The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has awarded $17.5 million to a coalition led by researchers at UC San Diego to develop innovative tools and networks to respond rapidly to emerging disease outbreaks. Richard Carpiano, a professor and public health researcher in UC Riverside’s School of Public Policy, is among the team of...
Eight UC Riverside faculty members have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Awards to support research in areas ranging from sustainability to mental health outcomes of young Latinas. The awards support early career faculty who demonstrate the potential to serve as academic role models and advance their organization’s...
Jorge Leal, an assistant professor of history, has been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. Leal is one of 20 new fellows for the 2023-24 academic year announced July 13. The fellowship, funded by the Mellon Foundation and administered by the institute, seeks to increase the presence of...
UC Riverside was honored for excellence in health and safety for a fourth consecutive year by the UC Office the President. UCR Environmental Health & Safety is the first to receive the prestigious UCOP Presidential Award for Campus Excellence in Health in Safety four years in a row. The award recognizes campus health and safety programs with the...
Psychology Professor Rachel Wu and students Jacob Argandona and Advyth Ramachandran are this year’s recipients of the UC Riverside Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement. The award is presented every spring to faculty members with a distinguished record of fostering undergraduate research or creative...
UC Riverside has received two national awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for its marketing and communications work. University Relations won two bronze CASE Circle of Excellence Awards from the nonprofit association dedicated to educational advancement in alumni relations, communications, development...
Johnny Cruz, UC Riverside associate vice chancellor and chief communications and marketing officer, completed the Leadership Riverside program in June. Leadership Riverside is a 10-month program by the Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce in which representatives from local businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, school...
Jamal Myrick, director of UC Riverside’s African Student Programs, or ASP, is being recognized by his alma mater Virginia’s George Mason University, or GMU, as one of their best and brightest Black alumni of 2023. Myrick is among 40 other GMU Black alumni under the age of 40 who were celebrated for their “professional and community achievements, in...
Ten UC Riverside staff members were honored by UCR Staff Assembly as part of its annual Outstanding Staff Awards recognizing those who go above and beyond their duties. The awards were presented at a Monday, June 5 ceremony at the Barn Stable. The awards recognize staff members for excellence in their work, commitment to the university’s mission...
Seven UC Riverside faculty members are recipients of the prestigious Fulbright fellowship and will be traveling to locations such as Australia and Vietnam to teach and conduct research. The selected faculty members are Mark Alber, David Biggs, Sherine Hafez, Kimberley Lakes, Kurt Schwabe, Christina Schwenkel, and Jacqueline Shea Murphy. They are...
On May 18, awardees, nominees, and their supporters gathered for the Graduate Division Fellowships and Award Ceremony at the UC Riverside Genomics Building. An Academic Senate committee, Graduate Council, reviewed over 120 nominees. Ultimately, 9 graduate, 2 post-doc, and 3 faculty mentor winners were selected that ranged across multiple...
UC Riverside’s new parking structure has won multiple awards from an international parking and transportation organization. Big Springs Parking Structure 2, which opened in fall 2021 on the east end of campus, received the Award of Excellence for Sustainable Design from the International Parking & Mobility Institute, a world-wide association of...
UC Riverside creative writing professor Laila Lalami has been selected for Harvard University’s prestigious Radcliffe Institute fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year. An acclaimed novelist, Lalami has been named a Catherine A. and Mary C. Gellert Fellow. She will spend the academic year researching and working on her new novel, “The Dream Hotel...
UC Riverside campus leaders honored faculty members for their achievements over the last two years at the Faculty Awards Dinner on Wednesday, May 3. The event recognized 57 faculty members for a variety of awards they received in 2021-22 from their departments, colleges, professional societies, national and international funding agencies, and elite...
