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$5 million grant supports community service by UCR students

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700

The Governor’s California Volunteers Office awarded the grant to UCR’s College Corps program.

Help create UCR’s new mural with ‘smog-eating’ paint

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0700

In honor of Clean Air Day, students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to join the painting festivities on Tuesday, Oct. 3.

Q&A: What does the end of affirmative action mean for UCR?

UCR News — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Emily D. Engelschall, associate vice chancellor of enrollment services, offers insight.

New center to study labor issues in the Inland Empire

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Inland Empire Labor and Community Research Center at UC Riverside is one of five UC centers meant to advance timely labor research.

Free concert launches Dean’s Speaker Series at UC Riverside

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Among other events, the series features Simon Tam, an author, musician, and activist who won a landmark Supreme Court case in 2017.

UCR expert: President Biden’s new same-sex marriage law ‘is a reminder that a right won is not a right secured’

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

The Respect for Marriage Act ‘seems to be an evolution on same-sex marriage support. But I want to caution that we don’t conflate that with LGBTQ support.’

UCR has money to help students re-enroll

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0700

More than $188,000 in HEERF funds are available for students who stopped coming to UCR during the 2020-21 school year for COVID-19 related reasons.

Native American students experience college life during a one-week summer program

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0700

For 17 years Native American Student Programs has been hosting Gathering of the Tribes, the longest running Native American youth summer program in the UC system.

Fruit fungus for the win at Grad Slam

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside’s winner, Claire Whitaker, moves onto the UC-level competition in May.

50 years of Black and Chicano/Latino histories at UCR

Annie Cao — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

African Student Programs, Chicano Student Programs celebrate a milestone on campus. At the center of it is student success.

UCR offers new research internship for community college transfers

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

Grant-funded program includes a $5,000 stipend for participants.

$4.8 million grant to benefit students, support community service projects

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0800

UCR is one of 45 colleges and universities participating in this statewide program.

$1.6 million grant helps high school students get to college

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The federal grant supports UCR’s work in San Bernardino area schools.

Science communication competition — it’s on!

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Graduate and undergraduate students in STEM fields are encouraged to participate in this inaugural multimedia event.

UCR police donate bikes to UCR’s family housing unit

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Thanks to the donation, Oban Family Housing now has a bike-share program.

UCR joins Big Brothers Big Sisters in new virtual mentoring program

Sandra Baltazar Martinez — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Born from the pandemic, College Bigs, will count on nearly 150 UCR students to work with local high school mentees.

Eleven students awarded study-abroad scholarships

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Eleven UC Riverside students have been selected for two prestigious national scholarships to study or intern outside of the United States.

Experts discuss the ‘coming out’ of nonbinary people

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700

UCR experts say Demi Lovato’s public announcement amplifies the conversation about gender identity.

2021 voices: Grads share pivotal moments of their educational journeys

Annie Cao — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0700

More than 7,100 students are eligible to graduate; Commencement events kick off on June 3 with the School of Medicine.

Grants support programming for Underground Scholars Initiative

Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The money comes from UC Berkeley’s Underground Scholars, via grants from the Andrew Mellon and Crankstart foundations to support the expansion of the Underground Scholars model UC-wide.