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Information Technology Solutions (ITS) has announced UCR’s latest virtual computer lab (VLab) service run through Apporto. The VLab gives students access to common classroom software that they may not have access to given the campus closures and will be available following the closures as well. A campuswide email...
Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox delivered his annual spring campus update online on Monday, May 4. Within the prerecorded video, he discussed the current status of UCR in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and responded to some common questions and concerns regarding the near future.
Wilcox began by addressing the matter of budget and tuition fees. He explained that UCR...
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On March 17, UCR Interim Provost Thomas Smith and Vice Chancellor of Research and Economic Development (VCRED) Rodolfo Torres announced that UCR is strictly curtailing on-campus research activities to those that cannot be postponed or restarted and preparing for a possible complete shutdown of research on campus.
The coronavirus pandemic has left many questions unanswered surrounding the long term effects it will carry with it. UCR researchers have been working to analyze these effects and inform the Riverside community about the potential future of the pandemic.
In an interview with The Highlander, Epidemiologist Brandon Brown and Research Manager for the Center...
Last month, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued guidelines detailing how colleges should distribute the $6.2 billion they were given through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act meant to ease the financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students. The guidelines notably exclude most international students and all DACA recipients from receiving any emergency...
On Monday March 16, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano issued an executive order that allows all employees to receive a one-time allotment of up to 128 hours of paid administrative leave.
Napalitano wrote in the order that on March 9, 2020, the UC authorized a grant of up to 14 days of...
UCR along with universities throughout the country have transformed into completely remote institutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an exclusive email interview with The Highlander, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox discussed UCR’s handling of the campus closure.
Wilcox stated that over the past weeks, UCR has collectively transformed the...
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant and unprecedented financial challenges across the nation. As a result, Gov. Gavin Newsom revised his January California budget proposal on Thursday, May 14, to aid in mitigating the economic crisis, prioritizing public health, public safety and public education above all. “California will do its part to keep our communities healthy and safe, to...
UCR will be implementing changes to the spring 2020 late payment penalties according to a campuswide email sent from UCR’s The Office of the Registrar.
The email stated, “In light of the ongoing changing landscape due to COVID-19, and the uncertainty some of you might be feeling at this...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCR Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) has increased its case-based basic needs support for students who have been impacted by externalities resulting from the pandemic. Formed in January of 2019, the ECRT, according to the UCR Basic Needs website, is a cross-campus collaboration with representatives from Financial Aid, Housing,...