UC Riverside

Students who are on campus are being tested twice a week. Tony Shin reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020.

It sounds like the stuff of nightmares: thousands of tiny wasps are being released in areas of San Diego County this week. But the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) says the minuscule bugs are actually the good guys.

The University of California, Riverside, Botanic Gardens have been struck by plant thefts during the lengthening coronavirus shutdown. About 30 large potted plants and additional smaller ones have been taken, gardens director Jodie Holt told The Press-Enterprise. About a third of the stolen plants were part of the gardens’ collection and the remainder would have been sold. The gardens closed...

They had the rooms and saw the need, so the University of California Riverside has become a place to house doctors and health care workers treating COVID-19 patients. There are nearly 40 rooms available to local physicians and medical staff like Dr. Garvin Patel. “They’ve given us open access until this crisis is over,” Patel said. He’s been living...

They saw the need and had the rooms. Christine Kim reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2020.

In-person instruction is being suspended through early April and final exams will not be held in person, the University of California at Riverside announced Tuesday. Instructors are planning on teaching the spring quarter online, the school said in a statement. There are currently no known cases of COVID-19 within the UC Riverside community, the school said in a statement. The…

Walter Mosley will headline the 43rd annual UC Riverside Writers Week, billed as California’s longest-running free literary event, the university announced Monday. The Feb. 10-14 event will bring a total of 24 emerging and established authors to the Inland Empire to participate in readings and Q&As. A reading from current UCR MFA students and a special PEN Free Speech...