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Earth Month
April is Earth Month, and UCR has many sustainability-focused events for you to get involved in, like a Vegan Food Fair, Flea Market, Beach Camping, and more.
You can also make a quarter-long commitment by registering for spring 2025's UC-wide Climate Resilience Course. Please note that this class is mistakenly listed for juniors/seniors only, but it is open to all undergrads. Complete this form to successfully enroll in the course.
Announcements
🔍 If you have recently misplaced an item, check the online Lost Returns Log and claim your items at UCPD (near Lot 24). Found items can be returned to UCPD or the HUB kiosk.
🚨 Ensure you’re prepared in the event of an emergency by downloading the new UCR Safe App.
🎣 Beware of phishing scams targeting the UCR community.
😷 Although COVID-19 reporting/testing is no longer required, the campus is still encouraged to follow best practice to prevent spreading upper respiratory illnesses.
⚠️ Get Naloxone/NARCAN training and receive a FREE opioid overdose safety kit, containing a pouch with two Naloxone nasal sprays, two fentanyl test strips, instructions, and an educational brochure.
🕵🏻♀️ Watch out for sketchy job offers in your texts and emails. Spot the scams and stick to Handshake for all legit job searches. Be aware and stay safe.
📍New Campus Map: Get around campus easier with features such as step-by-step directions and a category menu for different types of resources.
🚌 Get Free RTA Bus Rides w/ R'Card: Just swipe your R’Card for free bus rides on routes that directly connect UCR to many western Riverside County neighboring communities. Bus stops on Canyon Crest and Campus drives will not be served during the construction detour, which is expected to last for weeks.
🍕😷 Get Texts About Free Stuff on Campus: Join "Scotty's Last Call" on HighlanderLink and get notified via text or email when FREE food and health supplies are available.
🤖 How to Appropriately Use Artificial Intelligence: Discover tips on how to use new Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and OpenAI’s DALL-E appropriately in your academic work.
📢 Free Speech Resources: Student action is vital and this Campus Demonstrations video discusses how students can make the most of a demonstration and do so without infringing on anyone else’s rights.
🚉 Free Metrolink Rides: Metrolink is offering UCR students free rides with its Student Adventure Pass. Explore fun destinations or get a ride to/from home, work, and school.
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🌞 Summer Sessions
- UC undergrads only pay for eight units, anything beyond that is tuition-free.
- Most students taking eight or more units are likely eligible for financial aid.
- Live on-campus during the summer and take advantage of daily housing rates.
- Out-of-state students pay the same lower in-state tuition during the summer.
- Virtual and in-person classes.
- With short class lengths, you’ll still have plenty of summer to enjoy.
Registration starts: April 1
Planning workshop: April 8
👩🏽🍳 Scotty's Cookbook
Submit an easy-to-make and affordable recipe for a chance to win gift cards, backpacks, meal prep containers, and more. Your recipe will be featured in the student-sourced "Scotty's Cookbook."
Deadline: April 18
🧍🏻♀️🧍🏼🧍🏿♂️ Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR)
ASUCR is our student government in charge of representing the interests and needs of 22,000+ of UCR's undergraduates. Through the work of our student-elected officials and our hardworking volunteers, we advocate for students. ASUCR is focused on community-based services, programs, and events that engage and encourage students to unlock their full potential at their time here and beyond UCR.
🍴 Dining Advisory Committee
Shape the future of our campus dining services. Meetings take place the first Wednesday of each month at Glasgow Restaurant and offer free food.
- Dive into the delicious discussions of food forums and menu tastings
- Spice things up by suggesting service upgrades in our dining locations
- Act as focus groups on various topics and menu development
🎶 UCR Pipe Band
UCR's Pipe Band is recruiting student musicians year-round who play or want to learn to play the Great Highland Bagpipes or Scottish-style drumming.
🍎 CalFresh
CalFresh provides qualifying students with up to $250 a month to buy healthy, nutritious foods. These benefits can be used at various local grocery and convenience stores, most farmers markets, and Scotty's convenience stores.
🎓 Graduating Senior Awards
The Thomas Broadbent Outstanding Senior Award and the Loda Mae Davis Outstanding Senior Award, recognize extraordinary accomplishments and contributions by students both in and out of the classroom. An individual plaque and a $200 award will be given to each winner.
Deadline: April 14
💰 3E Student Health Study
Participate in a paid student health study, 3E by School of Education, and earn up to $55 per study and an additional $5 per referral.
📕 Teach an R'Course
Undergrads are invited to design and teach a 1-unit class. Think of a unique topic, work with a faculty mentor to develop a course plan, submit the proposal for review, and prepare to teach fellow undergrads.
Deadlines:
- April 20 (for next year’s winter instruction)
- Oct. 20 (for next year’s spring instruction)
- Jan. 20 (for next year’s fall instruction)
✈️ Study Abroad
Join the 5,000-plus UC students who go abroad each year through the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP).
Find easy and affordable ways to get a global education through programs to keep your options flexible and your credits easy to transfer. As a UCR student, you have this extensive network of participating UC education abroad opportunities at your disposal.
🌎 Sustainable Agricultural Projects
UCR has $1.5 million in grants from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to lead three interconnected projects aimed at transforming California’s specialty crop farming. The projects are open to students and focus on youth engagement, sustainable waste management, and advanced agricultural technologies.
Deadline: Ongoing
🤑 Behavioral Lab Studies (Paid)
Participate in research studies, conducted by School of Business faculty, about decision-making, consumer behavior, organizational behavior, negotiations, and group work. Compensation for in-person studies ranges from $5 to $100 in cash or Amazon gift cards, depending on the study you are chosen for. Sign up ASAP to be considered for this quarter's studies.
🤝 Browse Job Postings
Whether you are looking for summer gigs, internships, or part/full-time positions, the Career Center's online job search platform, Handshake, will get you connected with the right employer.
👩🏽🔬👨🔬 Find Undergrad Research
The uResearch Portal is a one-stop shop for students to find opportunities, across all disciplines, to participate in faculty-mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities.
👥 Join/Start Student Organizations
HighlanderLink is a searchable database of all of our 450+ student organizations. Categories include: Academic/Professional/Honor Organizations; Arts and Expressions; Cultural; Fraternity/Sorority; Action & Awareness; Recreational; Service; Spiritual/Religious/Atheist, and others.
News
Romance at a Hackathon
It all started when computer science majors Siena Ha and Nate Brennan arrived late to UC Riverside’s Highlander Orientation in the summer of 2018. They quietly walked into Bourns Hall minutes apart, taking seats in the back to minimize the disruption and finding themselves sitting beside each other...
R’Pantry celebrates 10 years with a party and fancy new ride
R’Pantry coordinator Remi Rodriguez, who will be driving the truck along with other staff, said, “We currently get 125-175 visits per operational day, and acquiring this truck makes it easier to accommodate last-minute food runs and changes to schedules throughout the year...”
SOE unveils new mural featuring Pops Peterson’s “Walk With Her”
The artwork reinterprets Norman Rockwell’s iconic 1964 painting, “The Problem We All Live With,” which depicts Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black students to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Attracting undergraduates to physics and astronomy
The UCR contingent attended the Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics to secure the interest and attention of dozens of undergraduate students currently considering graduate programs....
Highlander Pride
Women's Resource Center Student
"My experience as a Highlander on campus has been better than I ever expected where I've had the opportunity to get involved in the most supportive environment to grow as a student as well as contribute to the well-being of others. During my time at the WRC, I've participated in our various committees to determine students' needs and to find creative ways to support, educate, and connect students to build a strong and loving community. It has been an amazing two years working side-by-side with numerous departments on campus and to be a part of the impactful work at our center."
Maoko "Alexia" Chan-Fujii | Business Admin & Sociology | Class of 2025
Women's Resource Center Staff
"As a Program Coordinator at the Woman’s Resource Center, I am able to work with our amazing student staff and interns to organize events to provide resources, education, and support for all students, regardless of gender, but especially for the women on campus. I’ve seen how much the center has grown since my time as an undergraduate student at UCR and I am so proud of all the work that we’ve been able to do to create an inclusive and welcoming space on campus."
Cynthia Hernandez | Program Coordinator, UCR Women's Resource Center
Academic Calendar
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