UCR professors Rachel Wu and Eunsoo Cho have each received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, according to a recent announcement from The White House.
UCR education professors Eddie Comeaux and Rita Kohli have been named among the nation’s top 200 education scholars in a ranking by the American Enterprise Institute, or AEI.
Rosibel Ochoa, UCR’s associate vice chancellor for technology partnerships, was honored as one of “the top minds in the hemisphere” by the Organization of American States, or OAS. Ochoa was one of seven scientists and researchers honored with the OAS Science, Technology, and Innovation of the Americas Award at a ceremony on Dec. 19. The award...
Brian Suh, UCR’s senior executive director of technology partnerships, has been appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to serve on a board that safeguards the intellectual property of crop breeders.
Sean Gil, director of the UC Riverside Career Center, was recently named “Most Valuable Person” by the Mountain and Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers for his contributions in the career services profession. The association, which represents colleges, universities, and employers in career services and talent acquisition, presented its...
Two papers co-authored by UC Riverside professor Bryan Wong have been recognized recently by their respective publishers as leading scientific studies.
UC Riverside’s African Student Programs (ASP) was awarded the 2024 Center of the Year by the Association of Black Culture Centers (ABCC), an organization dedicated to celebrating and promoting the diverse cultures of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans. The award recognizes ASP’s transformative work and commitment to...
UC Riverside professor Cengiz Ozkan has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding academic inventors whose innovations have made a significant societal impact.
UC Riverside has received a $1.5 million grant to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for transformative teaching and learning in engineering through a partnership with Cal Poly Pomona and Norco College.
Brian Haynes, UC Riverside vice chancellor for Student Affairs, was a ppointed to the California Student Aid Commission by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Nov. 15. The commission is the main state agency overseeing financial aid programs for public and private universities, colleges, and vocational schools in California. The 15-member bodyworks...
Sherryl Vint, a UCR professor of English and media and cultural studies, is teaching and researching in Warsaw, Poland, as a Fulbright scholar. Vint is among more than 800 scholars teaching and conducting research abroad as a 2024-25 Fulbright scholar as part of the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. She began...
