The Office of Student Health Services, or SHS, on campus remains open to serve the needs of UC Riverside students. However, patients must now be screened before they enter the clinic to ensure the safety of all patients and staff due to COVID-19 Nichole Sparks, SHS business operations manager, answers a few questions: On average, how many students...
UC Riverside’s faculty members have had to make a swift transition to online teaching over the last few weeks. As they make the adjustment, several have offered advice and resources for their colleagues on how to navigate this new world. In the video below, a few faculty members describe the challenges they’ve faced. In response to the COVID-19...
Shopping for essential supplies in the current environment can be difficult, especially for essential workers like those who continue to work on UC Riverside’s campus. That’s why UCR’s Housing, Dining, and Hospitality Services department is ensuring staff members are protected at work and can get the goods they need at home. The Market at Glen Mor...
The UC Riverside campus is working to provide its on-campus workers with face coverings following an April 4 order by Riverside County Public Health. County Public Health officials have updated related guidelines several times in the past weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest order, in effect until April 30, holds that protection...
Communities in eastern Coachella Valley, who speak Spanish and Purépecha, are in dire need of information about COVID-19. A medical anthropologist at the UC Riverside School of Medicine is spearheading an outreach effort to educate the communities about social distancing. The outreach efforts focus on Thermal, Oasis, North Shore, and Mecca —...
The American Talent Initiative, or ATI, recently named UC Riverside as among the nation’s top universities for enrolling low-income students. ATI was formed in December 2016 to encourage American colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates to enroll more students from low- and middle-income backgrounds. A recent report summarizing...
As the UC Riverside community adjusts to self-quarantining to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it’s also important to keep physically and mentally healthy, experts say. “Adjusting to a new schedule routine, along with the uncertainties in the world, can be extremely challenging,” said Julie Chobdee, co-chair of UCR Healthy Campus and Wellness...
Editor's note: On March 31, 2020, Riverside County health officials issued a recommendation for facemasks. During the coronavirus outbreak, it is not uncommon to find people wearing facemasks. Do these masks protect those who are well? Who should wear them? Dr. Kenneth Han, chief medical officer at the Office of Student Health Services on campus...
UC Riverside continues to remain closed as part of efforts to protect the health and safety of its community during the COVID-19 outbreak. On March 19, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a stay-at-home order, which remains in effect until further notice. There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on campus or in the city of Riverside. Only...
Much of the UC Riverside campus was empty and quiet on Thursday afternoon, but the Market at Glen Mor was open, providing meals and supplies for students left on campus. While most UCR employees are working remotely due to the campus closure, Dining Services employees are among those providing critical functions. They continue to come in to work to...
The Office of Student Health Services at UC Riverside has a limited number of kits from Quest Diagnostics for COVID-19 testing and is currently using them for designated students who meet Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. At this time, the office is not offering a drive-thru option, where a student remains in the car while the...
UC Riverside closed its campus March 13, for all the the most critical university functions, in response to an order from Riverside County Public Health and as part of efforts to protect the health and safety of its community during the COVID-19 outbreak. The closure was recently extended until April 30. There are currently no confirmed cases of...
Epidemiologist Brandon Brown, an associate professor in the Center for Heathy Communities in the UCR School of Medicine, breaks down several coronavirus myths that have been recently circulating. Only older people get coronavirus. False, people over age 65 are more likely to have a severe illness, sometimes fatal, from infection. Anyone is at risk...
The carillon at the UC Riverside Bell Tower is ringing a little clearer and brighter following a recent maintenance project. The long-needed work consisted of cleaning, repairing, or replacing the many components that make up the carillon. It also got some improved technology with the installation of an electric control system that allows for...
UC Riverside interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Thomas M. Smith updated the campus on measures taken in response to the coronavirus while also outlining progress in several key areas during a town hall meeting Wednesday, March 11. The update was held online via Zoom instead of in-person as part of the social distancing practice adopted...
As the situation surrounding the novel coronavirus continues to change rapidly, UC Riverside is taking proactive measures to limit the risk of COVID-19 to the campus community. Here are some of the latest developments: Campus is closed The campus is closed until April 3 . There are no known cases of COVID-19 on the UC Riverside campus or in the...
