Riverside Transit Agency, or RTA, has restored bus service to some, but not all, of the routes that serve UC Riverside. Starting Friday, May 2, routes 1 westbound, 16, and 204 resumed normal service. Routes 1 eastbound, 51, and 56 will continue to detour until road work near campus is completed. Canyon Crest Drive between University Avenue and...
A UC Riverside professor showing students how to use Artificial Intelligence, or AI, in new ways to enhance their academic work is garnering media attention. Rich Yueh, an assistant professor of teaching in information systems, demonstrated how the campus is applying Google’s NotebookLM in innovative ways in a recent interview with Los Angeles...
UC Riverside will pay tribute to Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and give the campus a chance to wish him well at a farewell celebration on May 8. Faculty and staff are invited to join the 3 p.m. send-off on the lawn outside Tomás Rivera Library, which will include music, food, and prizes. Wilcox announced in September that he will be retiring at the end...
Progress on UC Riverside’s new instructional building project reached a major milestone this month with the full frame now standing. The construction team poured the final concrete placement at the top of the four-story Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility on April 17, representing the completion of the first major phase of work. “All the...
Bestselling author Ryan Holiday spoke on April 17 at the University Theater in conversation with UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox. Holiday attended UCR more than 15 years ago, studying political science and creative writing as a University Honors student before leaving for an opportunity to apprentice under the author Robert Greene. Hosted by University...
At a time when many Americans may be overwhelmed by the constant deluge of news, broadcaster Ari Shapiro described how “radical empathy” can inspire people to remain engaged and hopeful. The host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Shapiro delivered the 56th Annual Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture to a full house at UC Riverside’s University Theatre on...
Muralist Juan Navarro has spent his career taking inspiration from the many facets of Riverside’s community. His latest work adds UC Riverside to that list, showcasing iconic images of the campus. Navarro created the mural in January for the Altura Credit Union branch on University Avenue, on a wall next to the teller windows. The bank, which has...
UC Riverside paid tribute to alumni and philanthropic leaders at UCR Honors: A Gala Celebration on Saturday, April 5. The event was held at the Student Recreation Center Arena, which was transformed into a blue carpet, elegant attire venue for UCR’s second gala celebration. Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox led guests in a celebratory toast at the event...
UC Riverside’s business, education, and engineering programs placed high in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 rankings of graduate programs in the U.S. The School of Business climbed 17 positions for its part-time Master of Business Administration, or MBA, program to rank No. 56 in the nation. The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, or...
Riverside Transit Agency, or RTA, is detouring buses that serve UC Riverside due to roadwork that is expected to last for a few weeks. Bus stops on Canyon Crest and Campus drives will not be served during the detour. Those include routes that stop at Bannockburn Village and the campus entrance at University Avenue, and loop around with stops at the...
A new exhibit featuring fossils from hundreds of millions of years ago brings the work of UC Riverside researchers in the Australian Outback to the Inland Empire for the first time. “From California to Down Under: Fossils of the Ediacaran” opened March 15 at the Western Science Center in Hemet and will run until fall 2025. It features specimens and...
Jamal Myrick, director of UCR’s African Student Programs, or ASP, traveled to the South American country of Guyana in February to deliver 115 laptops to support education and employment opportunities in schools and underserved communities. The laptops, valued at $14,000, were spread across four organizations to develop internet cafes or computer...
The University of California system has awarded UC Riverside a $549,785 grant to expand efforts to diversify its engineering faculty. The award from the UC Office of the President aims to increase faculty diversity in UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, or BCOE, by recruiting and mentoring prospective candidates before they...
Almost 150 years of Inland Empire history is now available to the UC Riverside campus community through the UCR Library. Last month, the library acquired access to the entire historical contents of the Press-Enterprise newspaper going back to its 1878 start as a weekly publication, known then as the Riverside Press. The newspaper archives were...
UC Riverside engineering students are benefiting from hands-on technical experiences to prepare for careers in advanced electronic engineering fields, thanks to equipment and software donations from Keysight Technologies. The state-of-the-art equipment from Keysight, an electronic design and test solutions company based in Santa Rosa, Calif...
