Several Highlanders spread some holiday cheer, volunteering at Riverside’s annual Lincoln Park holiday dinner on Friday, Nov. 21. The event included 73 student volunteers who helped prepare food, decorate the venue, serve meals, and clean up after. The volunteers included members of campus fraternities and sororities, and the women’s soccer team...
Susan Straight had a front-row seat to the impacts of COVID-19, from the window of her home in Riverside’s Wood Streets. During COVID-19, nurses working shifts at Riverside Community Hospital lived in RVs or rented rooms near the hospital, which is in Straight’s neighborhood. “They would walk by my house for their 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. shifts,” Straight...
UC Riverside holds many special memories for David Hadley ’71 and ’73, a retired researcher in diagnostic cardiology. It’s where Hadley started dating his wife, Cheryl Hadley ’71, when they were both undergraduates. It’s also where he discovered his interest in geophysics. “I had a tremendous experience here and it really affected the arc of my...
The UCR-led Civic Engagement Research Group, led by Professor Joseph Kahne, will receive $600,000 in grants for its Civic Impact Project, which aims to improve education in civics in the United States and strengthen democracy.
Highlanders enjoyed a performance by rapper Ludacris on Saturday, Nov. 8, capping off a week of festivities for UC Riverside’s Homecoming 2025. The actor and hip hop star performed before a packed crowd, playing hits such as “Rollout (My Business)” and “Get Back.” For his song “Area Code,” 951 was put up on the screen in a nod to the Inland...
UC Riverside and Cal State San Bernardino have received $1 million in federal funding to jointly launch interdisciplinary AI undergraduate education programs and community outreach initiatives across the Inland Empire.
After a six-year hiatus, Thursday Night Live returned as a weekly event for UC Riverside staff, faculty, and graduate students to socialize and relax after work. The series began October 23 and runs until November 13, offering the UCR community a chance to enjoy live music, presentations, and food at The Barn from 5-7 p.m. Additional dates will be...
UC Riverside students are more physically active and fewer face food insecurity, but many deal with loneliness, anxiety, and depression, according to the results of a recent survey assessing the status of their health and wellbeing. UCR has participated regularly in the National College Health Assessment, or NCHA, administered by the American...
UCR Health will offer managed health care to employees in January, a continuation of its efforts to increase access to medical care in the region. Employees and retirees will be able to sign up for the Blue & Gold medical plan during Open Enrollment beginning Oct. 30. UCR Health, the healthcare provider component of the School of Medicine, already...
The 2025 Latinxs & the Environment Conference took place on Oct. 24 at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts in downtown Riverside. The event was co-hosted by UC Riverside and UC Berkeley and organized by UCR’s Graduate Division. This year's theme was "Environmental Research and Social Change-Connecting the Latino Community with Future...
UC Riverside will soften the blow of upcoming health premium increases by providing subsidies for some employees next year. The University of California will begin Open Enrollment on Oct. 30, during which employees can review and make changes to their benefits. UC has announced that big changes are in store including increased premiums for...
Leading candidates for California governor will meet for a debate at UC Riverside on Nov. 7 to discuss health care challenges faced by state voters. UCR is a co-host of “ Health Matters: A Conversation with California’s Next Governor,” a nonpartisan forum organized by 11 California health-focused advocacy organizations. Four gubernatorial...
UC Riverside welcomed 73 new permanent faculty members from a variety of disciplines for the 2025-26 academic year. The new faculty members offer expertise on a wide range of subjects from natural disaster management to classical and folk Korean dance. Their research topics include the role of deception in influencing people, exploring icy planets...
More than a dozen UC Riverside students have been named the inaugural group of Randall Lewis Policy Fellows, launching a program that pairs emerging policy leaders with local governments and nonprofits across Inland Southern California.
UC Riverside is ranked among the top 15% of universities in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Times Higher Education, which has been publishing its rankings for 14 years, evaluates 18 performance indicators in the areas of teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook to arrive at its list...
Starting Oct. 10, UC Riverside students, staff, and faculty members can no longer send artificial intelligence-powered meeting assistants to Zoom meetings. The updated terms of use are intended to protect the security and privacy of information shared in those meetings as the use of third-party AI tools for recording, transcribing, and summarizing...
UC Riverside students and employees can look forward to more dining options this fall with a new market, coffee vendor, and Indian and Mediterranean-focused cuisines at two locations among the changes. Diners will also see new offerings at favorite spots, such as milkshakes at the Scoops Ice Cream shop and Wagyu cheeseburger sliders at the Stable...
