Campus ramps up scooter safety education

UC Riverside is focusing on educating riders and providing incentives to improve safety in the use of e-scooters and other personal wheeled devices. The influx of scooters, skateboards, and other mobility devices on campus has been an ongoing issue since they’ve grown in use and popularity among students in recent years. The campus has rules in...

By Imran Ghori |

Therapy pets are on the frontlines of finals crash outs

Finals week checklist: caffeine, snacks, comfy clothes, scantrons, and — cats? Therapy Fluffies has been a UC Riverside finals week tradition for a decade, preventing countless week 10 wack-attacks and crash outs since 2015. As critical campus soothers, it’s only right that we share these therapy pets’ “professional” backgrounds. Animal rescuer...

By Malinn Loeung |

New program leaves no food wasted

A recently launched app is helping students and employees locate free food and supplies on the UCR campus. Scotty's Final Call, a Highlander Link app launched by UCR’s Health, Well-Being and Safety department in September, notifies subscribers about events offering leftover food and health supplies. Created by The Well and Basic Needs, the...

By Jordan Cornet |

Rahul Almeida wins 2024-25 Strauss Scholarship

Rahul Almeida, a biology undergrad expected to graduate from UC Riverside in 2025, has been awarded $15,000 from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation to fund an educational intervention program he organized called, “Food for Thought.”

By Malinn Loeung |