Dear Campus Community, Environmental Health and Safety has made significant improvements to content and streamlined the online Safety Orientation course. These changes include more relevant content to support a healthy and safe workplace and reflect Cal/OSHA requirements. This mandatory training will be assigned to all faculty, staff, affiliates...

Dear UCR Community, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Peter Hayashida has shared with me his plan to leave UC Riverside in December 2021. Arrivals and departures are a normal part of university life, and Vice Chancellor Hayashida has diligently prepared to minimize the impact of this change on our external relations efforts. Since his...

Dear Members of the UCR Campus Community, This week, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) issued its latest guidance on workplace requirements for workplace safety. As of today, at UCR: Fully vaccinated employees and students may work indoors without face coverings, except for staff in health care settings and...

Dear Campus Community, If you have been waiting to get vaccinated, now is the time. Over the last several months, vaccines have been available to UC Riverside employees through health care providers, pharmacies, and public clinics. Now, as we near the end of the academic year, we are experiencing minimal transmission of coronavirus on campus...

Each month the Chief Compliance Office will highlight a policy for its Policy Spotlight Series. This month focuses on the recently revised UC policy on Protection of Human Subjects in Research: Protection of Human Subjects in Research The recently revised presidential policy describes the responsibilities in protecting the rights and welfare of...

Beginning summer quarter, Transportation Services will integrate new parking software that uses License Plate Recognition (LPR) to improve the parking experience on campus. What exactly is LPR? It’s a plate recognition technology that associates a parking permit to a license plate instead of displaying a hang-tag or physical permit. LPR will...

Dear Campus Community, It’s been an eventful first month for me as your provost. Although I’ve moved into my office in Hinderaker Hall, I’ve spent most of my time on Zoom! I have managed to get outside now and then: I’ve had lunch at the Sub Station, I’ve watched the women’s soccer team practice, and I got a tour of the almost-completed Student...

Dear Colleagues, For your review and comment is a draft Presidential Campus Safety Plan that lays a foundation for transforming UC’s culture, policies and practices to achieve a vision of safety in which all members of the community feel equally welcomed, respected and protected from harm. This draft plan was developed based on extensive input from...

The UC Riverside Operational Continuity Working Group has issued campus events and gatherings guidelines, including a gatherings checklist and approval process. The campus continues to recommend that events be held remotely and virtually when possible in keeping with the State Guidance for Higher Education. Event planners seeking to hold an in...

Dear Campus Community, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Heidi M. Scribner as UCR’s next Associate Vice Chancellor for Auxiliary Services. Ms. Scribner’s appointment will begin on July 1st, 2021. Heidi spent the past six years at UC Berkeley and since 2017 served as Executive Director for Housing, Events, and Facilities Services. She...

UC Riverside has created five campus working groups to plan for the fall and the transition to returning to campus. See below for the latest updates from the working groups: Research Ramp-up Starting May 26, campus laboratories that conduct human subjects research may resume operations as long as they abide by a matrix designed to assess the risk...

Dear campus community, Now that Riverside County is in the orange coronavirus tier, the restrictions brought about by the pandemic on conducting human subjects research can be relaxed. Starting today, campus laboratories that conduct human subjects research may resume operations as long as they abide by a matrix designed to assess the risk in...

Dear Campus Community, As we approach the end of the academic year, I have been reflecting on all we have experienced together in one year. Four months ago, we were just beginning to receive and administer vaccines through UCR Health. In the previous months, some California counties, including Riverside, had temporary curfews in place to limit...

UC Riverside has created five campus working groups to plan for the fall and the transition to returning to campus. See below for the latest updates from the working groups: Operational Continuity The Operational Continuity working group campus briefing takes place Friday, May 21 at 12 p.m. and is available for view, both live and recorded on...

Dear Highlanders, As of May 13, 2021, COVID-19 vaccinations were made available to all individuals 12 years and older. The university is encouraging students to get vaccinated prior to our return to campus in fall. Vaccinations can be obtained through local pharmacies, including CVS and Walgreens, county clinics, in addition to your primary...

Dear Campus Community, In recent years, UC Riverside has been increasingly recognized nationally for our achievements in student success and research, and for our contributions to the state of California and beyond. One of the major reasons for our success is the commitment and passion of our employees. Even as I recognize the importance of our...

Dear Campus Community, Following the recommendations of the Campus Safety Task Force, I am writing today to announce the reorganization of several departments into a new division for Health, Well-being, and Safety to be led by Associate Vice Chancellor Denise Woods, who will report to me beginning July 1. With the objective of enhancing overall...

Dear Campus Community, The UC Office of the President recently shared the details of a proposed policy on COVID-19 vaccination for employees and students at all University of California campuses. While the policy has not yet taken effect, we are preparing for the likelihood of the policy’s adoption. We know that thousands of UCR employees have...

UC Riverside has created five campus working groups to plan for the fall and the transition to returning to campus. See below for the latest updates from the working groups: Student Services The Student Services working groups campus briefing takes place May 12 at 3 p.m. and is available for view, both live and recorded on YouTube. COVID Management...

On March 13, 2020, we received notice that we were to limit all campus activities to personnel supporting essential activities and all other personnel were required to work remotely. In a short period of time, we learned that many jobs could be performed effectively in a remote setting. For some, the flexibility of working from home afforded...