In a campuswide email sent on Tuesday, April 21, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox announced UCR’s decision to postpone commencement for the class of 2020 until health officials say it is safe to do so. Due to campus closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic and a statewide restriction of large gatherings, in-person commencement ceremonies originally scheduled for June...
“Zoombombing,” also known as the unwanted disruption of Zoom online classes, has been occurring at schools across the country. At UCR, classes have been interrupted by people who hack into these spaces from outside of campus and other students who have received virtual classroom links.These individuals then spread racist, sexist, homophobic or other discriminatory language and interrupt...
On Thursday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Education, in accordance with provisions within the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, released a distribution plan that states the exact allocations each higher institution will receive to support students financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020 by...
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,...
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 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...
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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...
The ASUCR Office of External Affairs is encouraging students to email their congressional representatives to pass a federal COVID-19 student relief stimulus package for students being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A link to the email format and text was posted on their Instagram account. The email states that the student is emailing their...
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UCR’s Office of Planning, Design and Construction provided an update on all campus construction projects during the campus closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The projects that are currently under construction include the Pierce Hall renovations, the Student Success Center, Plant Growth Environments Facility, Parking Structure 1, as...
All events hosted by the UCR Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) have been canceled until further notice according to a post published on ASPB’s Instagram page on Monday, March 16. The cancellation comes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and UCR’s campus closure.
The post states, “In line with Chancellor Wilcox’s and Governor Newsom’s...