Ice cream shop opening at the HUB

I scream, you scream, UCR ice cream. Highlanders will no longer have to look far for frozen treats on campus. An ice cream shop with exclusive UC Riverside citrus flavors is opening at the HUB. Scoops Ice Cream Shop will open Thursday, Sept. 26, the first day of instruction for the fall quarter. Located in the food court, the ice cream shop will...

By Imran Ghori |

Chancellor kicks off new academic year with picnic

UC Riverside celebrated the start of a new academic year with the Chancellor’s Faculty and Staff Picnic Tuesday, Sept. 10. For the second year, the picnic was held at the HUB Plaza. Some attendees dined at the outdoor patio while others gathered inside the HUB for shade and cooler temperatures during the heat. Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox welcomed...

By Imran Ghori |

Study abroad program grows in popularity

A UC Riverside program offering students an opportunity to study abroad in faculty-taught courses reached a milestone this summer with its largest number of classes and enrollees since the pandemic. The Faculty-Led Education Abroad Program, or FLEAP, had 109 students in nine courses, its highest number since 2018 when it had 119 students. The...

By Imran Ghori |

Staff fair kicks off the fall

The Community Partner Fair returns to UC Riverside on Sept. 18, providing opportunities to learn about resources and services as the new academic year starts. The fair, sponsored by UCR Staff Assembly, will feature more than 40 vendors, activities, shaved ice, and prize drawings. It will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. under the arches in front...

By Imran Ghori |

Arts Building improvements underway

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...

By Imran Ghori |

NSF grant supports science to policy program

UC Riverside has received a nearly half-million-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation to build on a program training graduate students in science communication and create a national framework for science policy training. For six years, the Science to Policy program, or S2P, has offered a certificate course providing students the tools...

By Imran Ghori |

New campus plantings tests water savings

UC Riverside is testing out a new ground cover plant that could reduce water usage while keeping the campus looking green. Kurapia, a low-growing leafy ground cover, was planted at the Pentland Hills and Glen Mor student residence halls by Facilities Services in late June. The landscape crew is testing out the plant, which requires less water than...

By Imran Ghori |

Breastmilk collection depot opens at UCR Health

Depot is first UC Health affiliate to partner with UC Health Milk Bank

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Astronomers use hands-on demo to explain infrared radiation to the public

Love for astronomy begins in childhood. With that in mind, three UC Riverside astronomers gave a presentation on August 3 to hundreds of children on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi on what infrared radiation is and how telescopes use it. Infrared radiation is part of the electromagnetic spectrum that exists between visible light and radio waves...

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Aerosols from u-cigarettes are at least as harmful as those from e-cigarettes

UC Riverside and Portland State University researchers evaluated four SURGE u-cigarette flavor variants

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Experimental Cosmology Center draws Congressman Mark Takano to campus

UCR physicists discuss how the center will benefit the Inland Empire

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Prep work begins for new classroom and instructional lab building

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...

By Imran Ghori |

Physics Building roof replacement begins

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...

By Imran Ghori |

Division of Biomedical Sciences begins its 50th anniversary celebration

The division originated the idea of establishing a medical school on campus

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Summer Physics Academy brings back an alumna to campus

Christina Manzano was one of two community college teachers attending the weeklong workshop

By Iqbal Pittalwala |

Inland Empire-engaged research center is re-named

UCR's Inland Center for Sustainable Development, established in 2003, has been re-launched under a new name: the Center for Community Solutions.

By David Danelski |

UCR advisor helped eliminate “probation” from academic language

The University of California has dropped the word “probation” from academic regulations – a change that a UC Riverside academic advisor helped push forward. The UC Academic Senate voted overwhelmingly on June 21 to remove the term probation and replace it with academic notice to alert students when they are falling behind in their studies. Brett...

By Imran Ghori |

New scooter racks installed on campus

Electric scooter, skateboard, and bicycle riders will have more places on campus to park their rides. Facilities Services installed 18 new racks in several spots around UC Riverside’s Highlander Union Building, or HUB, in late June. The new racks fit both scooters and skateboards, said Manny Sanchez, facilities supervisor for the HUB. The racks...

By Imran Ghori |

Highlights from UCR’s 70th Commencement

UC Riverside concluded its 70th Commencement season on June 18, 2024 — with UCR’s Class of 2024 walking at eight discipline or degree-based ceremonies. Over 6,000 graduates, 40,000 in-person guests, 40,000 online streamers, and about 350 volunteer staff participated in the celebrations, which started in late May. Highlanders belonging to specific...
By Malinn Loeung |

Highlander Farewells

Highlander Farewells is a recurring feature spotlighting faculty and staff members who recently retired or are retiring soon. Find out more about the contributions of UCR colleagues with 25 years or more of service in the short profiles that follow. Retirees with less than 25 years or who did not provide profile information are listed below. The...

By UCR News |