Exhibition celebrates California photographer's work
A new UCR ARTS exhibition showcases nearly four decades of work from late photographer Douglas McCulloh. “Dispatches: The Photography of Douglas McCulloh, 1990-2025” opened on September 12 at UCR ARTS’ California Museum of Photography, or CMP, and will be on view until December 20. The exhibition brings together all his...
$1.2 million gift expands higher education pathways for foster youth
UC Riverside has received a $1.2 million Foster Youth Outreach Program grant from the University of California Office of the President to improve college accessibility and services for foster care youth. The gift will support UCR’s Office of Foster Youth Support Services and fund two initiatives aimed at helping students...
Celebrating two decades of Playworks
In a black-box theater with dark walls, bright lights, and an empty stage, student actors relied solely on their voices and expressions to bring a series of 10-minute plays to life at UC Riverside's 19th Playworks event. Covering topics ranging from the impacts of ICE and AI to experiences with...
A 'Golden' Performance
In March, “Golden” from the film “KPop Demon Hunters” became the first K-Pop song to win the Oscar for Best Original Song. Celebrating that moment at the 98th Academy Awards was DaEun Jung, a UC Riverside assistant professor of dance, who participated in a live performance of “Golden” as a...
A tale of two campuses and the Big ‘C’
It’s been 70 years since the Big “C” was built, and that's a big deal. In 1955, UC Riverside students constructed a “C” on Box Springs Mountain, sitting approximately 1,500 feet above the campus. At 50 feet wide and 123 feet tall, it’s the largest “C” in the UC system...