UC Riverside Ranked Ninth in 2012 Washington Monthly College Survey
In recognition of a commitment to public service and educational access for low- and middle-income students, the University of California, Riverside has been ranked ninth overall among national...
View ArticleUC Riverside Named a Best-Value Public College by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
The University of California, Riverside has been named as one of the nation’s 100 best values in public colleges for 2012-2013 by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. It is the fifth time that UCR has...
View ArticleGluck Summer Camp of the Arts Now Taking Applications
The Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside is now taking applications for its annual summer camp. The summer camp will be held on the UCR campus and at UCR ARTSblock on June 17–21 and June...
View ArticleMore Days in Classroom ≠ More Learning in Mexico
Economists at UC Riverside have found that extending the length of the school year in Mexico and Latin America will do little to improve student performance on standardized tests.
View ArticleUC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox is Among Education Leaders at the White...
UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and the other members of the University Innovation Alliance will join President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden along with...
View ArticleUniversity STEM Academy Built on Principles of Kwanzaa
UCR's University S.T.E.M. Academy, which launched this fall, is built around the principles of Kwanzaa, the seven-day holiday created to connect African Americans with their African cultural and...
View ArticleGrant Aims to Increase Faculty Diversity
The University of California, Riverside has been awarded a $500,000 grant by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a research and mentoring program for undergraduates aimed at increasing diversity...
View ArticleForum to Address Status of Latinos March 7
Latino scholars, community leaders and activists will meet at UC Riverside on March 7 to discuss the status of Latinos in the United States.
View ArticleB.S. in Sustainability Studies Launches in Fall 2015
A bachelor of science degree in sustainability studies that emphasizes social and environmental justice issues will launch at UC Riverside in fall 2015.
View Article“Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” Author to Speak March 11
Harvard University political scientist Robert Putnam, whose research on the impact of the growing inequality gap on children has been called groundbreaking, will speak at UCR on March 11.
View ArticleScholarship to Support International Study
CHASS Dean Milagros Peña and her husband, Frederick Hamann, a professor of physics and astronomy at UCR, have pledged $25,000 to launch the CHASS “At Home in the World” Student Award Fund.
View ArticlePutting it All Out There
Let’s switch it up, and put it all out there for everyone to see. That’s exactly what the California Museum of Photography (CMP) at the University of California, Riverside’s ARTSblock is doing. The...
View ArticleUC Riverside Conference Focuses on Issues and Benefits of Diversity
A two-year research project exploring issues and benefits of diversity at the University of California, Riverside and in Southern California will conclude with a conference May 6-7 in downtown...
View ArticleUC Riverside Psychology Professor Awarded Early Career Research Grant
Cecilia Cheung, assistant psychology professor at the University of California, Riverside has been awarded the American Psychological Association’s 2016 Developmental Psychologist Early Career Research...
View ArticleImmigration, jobs, health care top platform issues
UC Riverside scholars are available to discuss a variety of issues that are likely to arise at political conventions and their significance in this year’s presidential campaign.
View ArticleExperts Available to Discuss President Trump’s Policies
In his first two and a half weeks in office, President Donald Trump has signed nearly a dozen executive orders – spanning from the so-called “Muslim ban,” to a federal hiring freeze. Experts at the...
View ArticleUCR Hosts Immigration, Poverty Conference May 5
he relationship between immigration and poverty is understudied and not well-understood, and will be examined in a one-day conference on May 5.
View ArticlePhysicists Win Two Awards at Science Hack Day
UC Riverside physicists won the “Best in Show” and “Most Whimsical Hack” awards at the eighth-annual “Science Hack Day: San Francisco.”
View ArticleResearch & Scholarship
UCR’s Civic Engagement Research Group collaborates with the Teaching Channel in curating “Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age," under Professor Joseph Kahne.
View ArticleCelebrating 30 Years of Gifted and Talented Education at UCR Extension
UCR Extension is celebrating 30 years of training exceptional teachers in Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) with a one-day conference June 21.
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