UCR’s campus closure due to COVID-19 means that all instruction will be delivered remotely for the entirety of spring quarter. This has left many students with questions regarding what will happen to their tuition and fees now that they will not have access to many on-campus resources including labs, studios, libraries and the student recreation center (SRC).
In a statement released on Oct. 16, David Henry, executive director of UCR Housing, Dining & Hospitality Services announced that a member of The Barn staff has tested positive for COVID-19. Henry stated that the staff member will be required to refrain returning to campus for at least fourteen days and anyone who came in close contact with them...
On Tuesday, Jan. 5, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Thomas M. Smith sent a campus wide email announcing that spring quarter instruction would continue remotely, finalizing the 2020-21 academic year at UCR as exclusively online. The future of spring quarter instruction looked bleak as health conditions in Riverside County worsened and coronavirus cases spiked, surpassing 200,000 on Jan....