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Underground Scholars students gather under a tent at an outdoor tabling event.

UCR’s prison-to-university pipeline program gets $300K grant from California Wellness Foundation

The Underground Scholars Program at the University of California, Riverside has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the California Wellness Foundation, or Cal Wellness, to help young people involved with the juvenile justice system enroll and succeed in higher education. “Cal Wellness is delighted to support the UC Riverside Underground...
By Malinn Loeung | | Students, University

New funding will help UCR diversify physician workforce in inland Southern California

The California Wellness Foundation has awarded the School of Medicine a $450,000 grant
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Health
Evelyn “Evie” Everheart summer internship video game design. (Courtesy of Evelyn “Evie” Everheart)

Summer internships — from home

These UCR students aren’t letting a pandemic stop their personal and professional development.
By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | | Students