Were the 2024 election polls wrong? UCR expert weighs in
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 ...
Stripping the virtue from patience | UCR News | UC Riverside
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 ...
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UC Riverside and Caltech study reveals AI’s toxic air pollution footprint and toll on people’s health
Technique to forecast where the next big quake will start
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 ...
Plastic bag bans have lingering impacts, even after repeals
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single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas—policies that were later repealed..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 ...
Slowing ocean current could ease Arctic warming - a little
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.
An inexpensive fix for California’s struggling wildflowers
Dec 18, 2024 · UCR students Caryn Iwanaga and Karina Morales sampling plants from an experimental plot overlooking campus. (Advyth Ramachandran/UCR) The study, published this week in Restoration Ecology, tested whether removing thatch — dead leaves and debris — could allow native plants to germinate and grow.Compared to other techniques for managing invasive grasses, such as controlled burns, hand ...
Next phase of North District housing breaks ground Nov. 8
Oct 31, 2023 · UC Riverside is beginning construction this fall on a new student housing complex that represents a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Riverside Community College District, or RCCD. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 8 for the North District Phase 2 project, which will add 1,568 new beds in two apartment-style buildings at the northeast corner of Canyon Crest Drive and W ...
School of Business opens new building | UCR News | UC Riverside
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.
Chancellor Wilcox announces plans to retire in 2025
Sep 19, 2024 · UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox has announced that he will retire in the summer of 2025 after nearly 12 years leading the university. Wilcox led UCR during a season in which it emerged as one of America’s leading research universities and the national leader of the social mobility and student success movement. He announced his plans in a letter to the campus community in which he ...