Dear Students: Thanks to those of you who responded to our recent survey about fall quarter instruction. We learned a lot about your learning preferences as well as our faculty's teaching preferences. Since the survey was distributed in early February, vaccination rates have continued to rise, case counts and test positivity rates have fallen...

Policy Spotlight Series Each month the Chief Compliance Office will highlight a policy for its Policy Spotlight Series. This month focuses on the recently issued UC Gender Recognition and Lived Name policy: UC Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy The new presidential policy ensures that all students, employees, alumni, and affiliates are...

Dear Campus Community, In the initial essay for the New York Times Magazine series, “The 1619 Project,” author Nikole Hannah-Jones looks at history in America beginning with the year that slaves were first brought to the English settlement of Jamestown. Of her Black father’s decision to fly the American flag on a pole in their front yard, she...

It is with deep sadness that we announce that UCR librarian Christina Cicchetti passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2021. Christina received her BA in Humanities from Walla Walla University in Washington State, MS in Information Studies from Drexel University, and Educational Specialist (EdS) Certificate in Curriculum and Instruction from La Sierra...

In January 2021, UC President Drake announced that the University of California is “planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide starting in fall 2021.” In order to pivot toward the resumption of in-person classes, research and creative activities, and campus operations, UC Riverside has been reviewing our guiding principles...

Dear Campus Community, We unequivocally condemn the recent violent and racist attacks in the Bay Area and nationally against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Since the outset of the pandemic, violent attacks, and hate incidents toward Asians and Pacific Islanders have increased – including troubling incidents on our own campus. While...

Dear Campus Community: The task of vaccinating hundreds of millions of people would be complex at any time. It is especially difficult when executing this effort for the first time with infrastructure that varies by state, county, and health system. UC Riverside continues to rely on incremental decision-making, using the best information available...

Join us for the winter quarter Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid Campus Forum on Thursday, March 11, from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.! Get quarterly updates to understand key milestones of the Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid processes. Questions can be submitted in advance for the Q&A portion of the presentation. All are welcome. Register...

The Environmental Health & Safety policy (currently known as "Environmental Health & Safety – Office Responsibilities and Services”) originated in 1994. The policy has not received a substantive revision since that time. The Executive Director of Environmental Health & Safety has revised the policy effective February 4, 2021. The revisions include...

Dear Highlander Community, Technology is key to student success, which is why UCR instituted the Student Technology Fee (STF) in 2011. STF allows the University to strategically invest in technologies that provide students and faculty with a high-tech environment that supports top-tier teaching and learning. With a new academic year around the...

Dear Campus Community, Over the past 18 months, more than 100 UCR campus and community members have worked to develop a strategic plan to guide our path forward. These faculty-led working groups engaged a variety of stakeholders throughout their report-writing process, soliciting ideas and priorities through town hall meetings, focus groups...

Dear Campus Community, California Department Public Health (CDPH) and Cal/OSHA recently issued updated COVID-19 prevention training requirements. Please review below what action must be taken by each employee to satisfy this requirement. If you are currently working on campus, even on an intermittent basis, immediate action is required. If you...

Dear Campus Community, When considering adjectives to describe the last year, the word “newsy” certainly applies. The convergence of a pandemic, raised consciousness about social injustice and inequalities, budget challenges, and our determination to not only persevere but to seek higher ideals, has generated a lot of campus news. I’ve often...

The interim policy on Travel Risk Reduction ( 900-25), which was formerly called the International Travel Policy, was revised in December 2020. The interim policy was first initiated on March 6, 2020 and was recently updated to align with recommendations and guidance from the CDC, UCOP, and local health officials. The updated policy includes a...

Dear Campus Community: Last week, I announced the first arrivals of COVID-19 vaccines to UCR Health, which will be administered to employees and patients in alignment with the California Department of Public Health prioritization protocol. As a reminder the university’s supply of vaccines will be very limited and we will focus our current on-campus...

Dear UCR Faculty & Staff, UCR Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is pleased to announce a new service offering: Cisco Jabber Soft Phone. What is it? Cisco Jabber Soft Phone is a software program that allows users to make telephone calls from their computer workstation using their campus phone number. What value would it bring to my team? Users...

Dear Campus Community: As we previously announced, UCR Student Health Services received 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine last week to inoculate front-line healthcare employees as well as some of our co-workers who we require at this point to have in-person contact with students or other employees. Today UCR Health will receive an...

Dear Campus Community, Thank you to all the UC Riverside employees who provided feedback about the President’s Job Protection Program. This program would, in effect, implement some level of one-time temporary salary reduction during the 2020-2021 fiscal year, based on an approved salary tier. The intent for these one-time savings would be to...

Dear Campus Community: On Friday, Governor Newsom released his proposed fiscal year 2022 budget. If signed into law, the proposed budget would increase the University of California’s ongoing funding by $136.3 million from current levels. I am grateful that discussions of higher education spending are now headed back in the right direction and am...

Dear Colleagues, As many of you know Tamica Smith Jones, director of intercollegiate athletics at UC Riverside, will be leaving us at the end of this month for a leadership position at Kennesaw State University Athletics in Georgia. I have asked Wes Mallette, currently senior associate athletic director for external relations, to serve as interim...