Innovation

UCR is leading innovation in the Inland Empire and making worldwide impacts. UCR’s Opportunities to Advance Sustainability, Innovation, and Social Inclusion, or SoCal OASISTM has secured more than $68M in federal and state funding to develop the SoCal OASISTM Park — an innovation and workforce development hub. The first phase of the project, which officially broke ground on June 23, 2025, will be located in close proximity to the main campus and the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

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Research News

Class of 2026 graduate with family
Countdown to UCR's 72nd Commencement
A roundup of commencement must-knows for graduating students and their families.
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Celebrating UCR's Class of 2026
This month, thousands of Highlanders will cross the stage at UC Riverside’s 72nd Commencement. While they will celebrate as one class, each arrived at this milestone through a distinct journey. Here, nine graduating seniors share stories that defined their UCR experience.
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Hydrogen fuel van emission testing
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.
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Conceptual image of AI searches summaries favoring logic over ethos & pathos
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.
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$250 Million

IN RESEARCH EXPENDITURES

(2023)


The Only

AAU AND R1 UNIVERSITY

IN THE REGION


No. 22

MOST INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY

- U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT


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