Awards

UC Riverside has been named among the “Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs.” UCR’s Student Affairs organization was one of only 22 selected for the annual report, which will be published in a future edition of “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education” magazine and presented to recipients in February. The survey, conducted with ACPA-College...

Thomas E. Brown is an expert on ADHD

UC Riverside has once again been recognized by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, or CASE, for its marketing and communications outreach to alumni through its redesigned alumni website. In its Best of District VII Awards, University Relations won in the marketing microsite category for its September 2023 relaunch of the alumni...

UCR’s Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) has been awarded a $2 million grant over six years from the National Science Foundation to expand educational opportunities for scholarships for low-income students.

The award recognizes the best scholarly work in dance

The award recognizes her new book, “Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop.”

Kenneth Barish’s two-year term begins in March 2025

Project addresses mental health disparities faced by Latinx and Indigenous Mexican communities in the US

Five-month program focuses on developing participants’ communication and advocacy skills

Three-year term begins Oct. 1

UC Riverside distinguished computer science professor Kadangode “K.K.” Ramakrishnan was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award for pioneering contributions that have enabled the growth Internet.

Researchers will work at Brookhaven National Laboratory to uncover internal structure of protons

UCR’s Frances Valdovinos has been named a fellow by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, or HACU, for this year’s Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo.

Mihri Ozkan, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UC Riverside, has been named an ambassador for the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to promote academic innovation through speaking engagements at various venues across the country.

Miguel Arratia and Shawn Westerdale have each been awarded $875,000 over five years

This achievement was made possible with the support of the chapter’s advisors, David Pion-Berlin and Donna Perez.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, or ASME, has elected professor Cengiz Ozkan as an ASME Fellow in recognition of his “exceptional achievements and contributions” to the engineering profession.

UC Riverside researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky is among 12 recipients of a grant from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation for its “Perception Box” initiative. The $899,232 award is for Lyubomirsky and her Ph.D. students’ research on how attentive, supportive listening can improve well-being and health for both the speaker and listener. “With so many amazing...

Physicist Jon Richardson is grant’s principal investigator

With the help of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engaged Learning, or CUREL, recent graduates of UC Riverside racked up over $300,000 worth of funding for the 2024-25 academic year to pursue their studies and research.