UC Riverside celebrated the start of a new chapter for the School of Business with the dedication of its new four-story instructional and administrative building at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Oct. 18. The 63,400-square-foot building, which includes classrooms, administrative and faculty offices, and a cafe, was completed last month after a...
UC Riverside celebrated its growth and future with campus and community leaders at a groundbreaking ceremony for a major student instructional building on Friday, Oct. 4. About 75 people attended the event at former Parking Lot 19, where the four-story, 100,700-square-foot Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility is being built. With a seating...
A summer renovation project of UC Riverside’s Arts Building will help fix drainage problems at the site. Since June, the building has been surrounded by fencing as construction crews began work. The project involves removing concrete in some areas of the outside plaza level of the building. A new concrete surface has been added in these areas with...
UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine instructional building won two awards from a construction industry trade publication. The School of Medicine Education Building II, which opened in September 2023 after two years of construction, received the Award of Merit in the Excellence in Sustainability category and an Award of Merit in Higher Education...
Preliminary work has begun on UC Riverside’s new instructional building complex. The area around Parking Lot 19, south of the UCR Soccer Stadium, was fenced off in June as crews begin demolishing the asphalt surface to prepare the site for construction of the Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility. The 100,700-square-foot four-story building...
UC Riverside’s Physics Building will get a new roof as part of a renovation of the aging building. Construction work began June 17 with the work expected to be completed by September in time for the fall quarter. The project involves completely demolishing the roof and replacing it with a new roofing system, said Fernando Nunez, a project manager...
Three large cranes, more than 10 stories high, tower over UC Riverside’s North District Phase 2 project, lifting wall panels and setting them into place. Construction crews at the project site have been repeating those steps over the last few weeks as the student housing project moves forward with the next phase of construction. West of the first...
A major renovation of UC Riverside’s Batchelor Hall is nearing completion after almost two years of construction. The work, which includes significant upgrades to the building’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, will be finished by the end of June. Work began in fall 2022. Old and outdated pipes, wiring, and mechanical equipment across...
UC Riverside’s Native American community celebrated the new Native American Garden on campus with music and dance in the first large gathering in the space since the project opened. The grand opening celebration on Tuesday, April 9, featured the Mountain Cahuilla Bird Singers, who danced and sang in the sand circle at the center of the garden to a...
UC Riverside’s Spieth Hall has a new roof and an improved fume hood exhaust system as part of a recently completed renovation project. Replacing the aged roof on the building, which was built in 1957, was a major portion of the work, which began in summer 2022 and was completed this month. The old roof had leaks and areas where puddles would...
UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine building and Student Health and Counseling Center won top awards in the city of Riverside’s annual beautification awards. The two buildings, which both opened last fall, were honored at Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson’s State of the City address Thursday, Jan. 25, as part of the Keep Riverside Clean and...
UC Riverside’s new School of Business building entered a new phase of construction recently as work moves forward for an August 2024 opening. In late December, the school and construction team celebrated the midpoint of construction as crews poured the final concrete placement for the frame of the building. “The super structure is what we call it —...
A walkway providing easier access at the northwest corner of campus, including to a new student housing complex, is now open. The South Recreation Mall project began construction in spring and was completed this month. The new concrete path runs alongside the UCR Soccer Field and links through a new stairway to an existing path to the north next to...
UC Riverside and its community partners celebrated a unique collaboration Wednesday, Nov. 4 as construction begins on a new housing complex that will be home to future university and community college students. The North District Phase 2 project represents a first for both UCR and the Riverside Community College District, or RCCD, creating a...
UC Riverside leaders reflected on the 10-year anniversary of the School of Medicine and looked to the future as they celebrated the opening of a new educational building. More than 300 guests attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the School of Medicine Education Building II on Tuesday, Sept. 26, including local legislative leaders and two members...
UC Riverside’s new Native American Landscape Garden is now open at the center of campus. Campus leaders and others involved in its planning celebrated the project’s completion with a walk-through of the 20,000-square-foot garden on Friday, Sept. 22, which also happened to be California Native American Day. The committee members, which included...
UC Riverside celebrated the completion of its new Student Health and Counseling Center on Friday, Sept. 22 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 39,450-square-foot, two-story building at the north side of campus brings together medical, mental health, and well-being services into one location and modern facility for the first time. “It just seems...
UC Riverside’s School of Medicine is celebrating a major milestone with the completion of a new instructional and administrative building that will allow it to increase enrollment. Following two years of construction, the School of Medicine Education Building II is opening this fall, just as the school celebrates its 10th anniversary. A ribbon...
UC Riverside is taking its approach to health and wellness to a new level with the opening of the Student Health and Counseling Center later this month. The 39,450-square-foot, two-story building at the north side of campus brings together medical, mental health, and wellbeing services into one location and modern facility for the first time. A...
A new walkway under construction at UC Riverside will provide easier access at the northwest corner of campus, including to and from a major new student housing project. The South Recreation Mall project began construction in spring and is expected to be completed by fall, said Daneca Stevens, a project manager with the Office of Planning, Design...