Tag: STEM
New STEM High School promises wide benefits, overlooks associated challenges
The UCR Academic Senate recently released a summary of a draft agreement reached between UCR, Riverside Unified School District and the City of Riverside...
STEM high school to be built on campus
UCR plans on constructing a new STEM-focused magnet high school on its campus in conjunction with the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) which will...
Prestigious STEM fellowship awarded to eleven UCR students
The coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research fellowship was awarded to 11 UCR students. Over 2,000 applicants this year were selected to receive...
R’Perspective: What is an Asian person supposed to do as a...
“Aren’t all Asians supposed to be good at math and science?” As an Asian-American myself, the number of times that I have been asked...
ASUCR’s CNAS senators present inaugural STEM Research Expo
On Friday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in HUB 302, ASUCR’s CNAS senators hosted the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)...
UCR teams with Johns Hopkins to host STEM workshop
The University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) recently collaborated to host...
Professor’s company receives $4 million investment
ZyBooks, an educational company— founded by Frank Vahid, a UCR professor of computer science and engineering, and its CEO Smita Bakshi — received a...
“New UCR-RUSD-RCC partnership needed step toward better STEM education”
On September 8, Chancellor Kim Wilcox, Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) Superintendent David Hansen and Riverside City College (RCC) President Wolde-Ab Issac signed an...
UCR administrators to participate in US News National Leadership Conference
UCR's Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox, Graduate School of Education Dean Thomas M. Smith and mechanical engineering professor Suveen Mathaudu will be attending and presenting...
UCR SISTERS program seeks to fix STEM gender disparity
Success in Science & Technology: Engagement with Role-Models(SISTERS), a program initiated by the College of Natural and Agricultural Science Ambassadors, seeks to improve the...