Graduate Division recognizes outstanding students, postdocs, and faculty
Awards were presented April 5
Graduate students recognized for academic excellence and research achievements
Stipends will support their ongoing research
UCR chef wins gold medal in cooking challenge
A chef with UC Riverside Dining Services took first place in a cooking competition hosted by the National Association of College & University Food Services. Tye Nielsen, a culinary manager for Dining Services’ catering division, took the gold medal in the association’s Pacific Regional 2024 Culinary Challenge at its convention in Tacoma, Washington...
Student photographer wins R’Card contest for sunset campus overview
UC Riverside student Aronne Chan is the winner of this year’s R’Card contest for his photograph showing an overview of the campus with a sunset glow. The photo will appear as the background image for the 2024-25 R’Card, the interactive ID card used by students and employees. The new card with Chan’s image is expected to be seen by about 8,000...
UCR winner of 2024 CIO 100 Award for IT excellence
Foundry’s CIO has named UC Riverside among the winners of its 2024 CIO 100 Award. For more than 25 years, the CIO 100 Awards have recognized innovative organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of strategic and operational excellence in information technology. “The award-winning teams share a passion for excellence, a customer...
UCR student earns California State Assembly Resolution Award
Rayhan Khan, a second-year political science student at UC Riverside, is the first recipient of the California State Assembly Resolution Award, a new accolade that recognizes a constituent’s impact on the district. Khan was chosen by Assemblymember Bill Essayli, R-Riverside, and the California State Legislature for his work both as an ASUCR CHASS...
Undergraduate wins UC Graduate Deans’ Leadership and Research Award
Budding neuroscientist Erik Hakopian provided academic mentorship to UCR students
Marketing data manager named a “Rising Star”
Stephanie Nguyen, marketing data manager in UC Riverside’s University Relations, is the 2024 recipient of the Rising Star Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for District VII. As a member of the digital marketing and analytics team, Nguyen develops comprehensive data analysis, reporting, and research strategies...
Psychologist elected fellow of Association for Psychological Science
Weiwei Zhang’s research focuses on perception, attention, memory, and higher cognition
UCR athletics director among the 100 most impactful
UC Riverside Athletics Director Wesley Mallette has been named one of the “100 Most Impactful People in Men’s College Basketball” by a sports media organization for the second year in a row. The 2024 list, released recently by Silver Waves Media, includes coaches, directors, event operators, executives, and other professionals seen as making a...
Gift to UCR results in new undergraduate fellowship
Aiden Wilkin will use the funds to continue working in the experimental LIGO group
University Extension honored for social justice efforts
UC Riverside’s University Extension has won an award from a national educational association for the work by a task force to promote diversity and inclusion. University Extension was one of eight programs and eight individuals announced as winners of the UPCEA Association Awards on Feb. 2. UPCEA, an online and professional education association...
Two new campus buildings honored at Riverside beautification awards
UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine building and Student Health and Counseling Center won top awards in the city of Riverside’s annual beautification awards. The two buildings, which both opened last fall, were honored at Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson’s State of the City address Thursday, Jan. 25, as part of the Keep Riverside Clean and...
Professional association honors UCR Career Center
The UC Riverside Career Center and two of its directors received top honors from the Mountain and Pacific Association of Colleges and Employers at its recent conference. The center was named “Most Valuable Organization” by the association, which represents colleges, universities, and employers in career services and talent acquisition and has about...
UCR wins grant promoting faculty diversity efforts
UC Riverside’s Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology department is one of the recipients of the University of California Advancing Faculty Diversity Program awards for the 2023-24 academic year. The program provides support to increase UC’s faculty diversity efforts. Eight grants, totaling about $2.6 million, were awarded. The Advancing Faculty...
School of Medicine receives national honor for outstanding DEI commitment
The medical school won Insight into Diversity’s Health Professions HEED Award also in 2021 and 2022
Graduate student wins award at local stem cell symposium
Natasha Brinkley conducts research in UCR’s Tissue Regenerative Engineering and Mechanotransduction lab
CSP's Arlene Cano Matute named 2023 ‘Latina of Influence’
UC Riverside alum and staffer Arlene Cano Matute has won the 2023 “Latina of Influence” award — hosted by Hispanic Lifestyle, a broadcast media production. Honorees included seven recipients from across the United States, recognized for their leadership in the Latina/o/x community. In a recent announcement, Hispanic Lifestyle wrote, “Through an...
UCR wins three CASE awards for communications work
UC Riverside has received three awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for its marketing work. University Relations won awards in three categories in the 2023 Best of District VII Awards, for the region representing parts of the western United States. In the storytelling in communications category, UCR was...
Gift to School of Medicine will support student scholarships
HCA Healthcare has a history of partnering with higher education institutions like UCR