The UC Riverside Staff Conference is returning for its third year, continuing its focus on professional development for staff employees. The free virtual conference, which will take place March 27 and 28, is sponsored by UCR Staff Assembly, Leaders of Excellence and Distinction, or LEAD, and Human Resources Employee and Organizational Development...
UC Riverside and climate start-up Pluton Biosciences have partnered to advance the development of technology that increases a plant’s capability to capture CO2 and sequester it in the soil. Commercialization of the technology has the potential to create more sustainable agricultural practices and increase crop yields as an additional outcome of...
UC President Michael V. Drake M.D. spent two days at UC Riverside this week meeting with undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty, researchers, and leadership to discuss issues ranging from expanding opportunity and affordability to addressing the health needs of Californians. Drake toured several campus facilities, including the new...
The campus community now has easier access to the UC Riverside Botanic Gardens on a stairway connected to a scenic path. The Office of Planning, Design and Construction recently completed construction of the stairway on a small hill on the east side of campus that provides a shortcut to the gardens. The stairway was built over a steep incline...
LaSharon McLean Perez, assistant director of UCR’s Education Abroad program, has been selected as chair for the local district of NAFSA: Association of International Educators. As Region XII southern district chair, she will lead one of the largest regional chapters of the non-profit professional organization for professionals in international...
UC Riverside has once again taken a top honor at the city of Riverside’s annual beautification awards in January. The Student Success Center won first place in the Maintenance of Existing Facility and Landscaping category in the Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful Awards. The honorees were announced Jan. 27 at Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson’s State of...
Jeff Talbott has long seen leading UC Riverside’s police department as an ideal job and can’t think of a better time to be campus safety director and police chief. A Riverside native with more than 40 years of public safety experience, Talbott joined UCR in December at a time when the campus is re-envisioning its approach to campus safety. The...
An online program at UC Riverside’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering was ranked No. 12 by Fortune Magazine. The graduate program in data science was named among the Best Online Master’s in Data Science Programs in 2023 by the publication. Fortune ranked 23 data science programs nationally, scoring them on selectivity, student...
UC Riverside is giving donors a new way to show their support with the first UCR Give Day in April. Departments and groups interested in participating and raising funds to support students, research, and programs are urged to sign up by February 28 for the April 6 fundraiser. This will be UCR’s first stand-alone campaign that focuses on supporting...
The Regents of the University of California met at UC Riverside on Friday, Jan. 27, in a daylong series of meetings that highlighted the campus’s role in spurring economic growth through technology development, agricultural innovation, and public health. The Board of Regents heard from campus leaders, researchers, students, and community leaders...
UC Riverside has begun work on a Native American Garden in the center of campus that pays respect to the region’s original inhabitants. The garden is planned for a 20,000-square-foot area in the upper mall outside the Highland Union Building, or HUB, and next to the recently renovated Pierce Hall. Preliminary work on the project began over the...
UC Riverside has a new dining option at the HUB with the grand opening of the Halal Shack. The restaurant, which opened on campus Thursday, Jan. 12, is the first campus venue to feature an entirely halal menu. Inspired by New York City street food, the restaurant offers Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors and spices with American-style fusion...
A new Riverside Transit Agency bus route is making it easier to get to and around UC Riverside. RTA launched Route 56 on Jan. 8, restoring service between the Hunter Park Metrolink station and campus that had been cut a few years ago due to the pandemic. The new route benefits the campus in several ways. Commuters on the Metrolink Perris Valley...
A member of UC Riverside’s emergency management team has completed training in emergency heritage protection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Thomas Stoner, interim emergency manager in the Office of Emergency Management, was one of 25 participants nationwide selected to take part in the week-long Heritage Emergency and Response...
In early December, construction crews began work on repairs to the Performance Lab, which houses a theater in the center of the building and is next to the stairs that face out to the Arts Walk area. Crews, who installed fencing and scaffolding around the building, have already completed the installation of a new roof, replacing one that had become...
Rodolfo Torres, UC Riverside vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development, has been named Educator of the Year by the Inland Empire Economic Partnership. The group praised Torres “for his leadership and partnership with the employer community focused on the creation of research and technology deployment to support a more sustainable supply...
UC Riverside experienced an eventful 2022 as the campus returned to normal with large in-person events such as commencement and Homecoming. Take a look at some noteworthy moments captured by Stan Lim, UCR photography manager.
A group of UC Riverside students is making sure the statue of Cesar Chavez in downtown Riverside looks its best. As part of their community service mission, students from La Union Estudiantil de la Raza, or UER, fraternity have volunteered to maintain the memorial to the Chicano labor leader. Since late October, students have been cleaning the...
A project installing solar panels on two UC Riverside buildings has won a top prize from a solar energy industry publication. Solar Builder Magazine awarded the Rooftop Project of the Year to the campus for a project installing over 1,000 solar panels on the Student Recreation Center and Student Services Building roofs last year. The two...
For decades, Nuestra Cosa provided a platform for UC Riverside’s Chicano students to share their stories, poetry, and art with the campus. After the newspaper stopped publishing in 2012, much of that history became harder to find, with back issues tattered or fading away. A new project has made those voices available once again in a digital...
