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Fisherman against skyline of Leningrad, USSR, now St. Petersburg, Russia

Comprehensive digital photography collection and $500k endowment donated to UCR ARTS

The gift from Jim and Georgia Steinhart marks the art center’s inaugural born-digital collection and first-ever endowment

By Jessica Weber | December 4, 2019 | Arts / Culture

Rare camera collection goes to Calif. Museum of Photography

The California Museum of Photography has received a robust donation of American field view cameras, filling a significant gap in the museum’s collection. Donor Larry Pierce, a mineralogist and majority owner of Phoenix-based Fiberquant Analytical Services, gifted his collection of more than 500 cameras, as well as hundreds of related...

By Jessica Weber | September 25, 2018 | Arts / Culture
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Donation brings zero-emissions vehicles one step closer to reality

New light-duty emissions testing facility gives UC Riverside the inside track toward the goal of zero-emission vehicles

By Holly Ober | July 11, 2018 | Science / Technology

$1 million grant reaffirms UCR’s commitment to the humanities

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s gift leverages campaign support to fund 26 faculty fellowships at the Center for Ideas and Society

By Tess Eyrich | July 2, 2018 | Arts / Culture
women coding

New data science major promotes diversity in high-tech

Program will build new educational pathways in computing or technology for students, especially women, who otherwise would not study these subjects in college

By Holly Ober | June 28, 2018 | Science / Technology
UCR Graduate School of Education Dean Thomas Smith with UCR-RUSD Pipeline Scholarship recipient Maria Hernandez and scholarship fund creators Kathy and John Allavie.

Pioneering a pathway to success for STEM teachers

Collaboration between UCR and Riverside Unified School District yields scholarship fund, job placements for newly minted STEM teachers

By Tess Eyrich | March 29, 2018 | Social Science / Education

UC Riverside launches research center to drive Inland California innovation

The Center for Social Innovation will use university-level research to spur community involvement and civic participation

By Tess Eyrich | February 14, 2018 | Social Science / Education
UCR’s Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies was established seven years ago to enable high-level research on Korean American history and identity.

$370,000 gift to support UCR’s Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies

The donation comes from Myung Ki “Mike” Hong, a longtime advocate of the center and other initiatives related to Korean American affairs

By Tess Eyrich | January 16, 2018 | Social Science / Education
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