Payroll Parking Charges Due to the campus closure for COVID-19, we will be suspending all April, May and June payroll parking charges. Please note that parking permit payroll deductions are charged in arrears. This means that for those who are paid monthly, the deduction on the 1st of the month is for the previous month’s parking. For those paid bi...

Dear Campus Community, Since that day in March when we transitioned to mostly remote operations, I have looked forward to a time when we could bring more people back to campus. Today I am writing to highlight information and resources available to support our community as we work through the next phase in response and recovery. Campus Return As you...

Dear Campus Community, In March and early April, elected leaders held daily press conferences in which they reported the number of ventilators they had secured. In hospitals and labs, physicians, scientists, and device manufacturers looked for new ways to help patients suffering from COVID-19 breathe. Both federal and state entities went to great...

Dear campus community, Please join me in congratulating Milagros Peña, dean of the UC Riverside College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Earlier today she was named president of Purchase College. Her successful season serving as dean of CHASS since 2015 – marked by increases in fundraising, expansion of UCR ARTS, strengthening of the...

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have finalized requirements for ramping up on-campus research as part of our next phase of returning to our physical workspaces. I appreciate the feedback we received after I mentioned this effort in the recent RED newsletter and believe our plan will provide an important framework to ensure...

Dear Campus Community, May typically is a month when we begin celebrating our accomplishments over the last year. As we roll toward final exams, we prepare to say goodbye to students who are heading home for the summer while the graduating class prepares to leave. This year, even in the middle of a pandemic, we have reasons to celebrate. For...

Dear UCR Community, As you are aware, the in-person 2020 Commencement ceremonies scheduled for May and June have been postponed until they can be safely rescheduled, except for the School of Medicine, which will have an online graduation ceremony for their M.D. graduates on May 29. An online celebration for UC Riverside’s Class of 2020 will be held...

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Professor Marko Princevac will serve as UCR’s Interim Vice Provost of International Affairs beginning July 1st, 2020. The VPIA plays a critical role as UCR’s chief academic officer for international programs and engagement and is a member of UCR’s senior leadership team. Dr. Princevac will serve as...

Dear Campus Community, Each year around this time, the Governor provides an updated budget proposal for the coming year based on the state’s financial outlook. Last week, Governor Newsom released his May Revise. In light of COVID-19 and the pandemic’s impact on state revenue and expenses, this year’s update was more significant. If enacted, the...

Dear Campus Community: The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a Public Service Announcement regarding targeted hacking campaigns. This alert warns that state-sponsored malicious actors are targeting organizations and researchers conducting COVID-19-related research. The UCR ITS Information Security Office...

This note is intended to update you on broader campus discussions about where we stand and where we are going. As we proceed through the second month of this situation the campus, like everyone else in the state, is beginning to discuss whether and how we might open up again. Campus leadership meet regularly each week to discuss questions relating...

Dear Campus Community, As I’ve mentioned in recent messages, the questions I receive most frequently now revolve around the status of fall quarter and how are we preparing for an eventual resuming of on-campus operations. The purpose of this message is to provide information about the work we are doing to prepare for various scenarios. You will...

The UC Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy on Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation. The proposed policy substantively revises the existing Policy and Procedures on Curation and Repatriation of Human Remains and Cultural Items (“Current Policy”). The policy pertains to the treatment and...

Dear Campus Community: On Friday, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors asked the Public Health officer to rescind the order mandating the closure of universities in the county. This action will not result in any immediate changes to UC Riverside’s campus operations or our plans for remote instruction this spring and summer. These actions...

The effects of the campus closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in decreased workloads for staff and students in many campus units. Human Resources has developed UCR’s Talent Match Program to pair staff and students with diminished workloads with temporary job assignments. Specifically, the program strives to identify reassignment...

UC San Diego (UCSD) and UC San Francisco (UCSF) are planned to become the next UC locations to implement UCPath in May 2020. During this transition, there will be TWO downtimes over a total of 10 days, including 5 business days when UCPath will be down. During this implementation, direct access for UCR employees to UCPath Online will be unavailable...

Dear Campus Community, Across the country, the debate rages on: when will it be safe to re-open businesses? For those of us who have been actively working and studying under modified circumstances, the questions are different. While we are continuing to move forward, we want to know when all of us can return to our physical locations or resume...

Dear Campus Community, Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to visit more than 30 virtual class, staff, and faculty meetings. I have appreciated the chance to meet with many of you and answer your questions. On May 4 I will provide a spring Chancellor’s Update, which will be available on the UC Riverside YouTube channel. After...

Dear UCR Community, As announced on April 3, 2020, I asked the Commencement Working Group to convene and discuss our existing plans for this year’s graduation activities in light of Riverside County’s extended school closure order. Last week the Working Group submitted to me three recommendations that apply to all graduates except those in the...

Dear Campus Community: First, I’d like to offer a sincere thank you for all you’re doing and for your patience as we work through the myriad of issues that are confronting the university at this unprecedented time. We hope that this guidance on staffing is final and complete at this time, and at least will provide a clear direction through June 30...