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Roger Ransom: A Riversider and a Renaissance man

John Warren — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Roger Ransom, who was on the UCR faculty for more than 40 years, died Dec. 28 at 87. He outlived his prognosis by many years following a 2014 diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

U.S., Vietnam mark 30th anniversary of normalized relations

John Warren — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0700

America withdrew its troops from Vietnam in 1973 and South Vietnam fell in 1975. The “fall” (or, in the official Vietnamese view the “reunification”) of Saigon was the subject of many 50th anniversary events this past spring on April 30th. This year also marks a far less-studied milestone: the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of full diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Vietnam in July 1995. Since then, a once-feared “enemy” of the United States has become, in the language of the U.S.

So much love to give

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800

UCR alumna Elvera “Dollie” Totaro Wolverton has dedicated her life to creating access.

Q&A: Gov. Newsom's crackdown on homeless encampments

David Danelski — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside professors Catherine Gudis and Bruce Link answer questions about Gov. Gavin Newsom's order to dismantle homeless encampments in California.

Exhibition on environmental justice is a rally for change

UCR News — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0700

A two-week pop-up exhibition opens on Saturday, Oct. 14. It aims to offer resources to teachers and inform the community at large.

New, untold history of Indigenous people is now part of revamped Mission San Gabriel Museum exhibition

Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0700

History professor Steven Hackel is the exhibition’s lead curator. The museum’s galleries now offer a more comprehensive history surrounding the Catholic mission’s life with the help of baptismal records, textiles, baskets, paintings, and audio recordings.

Unwritten history: Seattle, a city built by immigrants and Indigenous people

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0700

‘Seattle from the Margins,’ a new book by assistant professor Megan Asaka points to the overseen contributions of the Duwamish, Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, and other immigrant communities.

Boyle Heights: Cemented in history

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Capturing the essence of a place requires more than time. It requires confianza. Trust. That’s why for more than a year a team co-led by a UC Riverside cultural and urban historian interviewed, researched, and documented the lives of Boyle Heights residents — all in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For centuries, Boyle Heights, a community three miles east of downtown Los Angeles, has been home to generations of immigrants and social justice movements.