UCR News
May 26, 2026
Filtering out humanity
Is the internet losing its soul? A collaborative study by UC Riverside computer and social scientists suggests so. As artificial intelligence increasingly answers our online questions with quick summaries and polished explanations, we may be gaining efficiency while losing something distinctly human in the process.
May 18, 2026
What we now know about how smoking stiffens lungs
For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue.
May 13, 2026
Blind Ambition: AI agents can turn tasks into digital disasters
Computer scientists at UC Riverside have identified troubling flaws in a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) agents designed to take over routine computer chores while users are away — sorting emails, organizing files, analyzing data, and handling other everyday digital tasks that might otherwise consume hours.
The researchers found that the automated agents can become dangerously fixated on completing assignments without recognizing when their actions are harmful, contradictory, or simply irrational.
May 01, 2026
A catalyst for excellence
Members of the U.C. Riverside Foundation Board of Trustees make a planned gift to support environmental research.
Inside UCR
May 27, 2026
Hydrogen combustion van tested at UCR
UC Riverside environmental engineers are testing a van imported from France with a hydrogen combustion engine as part of an international effort to advance decarbonization of the transportation industry and curb greenhouse gas emissions.
May 19, 2026
5 Highlanders receive 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Five UC Riverside Highlanders have been selected for the 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, or NSF GRFP.
The fellowship supports students pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, fields at accredited U.S. institutions.
May 12, 2026
UCR and Corona naval center create educational partnership
UC Riverside and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division have begun a new era of collaboration on high tech research, entering into an education partnership agreement that furthers a long-standing relationship.
The campus and center, which is part of the Naval Sea Systems Command or NAVSEA, celebrated the partnership at a ceremony Friday, May 8. Chancellor S. Jack Hu and Capt. Joseph Burgon, commanding officer of the Corona division, formally signed the agreement.
April 21, 2026
Broadening horizons in data science
Graduate student reflects on research, mentorship, and new career perspectives after Rising Stars 2026
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