ANNOUNCEMENT:
Learn how to make your website accessible and learn about accessibility
Learn About Website Accessibility
CNAS sub-theme overview, resources, and video tutorials
New CNAS Sites
Your CNAS Organization Manager will spin up a new site with the CNAS Theme already in place. It is not mandatory for sites under CNAS to use the CNAS Theme. Let your Organization Manager know if your department, lab, center, etc. does not want to utilize the CNAS Theme. This can be selected on the Request a Website form.
This is the CNAS Science News RSS feed
July 31, 2026
Fighting drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs
NIH funds UCR-led research to develop new treatments for malaria and babesiosis
July 28, 2026
Gene discovery could shave years off avocado breeding
UCR scientists helped find a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify one of a young tree’s most important traits long before it flowers.
July 21, 2026
Why our cells almost never fail
A $2.1 million grant will help a UCR synthetic biologist understand how cells stay stable despite stress.
July 21, 2026
New technique enables LIGO to peer farther into the distant universe
Thermal imaging could boost future gravitational-wave detectors
Articles Preview with "bubble up" effect
ITS Blog: Progress and What's New
July 08, 2026
Summer 2026 Update
UCR Drupal sites hosted on Pantheon will be updated on the week of July 20, 2026 with the changes listed below. These fixes are applied to all themes, unless stated otherwise. This release focuses on strengthening our technical foundation and significantly elevating our commitment to digital accessibility. List of Updates Drupal Core updates and introducing new modules: Update to Drupal Core v10.6.13. To stay up to date with the latest Drupal security updates and core features. The Schema.org Metatag modules. Boosting SEO & AI Searchability for Academic Programs Educationalprograms: Perfect
May 19, 2026
CAS Update for Drupal sites
Updating 700+ Drupal sites to a new SSO endpoint. Duo MFA will now be required at the /cas login.
April 15, 2026
Spring 2026 Release
UCR Drupal sites hosted on Pantheon will be updated on the week of April 20, 2026 with the changes listed below. These fixes are applied to all themes, unless stated otherwise. This release focuses on strengthening our technical foundation and significantly elevating our commitment to digital accessibility. List of Updates Drupal Core and Dependencies Drupal Core upgrade to v10.6.6 Linkit module upgraded to v7.03 Accessibility Fixed Double H1 Headers on all sites (Best Practice) Drupal site names were using the tag. This created a header hierarchy issue with the element used in Page
February 06, 2026
Winter 2026 Release
On February 06, 2026, the UC Riverside Drupal platform on Pantheon received a targeted update focused heavily on WCAG 2.1 (AA) compliance and critical media handling fixes. This release ensures that core UI components—ranging from navigation tabs to data tables—meet strict visual accessibility standards, while simultaneously resolving a high-priority bug that had been obstructing the image upload workflow for content creators. List of Updates Accessibility (AA) Fixed color contrast on all Article Preview block styles for both Default and Hybrid themes. Fixed color contrast on Tabs custom block
