A number of creative yearlong projects aimed at improving the wellness and inclusiveness of the UCR community are set to kickoff. They include a proposed study to test the effectiveness of brief, daily mindfulness meditation for reducing stress and improving markers of mental and physical health; a plan to highlight options in the C-Stores...
Effective Feb. 1, 2018, all facilities and capital related activities fall under the purview of UC Riverside’s CFO and Vice Chancellor for Planning and Budget. The reorganization is the culmination of a years-long process to meet the needs of UCR’s growth as a campus and coincides with the arrival of UCR’s new CFO and Vice Chancellor Planning and...
More than 15 students, faculty and staff of the UCR School of Medicine participated on Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Ward 2 Beautification Project presented by Keep Riverside Clean & Beautiful. The medical school team completed litter and general clean up on Iowa Avenue between University Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, and on Everton...
The 2017-18 flu season has become the most widespread since health officials began keeping track of the in the mid-2000s. According to the Washington Post, more than 12,000 people have been hospitalized since the flu season started in October. The predominant strain, H3N2, is one of the more aggressive viruses out there due to its ability to adapt...
Have you ever wondered how researchers are able to understand and discover different properties of materials? Prof. Chen Li’s research group in the Mechanical Engineering Department is using high pressure as a tool to (1) understand the physics of fundamental excitations in the materials; (2) tune the properties of existing energy materials; and (3...
If the artworks found in UCR ARTSblock’s “Mundos Alternos” exhibit could be embodied in a single performer, that person might be Carmelita Tropicana, a New York-based artist who will conclude the exhibition this Saturday. The Cuban actress, also known as Alina Troyano, has been a force in the East Coast art scene for almost 40 years, personifying...
Gillian Wilson, a professor of physics and astronomy, has been named senior associate vice chancellor for research and economic development at UC Riverside, in the Office of Research and Economic Development (RED) . Wilson will fill in for Michael Pazzani, vice chancellor for research and economic development, when he goes on sabbatical for three...
Thinking of retiring soon – or in 20 years? Planning for it should start now, said John-Stephen Henderson, UC Riverside’s director of Total Compensation within UC Riverside’s Human Resources Office. Henderson’s team has scheduled several workshops for UCR employees regarding retirement planning, financial planning, Medicare coordination, and...
Disastrous fires like the Thomas Fire (the largest fire in California’s history) are expected to continue impacting the state. Did you know that researchers at UC Riverside Department of Mechanical Engineering have been committed to the study of wildfire behavior in the county? Work conducted at The Laboratory for Environmental Flow Modeling (LEFM)...
Jan. 11 marked many firsts for the H1GLANDER First-Generation Project, a UCR initiative to increase awareness of first-generation issues and experiences. The inaugural “1/11 First-Gen Talks,” which took place in the new Rivera Library teaching and learning center, introduced a series of panels and community discussions around first-generation...
Information Technology Solutions and University Communications have partnered to bring Drupal and Acquia's Site Factory service to campus to replace the current system, Omni Update. This new platform seeks to provide a more robust, feature-rich, easy-to-use web solution to eligible sites across campus. The roll out will also include a new online...
Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and his wife, Diane Del Buono, have announced they will renew their support of the campus with a $100,000 pledge. This commitment follows a previous $100,000 gift the couple made in 2014 to create an endowed Chancellor’s Research Fellowship. Recognizing the dynamic and challenging environment facing the nation and higher...
Bridget Burns, a university presidential adviser named one of the “16 most innovative people in higher education” by Washington Monthly, will discuss the challenges facing higher education in a world of changing demographics and technology from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19, in the Genomics Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public...
On Dec. 19 University Neighborhood Enhancement Team (UNET) officers drove to a local family justice center with every intention of dropping off the $350 worth of donated toys in the back of their patrol car. That is, until they didn’t. Spotting children walking home from school in the university’s adjacent eastside community, the officers suddenly...
Wei Ren, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCR BCOE, has been awarded the 2017 IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize for “pioneering contributions to distributed coordination and control of multi-agent systems”. The award was presented during the CSS Awards Ceremony at the 2017 IEEE Conference...
Employees are invited to attend a campuswide forum to learn about the third UC Staff Engagement Survey results. Staff are encouraged to attend the Friday, Jan. 12 event, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at HUB 302. Seating is limited and RSVP is requested no later than Tuesday, Jan. 9. Light refreshments will be served. Meeting attendees will hear...
For thousands, it was a week to march for civil and human rights. For the Department of Creative Writing, it was also a week to write and speak out for them. UCR writers were joined by allies Thursday night to celebrate free expression at #WritersResist. Event moderators quickly turned into traffic controllers as dozens of audience members crammed...
