The UCR Emeriti Association has named historian Robert Patch and computer engineer Laxmi Bhuyan as the recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Emeriti Awards. The awards are given annually to one or more retired faculty members who have set a high standard of achievement in research, teaching, or serving since they retired. This year’s recipients were...
Cristina Gomez-Vidal, an assistant professor of society, environment, and health equity at UC Riverside, has been awarded a $100,000 grant to study how counties in Greater Los Angeles can improve the political representation and participation of residents in unincorporated communities.
Cambra Sklarz, who earned a doctorate in art history at UC Riverside in 2024, was named a finalist for the 2026 McNeil Center for Early American Studies Dissertation Prize.
Dana Simmons, an associate professor of society, environment, and health equity at UC Riverside, is the winner of the 2025 Emory Elliott Book Award for her latest work, “On Hunger: Violence and Craving in America, from Starvation to Ozempic,” which is available free online.
John Jennings, a professor of media and cultural studies at UC Riverside, has won a 2026 NAACP Image Award for his graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler’s science fiction novel “Parable of the Talents.” The illustrator and his longtime collaborators, writer Damian Duffy and artist David Brame, were honored for Outstanding Literary Work –...
Since opening in September 2024, UCR's new School of Business building has captured five prestigious awards for features ranging from its striking visuals, sustainable design, practical function, and safe construction.
Tod Goldberg’s latest crime novel, “Only Way Out,” has been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Fiction. “I am surprised, honored, and humbled,” said Goldberg, founder and director of the Low-Residency MFA program at UC Riverside’s Palm Desert Center. “This is my second time being a finalist, but the first time in over 20 years!”
Minghui Wang, a UC Riverside doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, has been named a recipient of the Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship.
Georgios Karavalakis, a UCR professor of chemical and environmental engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, one of the highest honors in the mobility engineering field.
UC Riverside’s first-of-its-kind North District Phase 2 student housing complex received the Mayor’s Innovation Award at the Riverside State of the City on Jan. 28. The 415,000-square-foot complex, which opened last summer, brought together UCR and Riverside Community College District students in two apartment-style buildings with 1,568 beds. UCR...
Four UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support their research. The program targets early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s mission. Research conducted with these funds should build the foundation for a...
