Highlanders celebrated a weekend of music, sports, and scholarship as part of UC Riverside’s Homecoming 2022 held Friday, Nov 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19. The festivities included a concert by the Beach Boys that drew a packed audience at Hinderaker Lawn, a men’s basketball game, a women’s volleyball game, fireworks, a classic car show, and an event...

International Affairs showcased UC Riverside’s diverse global community as part of International Education Week from Nov. 7-10. Activities included the Worldfest Culture and Conversation on Tuesday, Nov. 8, which attracted more than 200 students to HUB 302. The event featured performances by Ballet Folklorico, a student DJ set, and resources...

A delegation of UC Riverside campus leaders traveled to South Korea last month, meeting with government and educational officials to discuss international partnerships. The trip, from Oct. 20 to 29, included Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Watkins and College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Daryle Williams in their first...

Intuitive. Engaging. Integrated. These are the three main factors driving upcoming changes to Information Technology information at UC Riverside. Beginning Sunday, Oct. 30, campus users looking for information technology information, resources, and support can expect a simplified, comprehensive user experience when visiting the Information...

Over 130 high school and college students met at UC Riverside for a youth summit Saturday, Oct. 1, to discuss civic engagement and other issues related to facilitating change in their communities. California Freedom Summer, a project led by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, in partnership with the Center for Social Innovation at UC...

Nearly 170 turfgrass professionals, academics and scientists met at the annual Turfgrass & Landscape Research Field Day at the UC Riverside Agricultural Operations Research Station on Sept. 15 to learn about the latest research on turfgrass. They discussed topics including drought management, drought tolerant species and cultivars, weed control...

A $550,000 grant will allow students at UC Riverside and other nearby minority-serving institutions, or MSIs, to participate in a research training academy and get hands-on experience contributing to a study on publicly engaged research in political science. The project, “Assessing the Effects of a Publicly Engaged Political Science using the MSI...

UC Riverside is moving to a new travel and expense system with updated technology that makes it easier for travelers to manage payments and receive reimbursements. The campus officially deployed the Concur Travel and Expense System on Monday, July 25 following eight months of planning. It’s the first of several updates to aging financial...

UC Riverside Information Technology Solutions, or ITS –campus’ central information technology organization–won the inaugural Google Cloud Hero Cup against competitors from UC Santa Barbara and San Diego State University. The gamified Google Cloud training took place over the course of three hours on Friday, June 24. Each University was represented...

UC Riverside held 12 commencement ceremonies over the past week, attracting thousands of graduates and their families in the biggest in-person graduation celebration on campus since before the pandemic. The ceremonies began Friday, June 3, and concluded Monday, June 13. A total of 7,272 students were eligible to graduate. That included 1,117...

The temporary mandate for the use of face coverings indoors on the UC Riverside campus expired on Tuesday. In place between May 30 and June 13, the temporary mandate was designed to decrease the likelihood of COVID-19 transmission during the end of the spring quarter. Face covering guidelines have returned to what was in place prior to the...

Face Covering Requirements From May 30 through June 13, face coverings will be required in indoor spaces on the UC Riverside campus and in university owned or operated venues. For more information see the announcement issued on May 27. Notifications About Potential Workplace Exposures on Campus Visit the UCR COVID-19 dashboard for the latest...

UC Riverside honored three of its graduates with 2022 Alumni Awards of Distinction in a ceremony Saturday, April 9 at the Mission Inn in downtown Riverside. Assemblymember Jose Medina ’74, M.A. ’84 received the Distinguished Alumni Award; newspaper publisher Paulette Brown-Hinds, M.A. ’92, Ph.D. ’98, received the Alumni Service Award; and Larry...

New Signs In light of the recent creation of the COVID Screening Check and changes to indoor masking guidelines, new signs are appearing across campus and replacing the signs that have been previously in place for many months. The following signs are now available for download: • Face Covering Guidelines • COVID Screening Check • Keep Yourself...

Screening Check Beginning today the Daily Wellness Check has changed to the COVID Screening Check. Moving forward UC Riverside students, employees, and visitors are required to fill out the COVID Screening Check to report: • A positive COVID-19 test result • COVID-19 symptoms (symptoms from a known or chronic condition such as allergies, asthma...

Changes to Face Covering Requirements Beginning Monday, April 11, the use of face coverings indoors will be strongly recommended for those who are up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations and required for anyone who is not up to date. More details about this change are available in the recent campus announcement by Provost Elizabeth Watkins and Vice...

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has accepted a faculty appointment at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Drake will serve as distinguished professor in the Department of Internal Medicine within the Division of Clinical Sciences in the School of Medicine. Under the terms of his appointment, Dr. Drake will provide an annual seminar...

Booster submission deadline this Friday The deadline to upload proof of COVID-19 vaccination, including booster dose, to your MyChart account is February 25, 2022. Please make sure to upload information about all doses including boosters. Notifications About Potential Workplace Exposures on Campus Visit the dashboard on the Campus Return website...

In-person Commencement For the first time since 2019, a full slate of Commencement ceremonies will take place on campus. A schedule of the 2022 ceremonies is now online on the Commencement website. Notifications About Potential Workplace Exposures on Campus Visit the dashboard on the Campus Return website for the latest information about locations...

UC Riverside held its first Faculty Promotion and Advancement luncheon in two years Monday, Feb. 7, at the Alumni and Visitors Center. The event recognized 148 faculty members promoted during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years. The 2021 luncheon was canceled due to the pandemic. About 80 people attended including 51 promoted faculty members...