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Shannon Sweitzer carries life lessons from her father during UCR journey

The Barn will close June 14 for an 18-month renovation

BY MELANIE RAMIRO RIVERSIDE, Calif. ( library.ucr.edu) – On March 11, 1942, the life of one Riverside family was shattered when United States government officials took local farmer Toranosuke Fujimoto into federal custody. His son, George Fujimoto, 21, wrote in his diary that day about his father’s arrest: “Went to...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Wanted: Music professionals and amateurs. A free online workshop called Online Jammin’ will be offered on Saturday, April 21 for musicians looking to learn new techniques using free online technology programs. Local participants wishing to take the daylong workshop in-person can visit the Experimental, Acoustic, Research Studio...

Dance artists from Guatemala, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States will offer dance performances and workshops at UC Riverside

What does it take to bring together actors and scholars? For Bella Merlin, professor of acting and directing at the University of California, Riverside, it takes a practical acting laboratory. A place where ideas and facts will come together. That’s exactly what Merlin will offer April 6-8 when she brings...

NOT FESTIVAL comes to Southern California, led by UCR’s Luis Lara Malvacías

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - As a young teacher, Linda Navarrette traveled to South Africa with one assignment: help teachers develop critical thinking skills in their students. Little did she know that her efforts in those impoverished communities would change her life. The experience catapulted her career into education, cementing her support...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - After a performance, Jennifer Doyle wants the audience to walk away with intense emotions. And the live performance she is guest-curating at The Broad contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, “Gifts of the Spirit: Prophecy, Automatism and Discernment” is not the exception. “I want people to have...

UCR will host four bands, all formed in Los Angeles by Mexican immigrants from the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico

RSVP by Jan. 9 to attend the campuswide meeting and share ideas