
$1.1 million grant extends UCR’s participation in Kessler Scholars Collaborative
UC Riverside has received a $1.1 million grant from the Judy and Fred Wilpon Family Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies to continue its participation in the Kessler Scholars Collaborative, a national initiative supporting students who are the first in their families to attend college. UCR joined the collaborative in 2022 with...
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

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...

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

$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

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