As the UC Riverside campus community adjusts to working remotely, many are finding their home may not be as ergonomically friendly as their office. It’s likely that a lot of people don’t have dedicated spaces for prolonged work at home and could end up in awkward sitting positions that put a strain on their backs, said Clyde Blackwelder, UC...
Ensuring that UC Riverside students, faculty, and staff members can access proper equipment and technology has been a key part of the campus’ transition to remote learning and working. Information Technology Solutions, or ITS, has been at the forefront of that effort by loaning laptops to students, purchasing over 4,200 Zoom licenses, and resolving...
Shopping for essential supplies in the current environment can be difficult, especially for essential workers like those who continue to work on UC Riverside’s campus. That’s why UCR’s Housing, Dining, and Hospitality Services department is ensuring staff members are protected at work and can get the goods they need at home. The Market at Glen Mor...
Thomas Kramer, a UC Riverside professor of marketing, has been named a co-editor of the Journal of Consumer Psychology, one of the top academic journals covering psychology relating to consumer behavior. Kramer, an associate dean for undergraduate business programs at the UCR School of Business, is a member of the editorial team that will oversee...
The UC Riverside campus is working to provide its on-campus workers with face coverings following an April 4 order by Riverside County Public Health. County Public Health officials have updated related guidelines several times in the past weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest order, in effect until April 30, holds that protection...
UC Riverside student Jennifer Le is among about 400 college students across the nation to be awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and competitive awards in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematic fields, or STEM. From a pool of over 5,000 sophomores and juniors, 1,343 students were nominated by 461...
UC Riverside continues to remain closed as part of efforts to protect the health and safety of its community during the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order, which remains in effect until further notice. There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on campus or in the city of Riverside. Only...
Much of the UC Riverside campus was empty and quiet on Thursday afternoon, but the Market at Glen Mor was open, providing meals and supplies for students left on campus. While most UCR employees are working remotely due to the campus closure, Dining Services employees are among those providing critical functions. They continue to come in to work to...
UC Riverside closed its campus March 13, for all the the most critical university functions, in response to an order from Riverside County Public Health and as part of efforts to protect the health and safety of its community during the COVID-19 outbreak. The closure was recently extended until April 30. There are currently no confirmed cases of...
The carillon at the UC Riverside Bell Tower is ringing a little clearer and brighter following a recent maintenance project. The long-needed work consisted of cleaning, repairing, or replacing the many components that make up the carillon. It also got some improved technology with the installation of an electric control system that allows for...
UC Riverside interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Thomas M. Smith updated the campus on measures taken in response to the coronavirus while also outlining progress in several key areas during a town hall meeting Wednesday, March 11. The update was held online via Zoom instead of in-person as part of the social distancing practice adopted...
A long line of UC Riverside students looking forward to a night of music waited to get into the Student Recreation Center on a recent Friday night. But in a nearby room filled with gurneys and other medical supplies, a group of 16 students prepared for a more serious task. The members of Highlander Emergency Medical Services, or EMS, a student...
A national recreation magazine has picked UC Riverside’s Student Recreation Center, or SRC, as its “Rec of the Month” for March. It’s the first time the facility has won the recognition from Campus Rec, a resource for college and university recreation centers and professionals. “Our department is focused on providing holistic well-being and stress...
UC Riverside Healthy Campus has received a $3,500 grant from the American College Health Foundation for a pilot program to study how faculty members can influence student well-being. The group plans to recruit and train 10 faculty members to incorporate strategies promoting a healthier classroom environment for undergraduates. The study would take...
An opening date has been set for the Barn. The renovated and expanded dining complex will hold a grand opening celebration April 29 and formally open to the general public May 2, Dining Services announced last week. It will be preceded by a soft opening in mid-April. Construction is mostly complete on the project, although the contractor is...
As UC Riverside’s executive chef, Lanette Dickerson decides what many members of the campus community eat on a daily basis. Dickerson, who has had a life-long passion for cooking, says she appreciates that UCR affords her the chance to make a variety of cuisines, including American, Thai, and Indian, to name some of her favorites. Working on a...
Newspapers continue to cut staff, readership is declining, and the public’s mistrust of the media has grown. Yet in some ways, the state of journalism is better than ever, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist David Leonhardt, who presented the 51st Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture on Feb. 27 at the UC Riverside Extension Center...
A UC Riverside student research team has been awarded a nearly $25,000 grant to develop sustainable construction material using wheat straw. The students were among 18 teams of graduate and undergraduate students across the country awarded grants by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, for projects that use sustainable technology to...
For more than five decades, the carillon at the top of the UCR Bell Tower has rung clearly to successive generations of students. The bells still chime strongly, but the years have added some wear and tear, according to a report by a bell expert who examined the carillon last year. A new maintenance project in March will help restore its luster....
A National Science Foundation report found that UC Riverside ranks third in the nation when it comes to graduating the most Hispanic or Latino students in science and engineering fields. The data is included in a 2019 report called “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering,” which looks at the progress of...
