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Brandy Renee Taylor (UCR/Sandra Baltazar Martínez)

From foster care to a free MBA

“I have been through a few challenges in my life, but with the support of this school and Guardian Scholars, I have achieved more than I ever thought I would.” - Brandy Renee Taylor

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | December 19, 2018 | Students

Physics undergraduate student headed to CERN

Sergio Garcia will do research during the winter quarter on a particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 12, 2018 | Students, Science / Technology
Alejandro Quiñones, 22, uses mathematical modeling to analyze cell division in maize.

Tiny desk, huge accomplishments – and his own bed

The bedroom he shared with his parents and three siblings included a bunk bed, a queen bed, two wardrobes, and a narrow wooden table that served as his desk. That bedroom was where Alejandro Quiñones lived through middle school and high school with his family. Quiñones, 21, now a senior...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | November 19, 2018 | Students
Aubree Brown, 3, pretend playing at UC Riverside.

Grant will cover childcare costs for student parents at UCR

The University of California, Riverside’s Early Childhood Services center received a four-year grant from the United States Department of Education to provide low income undergraduate students with childcare assistance. The reauthorized $1.4 million grant will give these student parents a financial breather while they balance parenting and college life. Funding...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | November 6, 2018 | Students

This former cop wants to build trust between communities and police

Fulbright Scholar Roberto Rivera looks to Jamaica as a model of restorative justice

By Tess Eyrich | November 1, 2018 | Students
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Celebrating a decade of support for UCR Guardian Scholars

A decade ago, Tuppett Yates, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside, launched the Guardian Scholars Program in the hopes of creating a support system for students who grew up in foster care. Beginning with four students who were provided $500 scholarships during the 2008-2009 academic year...

By Imran Ghori | October 30, 2018 | Students

Trans students find an oasis at T*Camp

The award-winning program returns for its eighth year in January

By Tess Eyrich | October 18, 2018 | Students

A Ph.D. in punk? Only at UC Riverside

Marlen Ríos-Hernández takes a scholarly approach to the mosh pit

By Tess Eyrich | October 15, 2018 | Students

Loveridge Fellows get a crash course in state politics

UC Riverside expands its presence in California’s capital

By Tess Eyrich | October 10, 2018 | Students
jessica's group jessica leon is second from left in the black dress

UC Riverside students take first and second place at prestigious conference

Leadership-in-action competition yields prizewinning strategies for increasing Hispanic leadership in engineering

By Holly Ober | September 25, 2018 | Students
student studying on UCR campus

UC Riverside Fall 2018 admissions show surge in transfer student numbers

In two years, UCR transfer applications have climbed by 23 percent.

By John Warren | July 11, 2018 | Students

Medicine from the heart

Edgar Ortega overcame language barriers, injuries in effort to help his new community as a doctor

By Madeline Adamo | June 6, 2018 | Students
Belltower shot

Fishing for knowledge

Shannon Sweitzer carries life lessons from her father during UCR journey

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 6, 2018 | Students

Grad students battle for best pitch

UC Riverside's best and brightest will go head to head during annual Grad Slam finals event, held at the Culver Center

By Tess Eyrich | April 11, 2018 | Students

UCR Ph.D. student curates Riverside Art Museum Exhibition

Running Feb. 3 through Dec. 30, 2018, the show features a selection of Mesoamerican artifacts on public display for the very first time

By Tess Eyrich | January 4, 2018 | Students
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