About 100 UC Riverside faculty and staff members took part in exercise, meditation, cooking, and other activities as part of the inaugural WellFest on Oct. 22 at the Student Recreation Center. Sponsored by Human Resources’ Faculty and Staff Wellness Program, the daylong event was intended to provide employees a place to recharge, prioritize their...
UC Riverside’s Student Recreation Center, or SRC, has added a new scoreboard to its arena and a new golf course simulator room. The upgrades are aimed at improving the experience of Highlanders at games and enjoying activities at the SRC, said Michael Eason, associate director for facility operations and special events for the recreation department...
UC Riverside welcomed Operation Purple Camp back to campus last week, giving 80 military-connected kids a taste of college life with summer camp activities. The campus first hosted the camp, a program organized by the National Military Family Association, in 2019. The week-long stay, from July 10 to July 14, was its first return since then as the...
There was a time when Brain Awareness Day, which takes place each April, was just about the only outreach activity of the UC Riverside Neuroscience Graduate Students Association, or NGSA. But that changed when second-year graduate student David Nikom came to UCR in September 2020 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst after receiving his...
