U.S. Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal spoke about the importance of educational opportunity in meetings with UC Riverside administrators and students during a campus visit on Thursday, Sept. 7. Kvaal, who leads the Department of Education’s work on higher education and student financial aid, also met with journalists from around the country...
UC Riverside has purchased an office building near campus where it will consolidate employees currently working in leased space. The purchase, which closed Aug. 25, is part of a shift to move employees from leased offices to university-owned buildings that is expected to provide substantial savings. It also allows the university to move them from...
For more than 30 years, UCR Riverside has provided early childhood education and childcare services for employees and students. The program, which is part of UCR’s Auxiliary Services, marked a new chapter on Sept. 1 as it celebrated its new name as the Center for Early Childhood Education. Formerly known as Early Childhood Services, the change...
UC Riverside’s California Digital Newspaper Collection, or CDNC, has received a $321,282 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, to participate in the National Digital Newspaper Program, or NDNP, which is managed by the Library of Congress. The CDNC is one of several digital humanities projects within UCR’s Center for...
A new walkway under construction at UC Riverside will provide easier access at the northwest corner of campus, including to and from a major new student housing project. The South Recreation Mall project began construction in spring and is expected to be completed by fall, said Daneca Stevens, a project manager with the Office of Planning, Design...
The fall season can be a time of stress and anxiety for many as they anticipate busier schedules and added responsibilities. UC Riverside Human Resources offers a number of resources for employees to prepare for the new school year. Hung Wu, wellness coordinator for Workplace Health and Wellness, said it’s important for faculty and staff members to...
With a touch of the screen, new interactive video technology at UC Riverside’s XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning allows students to explore countless learning opportunities. The giant 27-foot diagonal screen occupies a central location in front of couches and desks at the center, located at Tomás Rivera Library. The Immersive Design for...
Seated in front of UC Riverside’s signature UCR sign at the HUB Plaza, doctoral student Amena Sadat was dressed in a cream-colored and gold embroidered shalwar kameez on a sunny spring afternoon. The traditional dress was a reminder of the harrowing journey she took from her native Afghanistan to pursue her dreams of attaining higher education. It...
The UC Riverside campus has all sorts of trees, from mature oaks that date to the 1950s to rare varieties such as a single monkey puzzle tree near Olmsted Hall. But until recently there were no precise records of the number of trees, their location, the type of species, and their condition. A partial inventory was started in 2014 but never...
Geoffrey “Jeff” Pack believes UC Riverside has an important story to tell. It’s one that includes alumni like himself, whose 30-year career as a naval officer was shaped by his time at the campus. And it’s a story about UCR’s continued role in driving the economy of the Inland Empire. Pack ’78 is now in a position to tell that story in a more...
Trees and plants are sprouting in the center of the UC Riverside campus as the new Native American Garden nears completion. A landscape contractor began planting trees, bushes, and other vegetation this spring in a 20,000-square-foot area in the upper mall outside the Highlander Union Building, or HUB, next to Pierce Hall. The garden is intended to...
When Jasmine Veliz’s workday at UC Riverside ends on a Tuesday afternoon, she’s just getting started. An administrative assistant with University Extension, Veliz volunteers once a week at Riverside’s Raincross Boxing Academy, tutoring and mentoring local youth. She’s been a tutor with the organization for two years, starting when she was a UCR...
The UC Riverside Botanic Gardens has seen an outpouring of support following break-ins that resulted in the loss of thousands of dollars in equipment. Supporters have asked how they can donate money and equipment, and volunteer to help, after Botanic Gardens Director Jodie Holt posted on social media about burglaries that occurred Friday evening...
The UC Riverside Alumni Association has welcomed two new members to its board of directors. Anthony Bonales ’18 and Sharon Dalmage ’04 joined the board for two-year terms on July 1. The board is made up of volunteers who establish association policy, review programs, and provide feedback and suggestions to the university administration. Bonales, a...
UC Riverside has been named one of the world’s top universities in the 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings released June 27. The campus placed No. 69 in the United States in the 20th edition of the rankings, published by higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds and posted at TopUniversities.com. The list features 1,500...
UC Riverside is rolling out the final phase of the Impact23 program, a multiyear effort replacing outdated financial systems with modern, more flexible cloud-based technology. Last year, the campus kicked off the first phase of the Impact23 updates with the deployment of the Concur Travel and Expense System, which provided a new system for...
Over the last few months, UC Riverside’s Dining Services reopened Emerbee’s café, held its first paid concert at the Barn, and continued to expand dining options at the Barn. The spring quarter developments are a sign of how the department is getting back to full operations after a difficult couple of years, said Marcus Van Vleet, executive...
UC Riverside Native American Student Programs and Native American Student Association hosted the 40th annual Pow Wow at the Riverside Sports Complex on Saturday, May 27, 2023. The event celebrated Native American culture and traditions with singing, drumming, and dancing. See photos from the event below.
A new UC Riverside Library exhibition explores the history of Indigenous languages with manuscripts, books, newspapers, and other materials that document the diversity of Native American languages and experiences. It’s the second in a yearlong series called “The Power of Language: From Manuscript to Print” that shows the range of handwritten and...
UC Riverside leadership, faculty, and staff members celebrated joining the ranks of the nation’s top research universities as a member of the Association of American Universities at a meeting Thursday, June 1. Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox announced the news at the Alumni and Visitors Center, describing it as a historic moment and one of the most...
