 9th!
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Click here for other Homecoming Events and Activities - February 20-24, 2007
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Don't miss this year's Homecoming celebrations.
Tell your friends and classmates to meet you here! |
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| UC Day 2007 |
UC Day in Sacramento Legislative Conference
March 26-27, 2007
 Support UCR and higher education by serving as a delegate to the annual UC Day in Sacramento Legislative Conference, sponsored by the Alumni Associations of the University of California. This annual event is the one time of the year when all nine UC alumni associations come together to meet with elected officials on issues facing UC and higher education.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet state legislators and legislative staff!
Activities include:
- UCR dinner with Inland Empire legislators and UC Administrators
- UCR delegate briefing and orientation
- Meetings with elected officials at the State Capitol
- UC Day Luncheon with UC President Robert Dynes and special guests
- All-UC delegate reception
There is no fee to serve as a delegate. However, delegates are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. The UCR Alumni Association will host most meals.
Click here for more information or to register as a delegate. |
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| Student Recruitment |
Help UCR Recruit the Best and Brightest Students
 We need alumni volunteers at upcoming student recruitment events held through out California. Alumni serve as ambassadors for the campus sharing their positive experiences and memories of UCR.
The main role of the alumni is to talk with prospective students and their parents about the alum's experience at UCR, reasons for choosing UCR and what their education has done for them. The interaction with alumni, along with UCR parents and current students, at these events has proven key in UCR’s recruiting efforts.
Click here for the Spring 2007 Recruitment Events |
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| UCRAA Membership Benefits: Family Vacation |
ACT NOW - Membership rates will go up this year, so become a member today!
Become a UCRAA member before our rates go up and take advantage of our many benefits! One of those benefits is UCSB's Family Vacation Center!
 In the past, only members of the UCSB Alumni Association could attend the Family Vacation Center, but this year the doors have opened for members of the UCR Alumni Association as well. This all-inclusive family vacation is described by former vacationers to be "the best vacation since becoming parents!"  With lodging, meals, most activities and childcare included in the cost, this ranks among the most affordable vacations in Santa Barbara!
For more information about the Family Vacation Center, visit their website at www.familyvacationcenter.com |
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| Save-the-date: Alumni Awards of Distinction |
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Save the Date!
The 21st Annual Alumni Awards of Distinction Banquet
Saturday, April 21, 2007
6:00 - 10:00pm
University Theater and Patio
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Since 1986, the UCR Alumni Association has honored graduates who personify the University’s tradition of excellence and service. Through their personal and professional achievements, these individuals bring distinction to UCR, contribute to the betterment of society and enhance their communities. |
2007 Winners Announced:
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Edward Blakely, '60 B.A. History, Political Science and Economics
Alumni Service Award
Jean Easum, '75 B.S. Mathematics
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
Daniel Goldmark, '94 B.A. Music
Honored Alumni Award for the Bourns College of Engineering
Brian Hawley, '89 B.S. Computer Science, '91 M.S. Computer Science
Honored Alumni Award for the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Joel Reynolds, '75 B.A. Political Science
Honored Alumni Award for the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
William Fenical, '68 Ph.D. Chemistry
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| Travel |
Travel the Globe and Expand Your Horizons |
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Ireland: Ennis and Kilkenny
September 01 - 12, 2007
*prices starting at $3995* |
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Begin in Ennis, County Clare, and travel to the ancient Burren and windswept Cliffs of Moher. Appreciate the country's epic literary heritage at Coole Park in County Galway, with its beech tree bearing W.B. Yeats' initials and the 16th-century tower of Thoor Ballylee where he resided. Cruise to the Aran Island of Inishmore. See the limestone Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary before touring the highlights of Kilkenny, including Kilkenny Castle and Bród Tullaroan. Visit the Irish National Heritage Park in County Wexford, the Waterford Crystal Visitor Center, Jerpoint Abbey and the famous Dunbrody Famine Ship.
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| Contact the UCR Alumni Association at ucralum@ucr.edu or 951-UCR-ALUM to request a detailed brochure or to be placed on the Association’s travel list. Tour participants must be members of the UCR Alumni Association. Each member may bring a spouse and children under 18 or one guest. |
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