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

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

Patricia Cardoso directs TV episodes for Netflix and The CW
“In the Dark” and “The Society” are now airing.

Dual exhibitions from photographer John Divola examine social identity and the sublime
“STRATUM” and “Clive Wearing’s Dilemma” are on view at the California Museum of Photography May 11-Sept. 8

Expanding the vision of queer dance
The two-day Explode! Queer Dance Festival will showcase artists from across the United States and around the world, featuring contemporary dance, improvisation, and drag. Curated by dance scholar Clare Croft, this will mark the festival’s West Coast debut. UCR ARTS and the UCR Department of Dance are co-hosting the event...

This UCR historian once trained horses; now she studies them
Doctoral student Katrin Boniface turns a lifelong passion into research for a growing field: equine history

Stu Krieger remembers John Singleton by the ‘quiet power he possessed’
The UC Riverside professor of screenwriting worked with Singleton in the early 1990s.

Kimberly Guerrero co-starring in CBS drama pilot
The show is described as “Northern Exposure” meets “The West Wing.”

Small slice of the American pie, big impact
An oral history project archives the experiences and contributions of more than 50 notable Korean Americans and counting

Veterans history project receives VA funding through 2020
Federal funding will enable thousands more Inland Empire K-12 students to join in documenting the histories of those interred at Riverside National Cemetery

Leaving it all to chance
Douglas McCulloh is not a man ruled by fate, but rather, chance. In fact, McCulloh, who joined UCR ARTS as the new senior curator for the California Museum of Photography, or CMP, in July has made chance his primary modus operandi. He traces his preoccupation with chance back to his...

Staying on beat
Irvin Rosales balances school, two jobs, and a music-industry internship.

Alumna brings music history to life for the next generation
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has a new director of curatorial affairs: UCR’s Nwaka Onwusa ’08

‘Real Women Have Curves’ director joins UCR faculty
This fall, Cardoso joined UCR’ Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production and is currently teaching two courses. The Colombian-born creator said she felt identified to the students and to UCR’s mission.

Confronting loss and loneliness in “If You Have to Go”
Loneliness, while inherently isolating, is also a universal experience. This dichotomy lies at the heart of poet Katie Ford’s newest collection, “ If You Have to Go.” Dominated by a crown of 39 sonnets — each linked by the repetition of the last line of a poem as the first...