In its annual ranking of top national universities, Washington Monthly magazine has named UC Riverside No. 28 among all institutions, and No. 15 among public universities. The 2018 rankings were released Aug. 27. UCR achieved notably high ranks in the category deemed “social mobility,” which holds one-third of the weight in Washington Monthly’s scoring system...
Jan. 11 marked many firsts for the H1GLANDER First-Generation Project, a UCR initiative to increase awareness of first-generation issues and experiences. The inaugural “1/11 First-Gen Talks,” which took place in the new Rivera Library teaching and learning center, introduced a series of panels and community discussions around first-generation issues that included students, faculty, and staff...
UC Riverside had a 12.4 percent hike in applicants for fall 2018 over fall 2017, the largest increase of any campus in the UC system. UCR registered its largest-ever number of applicants, at 60,285, and showed the largest percentage increase in transfer applications of any UC campus, at 13.2 percent. “This record in applications is...
The University of California, Riverside continues to make progress in improving graduation rates, one metric of student success. Based on data released this week by the Office of Institutional Research, the six-year graduation rate for first-time full-time freshmen has reached an all-time high of 75 percent. The same is true of the four-year graduation rate...
UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox announced today the appointment of Cynthia K. Larive as provost and executive vice chancellor, effective Nov. 1. Professor Larive has served in the role on an interim basis since Feb. 21, 2017. A respected scholar of bioanalytical chemistry, Larive joined the UCR faculty in 2005. She brings exceptional administrative...
On Thursday, June 8, UC Riverside officially joined the UC-wide First-Gen Faculty campaign, meant to highlight and identify first-generation professors who can, in turn, serve as mentors for first-generation students. This appreciation event was held at the weekly Farmer’s Market by Hinderaker Hall. Faculty members who stopped by the First-Gen Faculty booth could pick up...
Early numbers show freshman applications for fall 2017 at University of California, Riverside have increased by 4.5 percent, from 41,557 to 43,433. The figure exceeds the 3.1 percent increase reported across the UC system, and represents a longstanding upward trend in applications to UCR, which saw an increase of more than 3,000 applications from fall...
