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...

Four UC Riverside research scientists have been named among the top 2% of scientists worldwide in a list compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier.

List celebrates faculty influence

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...

Thomas E. Brown is an expert on ADHD

UC Riverside has been named among the “Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs.” UCR’s Student Affairs organization was one of only 22 selected for the annual report, which will be published in a future edition of “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education” magazine and presented to recipients in February. The survey, conducted with ACPA-College...

UC Riverside has once again been recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for its marketing and communications outreach to alumni through its redesigned alumni website. In its Best of District VII Awards, University Relations won in the marketing microsite category for its September 2023 relaunch of the alumni...

The award recognizes the best scholarly work in dance

The award recognizes her new book, “Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop.”

UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) has been awarded a $2 million grant over six years from the National Science Foundation to expand educational opportunities for scholarships for low-income students.

Kenneth Barish’s two-year term begins in March 2025

Project addresses mental health disparities faced by Latinx and Indigenous Mexican communities in the US

Five-month program focuses on developing participants’ communication and advocacy skills

Three-year term begins Oct. 1

UC Riverside distinguished computer science professor Kadangode “K.K.” Ramakrishnan was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award for pioneering contributions that have enabled the growth Internet.

Researchers will work at Brookhaven National Laboratory to uncover internal structure of protons

UCR’s Frances Valdovinos has been named a fellow by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, or HACU, for this year’s Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo.

Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, has been named an ambassador for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to promote academic innovation through speaking engagements at various venues across the country.

Miguel Arratia and Shawn Westerdale have each been awarded $875,000 over five years

This achievement was made possible with the support of the chapter’s advisors, David Pion-Berlin and Donna Perez.