Frank Vahid, professor of Computer Science and Engineering, is the winner of the 2016 Innovative Teaching Award. He, along with the winners of the 2016 Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Awards, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Andreja Novakovic, and Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Brian Siana, will be recognized during an event on Thursday, Oct...
Undergraduate Education and International Affairs teamed up to welcome hundreds of transfer students to UCR with a presentation on high-impact opportunities. The standing-room only sessions were full of engaged students with questions about study abroad, research, internships, scholarships, and more. Read the full presentation
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) - Future leaders in academia, public policy, international business and many other fields compete each year for prestigious post-graduation fellowships. At the University of California, Riverside, the number of students seeking - and winning - these honors, is on the rise. Since 2012, UC Riverside undergraduates have received 62 highly competitive scholarships...
All ARC workshops are for undergraduate students only. General Statements of Purpose Location: Academic Resource Center, Surge 156 Date and Time: Sept. 8, 11am-12:30pm Personal statements are necessary if you're planning on applying to graduate or professional schools and even for many scholarships and fellowships. The ARC's Writing Support Specialist will go over common elements...
The Office of Undergraduate Education (UE) invites faculty to submit proposals for faculty-led Experiential Summer Learning (EXSL) Programs to be offered during Summer Session 2017. The deadline for proposals is Friday, July 15, 2016. Experiential Summer Learning Programs offer students the unique opportunity to study closely with a UCR faculty member while traveling in the...
Six UC Riverside graduate students have won 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships for having demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research. Each fellowship consists of three years of support usable over a five-year period. For each year of support, NSF provides a stipend of $34,000 to the fellow...
Two UCR undergraduate students have received Fulbright awards. Jwyanza Hobson has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Hobson will be teaching English in Vietnam. Julianne Rolf will be researching at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)...
On March 8, 2016 (International Women's Day), the Global Issues Forum brought students and faculty together to discuss global perspectives on gender equity and justice. Panelists included UCR faculty with personal and professional experience in many corners of the world. Tanya Rawal , Ademide Adelusi-Adeluyi , Muhamad Ali , Erla Marteinsdottir, Ruhi Khan , and...
The 20 Leadership Pathway students completed their first class of three in the Pathway. The class was taught by Prof. Elaine Wong (School of Business Administration). In each class students were involved in experiential exercises and group discussions to hone their understanding of leadership and their leadership skills.
High-achieving school students have the opportunity to test out a major or pursue a new interest by taking a college class at UC Riverside this summer. Apply early. The program has room for just 150 high school students each year. Students must have a 3.5 GPA or above. The classes come with an orientation, a...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) - As a leader in bridging the graduation rate gap and making higher education accessible to students of diverse backgrounds, the University of California, Riverside shared its practices and programs with the other members of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA). In a two-day conference held at UC Riverside, the 11 universities that...
Abstract: While some self-report inventories involving homework activity have been useful for predicting academic performance, self-reported measures may be limited by over-reporting. We employ a novel method for accurately measuring students' homework activity using smartpen technology. Consistent with time-on-task hypotheses, we found a strong and consistent positive correlation between course grade and time spent doing...
Vice Provost Steven Brint will speak to the National Academy of Science Committee on Science, Technology and the Law on March 10. Brint will participate in a panel on "The Future of the Research University." He will discuss problems facing research universities, including state disinvestment, quality of programs, increasing divergence of science and humanities, tensions...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( www.ucr.edu) - Connor Richards, a fourth-year physics major at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship, one of the most prestigious international scholarships in the world. "This is the most prestigious award for graduate study that any UCR undergraduate has ever won, and it is a great...
The University of California, Riverside has been recognized by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics as a Bright Spot in Hispanic education. The announcement was made Sept. 15, 2015 at the launch of Hispanic Heritage Month and in honor of the Initiative's 25th anniversary in Washington, D.C. As a Bright Spot, UCR...
Formed in 2008, The SERU Consortium includes 15 Association of American Universities (AAU) institutions, including the University of Minnesota, which manages and administers the SERU survey. All campuses of the University of California are also part of the SERU Consortium. UCUES, UC's version of the survey, is administered through UC's Office of the President. Read...
The UCR community recently welcomed three political experts to participate in an active discussion on the subject of immigration policies in both the United States and Europe at the "Crossing Borders" event on Nov. 5. Hosted by the Global Issues Forum (GIF), a newly-formed group of students and faculty who are interested in international issues...
Connor Richards, has been named as a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship. This award is one of the most prestigious in the nation. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. As future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society...
The Office of Undergraduate Education in conjunction with the Academy of Scholarships, Teaching and Learning hosted its first "Conversations with Master Teachers" event on October 14. The event attracted over 125 people, including faculty, graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars. Master Teachers hosted 17 tables on topics related to teaching excellence. The event was based on...
Learning communities are a proven way to promote student success ( Fairris, Peeples and Beleche, 2006; McKibben and Wallace, 2015). UCR offers robust learning community experiences, combined with peer mentorship and academic support services, to students from across the campus. In CNAS, more than half of students participate in learning communities, in which participants earn...
