Content Tagged with: Wellbeing and Safety

Dedicated bike lane installed inside campus

UC Riverside is testing out a dedicated pathway for bicycles, scooters, and skateboards in front of the Arts Building. The new bike lane was installed in February and is part of a pilot program that will run through the end of the spring quarter. Although the campus has bike lanes on its roads, the new pathway is the first in an internal corridor...

By Imran Ghori |

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 |

Mobile mental health team helps students where they’re at

For UC Riverside students experiencing a mental health crisis, help now comes to them thanks to a new mobile crisis and intervention team on campus. The Student Well-being, Intervention and Follow-up Team, or SWIFT, made up of three behavioral and mental health professionals, is often the first to respond to calls where a student is in crisis. A...

By Imran Ghori |