
Experts weigh in on whether COVID-19 is here to stay
C OVID-19 is far from beaten. Vaccines may not be the ultimate panacea to haul us out of the pandemic crisis. In the future, will outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, arrive in waves every winter? Might COVID-19 never go away? Experts at the University of California, Riverside...

UCR campus set to reopen in fall 2021
On Jan. 11, UC President Michael V. Drake announced a fall 2021 systemwide return to in-person instruction.

Biomedical scientist explains how Covid-19 vaccines work
Dr. David Lo at the UC Riverside School of Medicine is an expert on vaccines

Are people living with HIV more isolated during the pandemic?
A UC Riverside-led study, funded by Merck, is set to find out

First-year students: Making ‘the best out of this situation’
Resident advisors are creating ways to remain virtually connected while building a sense of community with first-year students in campus housing.

A different type of holiday party for Guardian Scholars
The program works to make the holidays special for foster youth, despite the pandemic’s challenges.

Winter quarter will be mostly remote again
In communications sent Oct. 23 and Nov. 30, UCR laid out instructional plans for its winter quarter, which will look much like fall quarter. Fifty courses have been approved for in-class instruction in winter quarter. All will offer students the option of remote instruction. “This represents only 2-to-3 % of...

‘Art in the Plague Year’ exhibition seeks art imagining a world beyond 2020
The open call marks the first time the California Museum of Photography has solicited art from the public at this scale