UC Riverside is beginning to explore possible future uses of Bannockburn Village as it gets ready to close the aging student housing complex at the end of this month. Housing Services convened focus groups last month to hear campus partners’ suggestions on the future development of the site. As a follow-up to seek broader input, it has created an...
UC Riverside’s Lothian Residential Restaurant is closed over the summer for a remodeling project that will give it a fresh look and add more seating. The student dining hall, which serves up to 1,400 diners a day, typically closes during the summer with the larger Glasgow Residential Restaurant remaining open for the smaller summer quarter student...
Jeff Girod, an 18-year UC Riverside communications professional, has been named the associate vice chancellor and chief communications and marketing officer for the University. He will start in the role on July 13. For the past eight years, Girod has led communications for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, or CHASS. He was...
UC Riverside’s R’Garden is marking a new beginning with a regular funding source that will provide stability and diversified programming. Students voted overwhelmingly last month to approve a referendum in which they will pay $10 a quarter to support the campus garden starting this fall. The crucial vote came after a few years of uncertainty over...
UC Riverside ranked in the top 1.3% of universities worldwide in the 2026 Center for World University Rankings, released Monday, June 1. The campus ranked No. 274 out of 21,291. Nationally, UCR landed at No. 83 while for the U.S. and Canada it was No. 93. The rankings are published by the Center for World University Rankings, a consultancy based in...
The lawn outside UC Riverside’s Student Services Building has a new large tree, replacing one that collapsed in a windstorm eight months ago. Facilities Services planted the 21-foot-tall Italian stone pine at the same spot on Thursday, May 21. It replaced a 100-foot-tall Italian stone pine that came down due to strong winds and a failing root...
More than 100 Highlanders circled the UC Riverside Track & Field Stadium Friday, May 15, as part of the annual UCR Walks event. Participants walked at their own pace with prizes including Bluetooth headphones and gift cards raffled off every half hour to those who completed at least 10 laps. All 100 participants also received a 2026 UCR Walks medal...
A decade after establishing the Campus Advocacy, Resources & Education (CARE) office at UC Riverside, the program is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a resource for relationship violence intervention and educational services. Over the course of its history, the office has become a vital resource for counseling, programming, and activities for...
A more than 100-year-old cottage that is one of the last remaining original buildings at UC Riverside has gotten a new lease on life. An extensive renovation project was recently completed to the University Cottage, a small building that is one of the oldest on campus. It was one of a small cluster of buildings that were part of the Citrus...
UC Riverside and the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division have begun a new era of collaboration on high tech research, entering into an education partnership agreement that furthers a long-standing relationship.
More than 8,500 students attended the 2026 Spring Splash concert Saturday, May 2, making it the largest attendance since the annual event returned after COVID. Hosted by the Associated Students Program Board, the event is one of the biggest of the year for undergraduate students. Held at the lawn near the UCR Bell Tower, this year’s concert...
As a lecturer at UC Riverside’s School of Business, Chuan Qin teaches modern finance and strategic management. But when she’s not in the classroom Qin is an accomplished performer, playing a traditional Chinese instrument that dates back over 2,000 years. The erhu, pronounced R-hoo, is a two-string instrument similar to a violin or fiddle, often...
UC Riverside Staff Assembly brought together staff members for exercise, building stuffed animals, and free coffee and donuts as part of “Thank Goodness for Staff Week.” The weeklong series of events from Monday, April 20 to Friday, April 24 are part of an annual celebration offering staff members a chance to take a break and enjoy a variety of fun...
A new UC Riverside program is making it fun and easy for students to learn how to travel locally and regionally on public transit. Launched last fall, the Travel Training program has guided 278 participants on more than a dozen trips to destinations including Los Angeles, San Clemente, and Oceanside as of late April. A recent trip to Los Angeles...
David Nikom found the right metaphor to explain his research about the high incidence of Alzheimer’s in women by looking back at his childhood playing video games with his older brother. Nikom, a doctoral student in neuroscience, took first place in the 12th annual UCR Grad Slam Final on April 10 at the School of Business Building. The event...
UC Riverside is renewing its contract with Esri with a new licensing agreement that will expand the availability of geospatial and mapping software to the campus. The university has long had a relationship with the Redlands-based GIS technology giant and licensed its technology for use by students, staff, and faculty members in every college and...
The Smartphone Film Festival is UC Riverside’s annual commemoration of the art of cinema focusing on the fact that anyone can make movies–even on their smartphones. The February event was the festival’s 12th year running, and had its highest number of submissions yet: 18 films, all made by UCR students using phones and no camera equipment, all...
UC Riverside business, education, and engineering programs were ranked among the best graduate school programs by U.S. News & World Report in its latest ranking. In the 2026 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools list, released April 7, UCR ranked highly in several academic disciplines. The School of Education was ranked No. 74, climbing 16 places from No...
At a time when American democracy seems fragile, New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie described how the post-Civil War era offers a lens to view the current state of the nation. An award-winning journalist, Bouie was the speaker for the 57th Annual Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture at UC Riverside’s University Theatre on Thursday, April 2. His talk...
