UC Riverside’s Transportation Services was named an organization of the year by an international parking and transportation organization. The department was recognized by the International Parking & Mobility Institute, a world-wide association of professionals in parking, mobility, and transportation. UCR was nominated and won in its 2025...
Eric Martin, a technical program manager with UC Riverside Information Technology Solutions, is among the winners in the 2025 UC Tech Awards. The annual awards program celebrates individuals and teams within the UC system’s technology community for significant contributions to advancing the university’s mission through innovative tools and...
UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine instructional building was recognized for excellence in architecture by the Society for College and University Planning. The School of Medicine Education Building II, which opened in fall 2023, received an honorable mention in the society’s 2025 awards, which recognized higher education projects completed...
Evangelos “Vagelis” Papalexakis, a professor and Ross Family Chair in Computer Science at UC Riverside, has been selected to participate in a prestigious national symposium hosted by the National Academy of Engineering.
Giovanni Rivera, a computer science doctoral student at UC Riverside, has been selected for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
UCR environmental economist Kurt Schwabe has been elected chair of the board of directors for Feeding America Riverside | San Bernardino the Inland Empire’s largest hunger-relief organization.
UC Riverside received a gold rating for its sustainability efforts from an organization that tracks the nation’s most sustainable colleges and universities. The campus earned the recognition May 15 from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System, or AASHE STARS....
A chef with UC Riverside Dining Services won top honors in a cooking competition hosted by the National Association of College & University Food Services. David Murillo, a culinary manager at Lothian Residential Restaurant, won the silver medal at the association’s Culinary Challenge at its regional conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March...
UC Riverside first-year business student Dennis Cha was selected as the winner of the 2025 R’Card photo contest on March 12. His winning image, which features a burro in front of palm trees under a blue sky, will be printed on thousands of new R’Cards distributed to students, staff, and faculty for the 2025-26 academic year. Cha became interested...
Psychology researcher Rachel Wu has received a $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant, which will be administered over three years, will consider how learning and the brain are affected during retirement years. While much is known about well-being in retirement as it relates to social interactions and financial...
