Finding in-person help from UC Riverside’s BearHelp team is easier than ever with a new program stationing technicians at the two campus libraries. Starting this fall, Information Technology Solutions, or ITS, is partnering with the UCR Library to offer technical support at the Tomás Rivera and Orbach Science libraries. A technician and a student...

The Community Partner Fair returns to UC Riverside on Sept. 20, kicking off a new academic year in which UCR Staff Assembly hopes to build more campus involvement. The fair will feature about 40 vendors, a KUCR DJ playing music, prize drawings, and free ice cream and shaved ice. It will once again take place outdoors under the arches in front of...

UC Riverside employees marked the start of a new academic year with the Chancellor’s Faculty and Staff Picnic Tuesday, Sept. 12 at the HUB Plaza. Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox welcomed the over 700 employees attending the event and thanked UCR Staff Assembly for its involvement. “It’s great to have everybody together and get a chance to see people I don...

U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal spoke about the importance of educational opportunity in meetings with UC Riverside administrators and students during a campus visit on Thursday, Sept. 7. Kvaal, who leads the Department of Education’s work on higher education and student financial aid, also met with journalists from around the country...

UC Riverside has purchased an office building near campus where it will consolidate employees currently working in leased space. The purchase, which closed Aug. 25, is part of a shift to move employees from leased offices to university-owned buildings that is expected to provide substantial savings. It also allows the university to move them from...

For more than 30 years, UCR Riverside has provided early childhood education and childcare services for employees and students. The program, which is part of UCR’s Auxiliary Services, marked a new chapter on Sept. 1 as it celebrated its new name as the Center for Early Childhood Education. Formerly known as Early Childhood Services, the change...

The fall season can be a time of stress and anxiety for many as they anticipate busier schedules and added responsibilities. UC Riverside Human Resources offers a number of resources for employees to prepare for the new school year. Hung Wu, wellness coordinator for Workplace Health and Wellness, said it’s important for faculty and staff members to...

A new walkway under construction at UC Riverside will provide easier access at the northwest corner of campus, including to and from a major new student housing project. The South Recreation Mall project began construction in spring and is expected to be completed by fall, said Daneca Stevens, a project manager with the Office of Planning, Design...

With a touch of the screen, new interactive video technology at UC Riverside’s XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning allows students to explore countless learning opportunities. The giant 27-foot diagonal screen occupies a central location in front of couches and desks at the center, located at Tomás Rivera Library. The Immersive Design for...

Seated in front of UC Riverside’s signature UCR sign at the HUB Plaza, doctoral student Amena Sadat was dressed in a cream-colored and gold embroidered shalwar kameez on a sunny spring afternoon. The traditional dress was a reminder of the harrowing journey she took from her native Afghanistan to pursue her dreams of attaining higher education. It...

The UC Riverside campus has all sorts of trees, from mature oaks that date to the 1950s to rare varieties such as a single monkey puzzle tree near Olmsted Hall. But until recently there were no precise records of the number of trees, their location, the type of species, and their condition. A partial inventory was started in 2014 but never...

Geoffrey “Jeff” Pack believes UC Riverside has an important story to tell. It’s one that includes alumni like himself, whose 30-year career as a naval officer was shaped by his time at the campus. And it’s a story about UCR’s continued role in driving the economy of the Inland Empire. Pack ’78 is now in a position to tell that story in a more...

Trees and plants are sprouting in the center of the UC Riverside campus as the new Native American Garden nears completion. A landscape contractor began planting trees, bushes, and other vegetation this spring in a 20,000-square-foot area in the upper mall outside the Highlander Union Building, or HUB, next to Pierce Hall. The garden is intended to...

When Jasmine Veliz’s workday at UC Riverside ends on a Tuesday afternoon, she’s just getting started. An administrative assistant with University Extension, Veliz volunteers once a week at Riverside’s Raincross Boxing Academy, tutoring and mentoring local youth. She’s been a tutor with the organization for two years, starting when she was a UCR...

Jorge Leal, an assistant professor of history, has been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Leal is one of 20 new fellows for the 2023-24 academic year announced July 13. The fellowship, funded by the Mellon Foundation and administered by the institute, seeks to increase the presence of...

The UC Riverside Botanic Gardens has seen an outpouring of support following break-ins that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars in equipment. Supporters have asked how they can donate money and equipment, and volunteer to help, after Botanic Gardens Director Jodie Holt posted on social media about burglaries that occurred Friday evening...

UC Riverside was honored for excellence in health and safety for a fourth consecutive year by the UC Office the President. UCR Environmental Health & Safety is the first to receive the prestigious UCOP Presidential Award for Campus Excellence in Health in Safety four years in a row. The award recognizes campus health and safety programs with the...

UC Riverside has been named one of the world’s top universities in the 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings released June 27. The campus placed No. 69 in the United States in the 20th edition of the rankings, published by higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds and posted at TopUniversities.com. The list features 1,500...

UC Riverside has received two national awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for its marketing and communications work. University Relations won two bronze CASE Circle of Excellence Awards from the nonprofit association dedicated to educational advancement in alumni relations, communications, development...

Johnny Cruz, UC Riverside associate vice chancellor and chief communications and marketing officer, completed the Leadership Riverside program in June. Leadership Riverside is a 10-month program by the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in which representatives from local businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, school...