UC Riverside celebrated the inauguration of Chancellor S. Jack Hu with a look to the future, congratulatory speeches, and festive music and dance performances. Hu was formally sworn in as UCR’s 10th chancellor at the Thursday, Feb. 5 investiture ceremony where he outlined his vision for UCR to become “the nation’s model for an inclusive, innovation...
Kald Alhomse, 20, a second-year biology student who is blind, has learned to navigate UC Riverside’s campus on his own, using a white cane to guide his way. Just as important as getting to his classes, Alhomse relies on accessibility technology to follow his lectures and complete his coursework. In his backpack, he carries a tablet with a Braille...
UC Riverside’s first-of-its-kind North District Phase 2 student housing complex received the Mayor’s Innovation Award at the Riverside State of the City on Jan. 28. The 415,000-square-foot complex, which opened last summer, brought together UCR and Riverside Community College District students in two apartment-style buildings with 1,568 beds. UCR...
Two online graduate programs at UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering are once again among the 2026 U.S. News Best Online Programs. The online master’s in information technology program was ranked No. 12 nationwide in the engineering category while the online master’s in engineering program was No. 27. Both represented...
UC Riverside will inaugurate Chancellor S. Jack Hu and the campus is invited to join the celebrations. Hu will be formally inaugurated at a Feb. 5 ceremony that will include University of California leaders and campus faculty, staff, and student representatives. He began his tenure as UCR’s 10th chancellor on July 15. A full afternoon of activities...
In a dark-colored room with blackened window shades, a team of digital archivists is unearthing hidden treasures in old documents, photographs, and other historical media. Those pieces of history can now be shared with scholars and researchers all over the world, thanks to a new digitization lab at UC Riverside’s Tomás Rivera Library. The new lab...
Six months after breaking ground, UC Riverside’s SoCal OASIS Park™ has one its most notable design elements in place. Construction crews completed installation in December of the wood frame and paneling in the front portion of the building. The approximately 39,000-square-foot building will feature labs, maker spaces, and collaborative work areas...
The UC Riverside Library will once again host notable authors and scholars of speculative fiction with the 2026 Virtual Eaton Symposium on Jan. 8. The daylong event will include speculative fiction writer Ken Liu as the keynote speaker. Liu recently published the techno thriller “All That We See or Seem” and is a winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and...
Mihoko Hosoi started her career in the hotel and airline industries in Japan, where she developed her ability to make people feel heard and welcomed. It’s an approach that she’s brought with her to library management, a field in which she’s worked for over two decades leading to her joining UC Riverside as university librarian in October. “It...
Susan Zieger, a UC Riverside professor of English, didn’t have to look far from campus to see the impacts of the logistics industry. For her new book, “Logistics and Power: Supply Chains from Slavery to Space,” Zieger interviewed about 30 UCR students who worked in area warehouses to help pay their way through school. The book was published in...
UC Riverside is focusing on educating riders and providing incentives to improve safety in the use of e-scooters and other personal wheeled devices. The influx of scooters, skateboards, and other mobility devices on campus has been an ongoing issue since they’ve grown in use and popularity among students in recent years. The campus has rules in...
UC Riverside holds many special memories for David Hadley ’71 and ’73, a retired researcher in diagnostic cardiology. It’s where Hadley started dating his wife, Cheryl Hadley ’71, when they were both undergraduates. It’s also where he discovered his interest in geophysics. “I had a tremendous experience here and it really affected the arc of my...
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UC Riverside students are more physically active and fewer face food insecurity, but many deal with loneliness, anxiety, and depression, according to the results of a recent survey assessing the status of their health and wellbeing. UCR has participated regularly in the National College Health Assessment, or NCHA, administered by the American...
UCR Health will offer managed health care to employees in January, a continuation of its efforts to increase access to medical care in the region. Employees and retirees will be able to sign up for the Blue & Gold medical plan during Open Enrollment beginning Oct. 30. UCR Health, the healthcare provider component of the School of Medicine, already...
UC Riverside will soften the blow of upcoming health premium increases by providing subsidies for some employees next year. The University of California will begin Open Enrollment on Oct. 30, during which employees can review and make changes to their benefits. UC has announced that big changes are in store including increased premiums for...
Leading candidates for California governor will meet for a debate at UC Riverside on Nov. 7 to discuss health care challenges faced by state voters. UCR is a co-host of “ Health Matters: A Conversation with California’s Next Governor,” a nonpartisan forum organized by 11 California health-focused advocacy organizations. Four gubernatorial...
