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In a video message of gratitude to the community, UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., highlights some of UC’s top accomplishments in 2024:
- UC athletes competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics with support from UC coaches and medical staff, bringing home 39 medals
- UC scientists found new evidence of water on Mars
- UC grad student won an Emmy for his ALS documentary
- Five UC-affiliated scientists won the Nobel Prize
Announcements
🚨 For medical attention during winter break, call the 24/7 NurseLine at (877) 351-3457 or call 911 for emergencies.
⚠️ 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.
✈️ Passport services are now on campus.
📚 New library study room reservation system & Rivera Library renovation impacts.
📍New Campus Map: Get around campus easier with features such as step-by-step directions and a category menu for different types of resources.
💻 Virtual Computer Lab Services: VLab will enable Highlanders to complete their coursework without needing to obtain a software license or use a specific computer operating system.
🚌 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.
🍕😷 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.
Events
Videos
Opportunities
💄 Certificate in Cosmetic Science
Cosmetic science is the study of formulating, developing, and testing cosmetic products aimed at improving or altering the appearance and health of the skin, hair, nails, and other body areas. Integrating expertise from various scientific fields, including chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering, it creates safe, effective, and visually appealing products.
Application deadline: Jan. 14
🍴 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
🧍🏻♀️🧍🏼🧍🏿♂️ 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.
Join ASUCR:
- International Students Committee: Ongoing
- Green Grants: Ongoing
🎶 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.
🤑 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.
🌎 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.
🎟 Associated Students Program Board (ASPB)
ASPB brings entertainment and special events to UCR. Throughout the academic year, the student-run board hosts concerts, special events, films, and lectures for undergraduate students.
Upcoming events:
- ASPB FilmFest Submissions: Jan. 6
- ASPB SoundClash Music Competition: Jan. 15
🌎 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
🍎 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.
💰 3E Student Health Study (Paid)
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.
Deadline: Ongoing until March 7, 2025
🤝 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
Student veteran starts career with NAVSEA
Undergrad Jacob Bradfield reflects on his journey from private citizen to petty officer and back...
New book tells stories of undocumented students
Ethnic studies professor Jennifer R. Nájera captures narratives of UC Riverside students in “Learning to Lead: Undocumented Students Mobilizing Education”...
UCR's inaugural McNair Scholars complete first research program
Exploring Mexican mental health, the role of epigenetics in cell identity, and historical immigration policies...
Undergrad provides a voice for Spanish-language families
Camila Acosta found success at UCR after being forced to flee Venezuela...
Highlander Pride
Student
“The Veterans Resource Center has been my go-to place to do any schoolwork that I need to do. It’s filled with fellow veterans and military-affiliated students, and I know if anyone could relate to me in any way, it would be the members of this center.”
Jacob Bradfield, U.S. Navy Veteran
BCOE, Electrical Engineering, Class of 2025
Staff
"I have been at UCR since 2017 working with our military connected student population. It has been such a fun career getting to help students conquer their goals in life. We like to say that the Veterans Resource Center is here for our students from application to graduation."
Tami Thacker, U.S. Navy Veteran
Director, UCR Veterans Resource Center
Academic Calendar
No classes during student winter break: Dec. 14-Jan. 2.
Campus closed: Dec. 21-Jan. 1
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Martin Luther King Day holiday
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