UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox appeared on the nationally televised news program 60 Minutes as part of a segment on broadening access to higher education for low-income, first-generation, and minority students. Originally airing on Sunday, April 29, the 60 Minutes piece explores how philanthropy and innovation are helping to close the...
Phong Au-Hong, a senior in entomology, has received a Fulbright Award to help support English language development in immigrant and refugee students living in Germany. Au-Hong will teach as part of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Programs, which place awardees in classrooms abroad to support local teachers. ETAs help teach English...
By Suzanne Hartzell In 1981, the Secretary of Education established the Commission on Excellence, and charged it to examine the quality of education in the U.S. The commission’s report, “A Nation at Risk,” shocked the nation with its dire predictions about the “rising tide of mediocrity” in schools and achievement. The College Board had discovered...
Two University of California, Riverside undergraduates — one studying physics and the other engineering and applied physics — have each won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and competitive undergraduate STEM awards. UCR, which is one of the leading UC campuses for Goldwater Scholars, has had a total of eight...
This year’s Women’s Leadership Conference will feature deans across three UCR colleges in a leadership discussion, as well as keynote addresses by speakers Candace Wiest, president and CEO of West Valley Bancorp. Inc. and West Valley National Bank, and Joanna Wagner, managing director and vice president at Fidelity Investments. All are welcome...
A Thursday, March 1 forum open to faculty, staff, and students will explore the unique challenges junior faculty members face in establishing a media presence. The forum is from 12:30-2 p.m. in HMNSS 1500, and includes lunch. Seating is limited to the first 50 people, and you may register for the event at EventBrite.com. Panelists will share...
The University of California, Riverside, will be hosting a free event organized by The Campaign for College Opportunity examining the disparity between student demographics and the lack of diversity among California community college and university leadership. Changing Faces: The Case for Inclusivity in Higher Education Leadership, scheduled for...
Metals are one of the most widely used materials in the world, serving as one of the elemental building blocks of society and technology. The combination of different elemental metals are what are known as metal alloys, and we use them every day in our cell phones, cars, buildings, cookware, and so on. Materials scientists, engineers, and...
Drew Story, Ph.D. student in chemical and environmental engineering with a designated emphasis in public policy, has been selected for the 2018 California Science Translators Showcase, Feb. 20, presented as part of the California Council on Science & Technology, or CCST, Science & Technology Week at the California State Capitol in Sacramento...
UC Riverside’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) led a “Donations for Citations” campaign that netted $4,560 in parking citation savings. TAPS ran this inaugural campaign from Nov. 27 through Dec. 15 with one primary objective: help students. TAPS allowed drivers with citations under $100 to donate up to 10 nonperishable food or baby items...
Researchers from the University of California, Riverside have advanced their progress for the “Window to the Brain” (WttB) transparent skull implant. The purpose of the transparent WttB implant is to enable optical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to be conducted through the implant, instead of needing to open the skull for optical access to...
From the office of Governor Brown, SACRAMENTO- Michael J. Pazzani, 59, of Riverside, has been appointed to the Computer Science Strategic Implementation Advisory Panel. Pazzani has served as a vice chancellor of research and economic development and professor for computer science and engineering at the University of California, Riverside since 2012...
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...
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...
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...
