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Pushing back against poverty

Mark Sebarrotin said UCR was his shot at the California dream; now, he wants to help others achieve their dream, too.

By Tess Eyrich | May 28, 2019 | Students
Arkansas Maytagers, Maytag Spring Party in Newton, Iowa, March 28-29, 1955. Courtesy of John Divola.

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

By Jessica Weber | May 17, 2019 | Arts / Culture
South Asian drag queen LaWhore Vagistan. Photo by Al Evangelista

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...

By UCR News | May 15, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Meet the women who battled tuberculosis in Indian country

In his latest book, a scholar of Native American history explores a little-known collaboration that made big impacts

By Tess Eyrich | May 8, 2019 | Social Science / Education

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

By Tess Eyrich | May 3, 2019 | Students
John Singleton

Stu Krieger remembers John Singleton by the ‘quiet power he possessed’

The UC Riverside professor of screenwriting worked with Singleton in the early 1990s.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 30, 2019 | Arts / Culture
UCR Acting Assistant Professor Kimberly Guerrero

Kimberly Guerrero co-starring in CBS drama pilot

The show is described as “Northern Exposure” meets “The West Wing.”

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 16, 2019 | Arts / Culture

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

By Tess Eyrich | March 26, 2019 | Arts / Culture

What’s in your drinking water?

Carl Cranor wants you to know — and to empower you to do something about it

By Tess Eyrich | March 20, 2019 | Social Science / Education

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

By Tess Eyrich | March 19, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Doug McCulloh

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...

By Jessica Weber | March 15, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Irvin Rosales outside of UCR's Arts building.

Staying on beat

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

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | March 12, 2019 | Students

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

By Tess Eyrich | February 27, 2019 | Students
Patricia Cardoso

‘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.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | February 22, 2019 | University

Female presidents are held to higher standards than males

An analysis of presidential approval ratings reveals truths about gender biases

By Tess Eyrich | February 19, 2019 | Social Science / Education
Katie Ford

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...

By Jessica Weber | February 5, 2019 | Arts / Culture
Extended family having tea

Keeping the peace when mom and grandma disagree on feeding the kids

Nutrition education programs for children should incorporate all family members who act as caregivers

By Holly Ober | February 1, 2019 | Health, Social Science / Education

In higher education, the positives outweigh the negatives

A UC Riverside sociologist’s 35-year survey of American universities offers evidence of surprises and successes

By Tess Eyrich | January 29, 2019 | Social Science / Education
Photo of author Margaret Atwood by Liam Sharp

UC Riverside to host 42nd-annual Writers Week

Writers Week, California’s longest-running free literary event, will return to the University of California, Riverside, for its 42nd installment Feb. 4-5 and Feb. 11-16, 2019, featuring 22 writers across the two-week span. The conference will open with a reading and Q&A with renowned novelist Margaret Atwood. Atwood, whose prolific career...

By Jessica Weber | January 22, 2019 | Arts / Culture
dancer

UCR celebrates 25 years of dance and scholarship

A Feb. 9 event commemorates the Department of Dance’s critical dance studies program. The day-long celebration will feature performances, talks, and roundtable discussions.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | January 18, 2019 | Arts / Culture
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