
Students' summer impact
Summer break does not translate into idle hours for these three UC Riverside students. For Bela Mendoza, a three-month summer internship with Riverside’s Operation SafeHouse, a youth emergency shelter, has given her an inside look at how to make a bigger — and more positive — impact in the lives...

Earning her chances
Roseanne Carmen Rosenthal’s latest achievements have come by chance — or at least that’s what she thinks. But luck alone doesn’t account for the seven courses she took during spring quarter in order to complete her bachelor’s degree — and the 3.36 GPA she earned doing it — while also...

Three students receive Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships
Another seven students also received prestigious honors.

Grads and jobs: It pays to stay local
A UCR report finds more than 80% of graduates start their careers in California.
UC Riverside enrolls second-highest rate of first-generation freshmen in UC system
A systemwide initiative was launched in 2016 to increase support for these students.

Networking in life and business
This Nigeria native came to UC Riverside ready to make friends and learn about finance.

Computers, nematodes, and curiosity
Alejandro De Santiago Perez wants more lab experience before pursuing a doctorate in bioinformatics.

A ‘pivotal time in their lives’
Nearly 6,000 students are eligible to graduate this year, with ceremonies running from May 31- June 17.

From juvenile detention to college graduation
A felony conviction gave Ramón Leija the determination to turn his life around.

‘A closed mouth doesn’t get fed’
This future PepsiCo associate was raised without her parents since the age of 9. Her resiliency transformed into grit

Why don’t veterans share their stories?
What makes veterans feel they can't connect with society? That’s a question David Lane is trying to answer through interdisciplinary research. Lane, 34, is a U.S. Army veteran and current graduate student with the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. His initial work and personal conversations...