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UCR Chancellor, Kim A. Wilcox

Chancellor Wilcox announces plans to retire in 2025

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox has announced that he will retire in the summer of 2025 after nearly 12 years leading the university. Wilcox led UCR during a season in which it emerged as one of America’s leading research universities and the national leader of the social mobility and...

By Johnny Cruz | September 19, 2024 | University
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Winter quarter to begin with remote instruction

In an announcement to the UC Riverside campus, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox announced that instruction will be delivered remotely for the first two weeks of the winter quarter. He cited the emergence of the Omicron variant and the start of the quarter taking place just after the New Year’s holiday...

By Johnny Cruz | December 21, 2021 | University

UC Riverside No. 1 in U.S. News social mobility rankings

For the second consecutive year, UC Riverside is the No. 1 university in the country for social mobility in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. UCR rose up the charts in the overall rankings as well, now placing No. 34 among all public universities and No. 88...

By Johnny Cruz | September 13, 2020 | University, Students
Beyond Brilliant

Beyond Brilliant: Campaign highlights inspiring people of UC Riverside

Dramatic growth in rankings – including increasing 80 spots in two years (Forbes) and 41 places in one year (Center for World University Rankings) – two Nobel Prize winners joining the faculty, and recognition as the nation’s leader for social mobility (U.S. News & World Report) have positioned UC Riverside...

By Johnny Cruz | November 1, 2019 | University

UC Riverside reaches No. 1 in social mobility

University of California, Riverside, is the top university in the United States for social mobility in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. The social mobility ranking measures the size of the student population receiving Pell Grants and how well universities performed in graduating those individuals. According...

By Johnny Cruz | September 9, 2019 | University
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