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Wildlife Highlights

Watch the fall 2024 highlights from Spasojevic Ecology Lab's camera traps at the San Jacinto Forest Dynamics plot near Idyllwild, California, and the UCR James Reserve.
By Spasojevic Lab |

THE EEOB Graduate Program is Proud to Announce the PH.D. Dissertation Defense of Tesa Madsen-Hepp

Title: "Unraveling the processes of plant community assembly in an era of global change: insights from a dryland ecosystem"

Junior faculty honored for being outstanding teachers

Congratulations Lucy Delaney! To be recognized by UCR’s exclusive Academy of Distinguished Teaching as a junior faculty member, one must be more than a cutting-edge researcher. One must also be an outstanding teacher. Four individuals have been recognized this year as being both.
By Jules Bernstein |

Ria Ghosh, Presents Research at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2024

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) — the nation’s largest organization of professional ecologists— held their annual meeting on August 4-9, 2024 where thousands of ecological scientists, educators, students, and practitioners gathered from around the world to share new research findings and discuss solutions to today’s ecological and environmental challenges.
By CNAS |

This Red Ingredient May Be Safe To Add To Hummingbird Nectar, But Should You?

Have you ever noticed that many hummingbird feeders are bright red? Have you ever wondered why?
By Amanda Finn |

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to annouce the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of Sam Kubica

Title: "The evolution of mammalian vertebral number”

Rahul Almeida wins 2024-25 Strauss Scholarship

Rahul Almeida, a biology undergrad expected to graduate from UC Riverside in 2025, has been awarded $15,000 from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation to fund an educational intervention program he organized called, “Food for Thought.”
By Malinn Loeung |

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Ayala Berger

Title: "A ‘tail’ of two signals: acoustic courtship displays in Anna’s and Costa’s hummingbirds"

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Clara A. Woodie

Title: "Predators that eat their competitors: Mechanisms of food web stability"

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Sarah Gardner

Title: "Exploring the prenatal microbiome in Mus"

Fearsome Sharks of Today Evolved When Ancient Oceans Got Hot

More than 100 million years ago, scientists say, warming seas and reduced oxygen may have sent some sharks higher into the water column, where they evolved to be fierce and hungry.
By NYT Jeanne Timmons |

BABY SHARK, HUGE SPLASH

UCR doctoral student Phillip Sternes on being the first to spot a newborn great white, why it made waves across the world, and the dangers to sharks lurking beneath the surface
By Jules Bernstein |

Richard Cardullo, receives the 2023-24 Distinguished Campus Service Award.

Richard Cardullo, who plans to retire from the UCR administration this summer and from the faculty in summer 2025, received the 2023-24 Distinguished Campus Service Award.
By J.D. WARREN |

These dog breeds have a higher likelihood of getting cancer, according to new research

Larger dogs may not necessarily have higher risks of cancer.
By Julia Jacobo, ABC News |

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of William Ota

Title: "The Effects of Urbanization and Effluent in a Freshwater Community"

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Annika Rose-Person

Title: “Effects of ExperimentallyInduced Climatic Changes on Plants, Pollinators, and Their Interactions”

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Catherine Nguyen

Title: “Intrinsic and Social Influences on Family Dynamics and Offspring Development in a Biparental Rodent”

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Ryan Conway

Title: "A trait-based predictiveframework for communityassembly in river networks”

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Jason Randall

Title: “Molecular Evolution of Tooth Genes in the Degeneration and Loss of Enamel and Teeth in Whales and Pangolins"

The EEOB Graduate Program is proud to announce the PhD Dissertation Defense of Elijah Hall.

Title: "The impacts of climate change on plant-pollinator phenological synchrony along climatic gradients in dryland ecosystems"
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