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A UC Riverside professor took part in a study, published today, that labeled unfounded perceived worries that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling favorable to gay marriage could produce a backlash that would hinder equality efforts.

Budget legislation that directs the University of California to allocate $15 million to UC Riverside's school of medicine received a mixed reaction from the area"s Republican lawmakers.

Science fiction and fantasy fans rejoice and take some time to visit the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy .

UC Riverside was named as a ?Next Generation University? by the Washington D.C.-based New America Foundation.

Charles Wyman, a University of California Riverside professor in the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department, recently edited a book, " Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels, " that provides in-depth information on aqueous processing of cellulosic biomass into fuel.

A small tanker makes a retardant drop as crews battle the Palmyrita Fire east of Michigan Avenue and southwest of Columbia and Palmyrita avenues Friday in Riverside.

Brian Weden, right, with UCR professor David Kisailus, graduates from UC Riverside with a B.S. in materials science engineering.

Once asleep, we all experience five different stages in our sleep cycle. That being said, one would be hard pressed to find anyone who is familiar with any of the cycles besides REM sleep, or rapid eye movement sleep , which is typically characterized by quick and random movements of the eyes combined with muscle paralysis.

Ongoing funding of $15 million a year for UC Riverside's new medical school is now a governor's signature away from becoming final.

Highlights of California's budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. SPENDING: * Projects the state will collect $97.1 billion in general fund revenue and adopts a $96.3 billion spending plan for the 2013-14-fiscal year starting July 1. It maintains a $1.1 billion reserve and pays down some of the debt accrued during the recession.

Ah, war, that scourge of humanity. How nice it would be if all the swords were beaten into plowshares and the lion were to lie down with the lamb.

Flames from a slow-burning brush fire make their way up the hillside of Sugar Loaf Mountain on the northeast side of the city of Riverside on Friday, June 14, 2013 A juvenile was detained for questioning Friday afternoon, June 14, after a brush fire burned about 40 acres in the hills north of UC Riverside.

Share/BookmarkPipes in the Pines, featuring the University of California, Riverside, Pipe Band, returns to Idyllwild, Wednesday, July 3. The evening event was sold out last year and this year's return engagement is also quickly selling tickets.

Q: The petunias we planted a month or two ago looked great until recently. Now the flowers are opening with holes chewed in them.

Faculty at the University of California, Irvine's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences have created a new technology that helps users to better store and make sense of "Big Data," maximizing the benefits of the roughly 2.5 quintillion bytes of online information generated every day.

Immigrants take the United States Oath of Citizenship to become naturalized citizens of the U.S.on January 2012 at Fairplex in Pomona.

A new questionnaire is the first accurate and scientifically tested tool for evaluating a person's motivation for attempting suicide.

UC Riverside's athletic director could be moving on. Brian Wickstrom, who became athletic director in the summer of 2011, is one of three finalists for the vacant athletic director's job at Louisiana Monroe, according to the Monroe News-Star.

A parolee who led police on a chase through Riverside that triggered three crashes - including one involving a patrol car - pleaded guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges.

Fifty students and parents from the Young Oak Kim Academy School in Los Angeles visited UC Riverside for a tour and lunch on May 30, 2013.