Nov 15, 2024 · Hai Che. Such are the findings of a study published in the Journal of Marketing Research co-authored by UC Riverside marketing professor Hai Che that examined policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas—policies that were later repealed.. Significantly, the behaviors spurred by the plastic bag rules continued ...

Nov 13, 2024 · Most political polls for the 2024 presidential election saw a close race in the electoral college, and a resounding popular-vote victory for Democrat Kamala Harris. Trump won the electoral college 312 to 226, and the popular vote by more than three million votes. We asked polling and survey expert Andy Crosby with the UCR School of Public Policy to tell us what the polls may have missed, or ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Patience — like its corollary impatience — has always been a sort of “I know it when I see it” concept. And that didn’t sit well with UC Riverside psychology researcher Kate Sweeny. “Philosophers and religious scholars call patience a virtue, yet most people claim to be impatient,” Sweeny said. “That made me wonder if maybe patience is less about being a good person and more ...

Oct 9, 2024 · UC Riverside’s School of Business opened its new building in late September, launching a new era at a state-of-the-art facility with increased space to meet fast-growing enrollment. The four-story, 63,400-square-foot building was already bustling with activity, with students filling its auditorium, classrooms, and the lounge area near its café following the start of instruction on Sept. 26.

Dec 12, 2024 · UCR geologist and lead author Nic Barth at the Alpine Fault. The Australian Plate is to the left. (Jesse Kearse/Kyoto University) A paper in the journal Geology describes the method, which helps determine the origins and directions of past earthquake ruptures — information valuable to modeling future earthquake scenarios on major faults.. By studying subtle curved scratches left on the fault ...

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Nov 18, 2024 · Top: Uncus fossil from Nilpena Ediacara National Park. The numbers correspond to the coordinates of this fossil on the fossil bed surface. Bottom: 3D laser scans enable the researchers to study the fossils’ shape and curvature.

Oct 9, 2024 · The musical talent of Oaxaca, Mexico, will come to UC Riverside on November 1-2. At least 30 music directors, composers, educators, and students from California, New York, North Carolina, and Texas, will gather to form a philharmonic orchestra and perform on campus at the UCR Arts Building courtyard.

Oct 25, 2024 · Map showing how the AMOC carries warm water from the tropics to higher latitudes. (R. Curry/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/USGCRP) For years, scientists have warned that unchecked Arctic warming could lead to devastating consequences, threatening wildlife and ushering in an era of more frequent and extreme weather events.

Dec 11, 2024 · Joshua Hartman, UCR chemistry professor, teaching with online course materials. (Stan Lim/UCR) The three-year project is supported by a $700,000 National Science Foundation grant and results of using this “mastery grading system” in a smaller pilot study were promising.