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Aaron, Karly, and Ava

New Works provides artistic platform

The New Works Festival at UC Riverside is all about highlighting new voices and stories in the arts. This year’s New Works Festival, to be held in person June 7-9 in the Arts Studio Theatre (ARTS 113), will feature plays and film scripts by three graduate students at UCR’s MFA program of Creative Writing and...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/Marketing and Communications |
CHASS Advising and Support

A time of transition: CHASS Advising guides students in a new, academic environment

First-year and transfer students may have difficulty navigating the new world of UCR. However, the advising staff at CHASS Student Academic Affairs are here to help provide resources, from advising appointments to course planning. Located near their respective departments, CHASS Student Academic Affairs offers help and services from academic advisors, assigned to students based on...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Teaching Excellence

2022-23 CHASS Faculty Awards

CHASS Teaching Award The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences invites nominations for the 2022-23 CHASS Teaching Award. The award is made annually to recognize outstanding achievement in teaching by a faculty member of the College. Nominees should be senior faculty members whose teaching is of such quality that it merits recognition and award...
Johnny Macias

From Student to Staff Member: Johnny Macias is TFDP’s new Assistant Production Manager

From a former student to now a staff member, Johnny Macias looks forward to his next step in his career as Assistant Production Manager for UC Riverside’s department of Theater, Film, and Digital Production (TFDP). “Transitioning from being in this department as a student to now a full-time staff member has been a rollercoaster of...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer, CHASS Marketing and Communications |
TWOV Poster

The Widow of Valencia: 'A woman’s pursuit for pleasure in a man’s world'

Described as sexy, exciting, funny, and romantic, “The Widow of Valencia” is the Department of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production’s (TFDP) first showing of the winter quarter with opening night set for February 16th. UCR will stage a unique and unprecedented Spanglish adaptation of the 15th-century play, written by Félix Lope de Vega. It is...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Steven Helfand and Erly Cardoso Teixeira

Steven Helfand: Professor and Honorary Fellow

A legendary member is Steven Helfand’s newest title, a professor of Economics at UC Riverside. Helfand was selected as a legendary member—membro legendário in Portuguese—or fellow of the Brazilian Society of Rural Economics, Administration and Sociology. Also known as SOBER, the organization supports the development and implementation of public policies for the agricultural sector and...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Agam Patel

Agam Patel, Associate Director of Low-Residency MFA program, garners funds for new scholarship

Those who deeply care will always find a way to make higher learning more accessible. As Associate Director of UC Riverside’s Palm Desert MFA program, Agam Patel is responsible for all aspects of the graduate program from budgeting, to enrollment, to student advising and recruitment, to managing the day-to-day challenges for more than 80 enrolled...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
UCR Campus Sunset

Updates on UAW strike

Information about the negotiations, the strike, and potential impacts to campus operations is available here: https://insideucr.ucr.edu/announcements/2022/11/14/updates-uaw-strike. Please check the link regularly for new updates.
Daisy Herrera and her daughter, Maya Luna

CHASS Ph.D. student makes strides in her Latino studies educational journey

An homage to her family and future generations of Latino children encapsulates Daisy Herrera’s educational journey. A first-generation Chicana and current Ph.D. student at UC Riverside’s Department of History, Herrera is eager to move on to the next step of her path: a fellowship with the Latino Museum Studies Program at the Smithsonian’s National Museum...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Off the Block

Lights! Camera! Action!

Introducing students to the world of filmmaking is only a small part of the OFF THE BLOCK program at UCR ARTS. Run by Nikolay Maslov, Curator of Film & Media Projects at UCR ARTS, the award-winning, filmmaking summer program helps high school students create and release their own documentary short films while developing skills such...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
College Corps

Earn $10,000 in scholarship and stipends as an UCR College Corps Fellow!

Opportunity: UCR College Corps is recruiting 150 full-time college students to become College Corps Fellows for the 2022-2023 inaugural cohort. Fellows are self-motivated and able to commit to serving 15 hours per week in the local Riverside community in one of the three key focus areas: K-6 Education, Climate Action, or Food Insecurity. Benefits: Earn...
Student Speaker 2022

Student Speaker Application 2022

68th Commencement CHASS Ceremonies: June 12-13, 2022 Student Speaker Application Every year, CHASS invites students to speak to their fellow graduates. This year, the College invites students to speak on the following topic: We in CHASS say that “At Home in the World” is more than just a saying or a slogan. It really represents...
Teaching Excellence

2021-22 CHASS Faculty Awards

CHASS Teaching Award The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences invites nominations for the 2021-22 CHASS Teaching Award. The award is made annually to recognize outstanding achievement in teaching by a faculty member of the College. The recipient will be formally recognized during the academic year as the Patricia McSweeney McCauley Chair in Teaching...
General Chinese Course in Taiwan

Apply by March 4: CHASS scholarships help students travel the world

Picture this. You find inspiration to fill out a scholarship application to fulfill a dream of yours: the opportunity to learn in a new world. All of a sudden, you’re getting paid to travel the world while experiencing new cultural life. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, thanks to the CHASS “At Home...
By Olivia Garcia, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Paulo C. Chagas

Audiovisual Frontiers exhibition brings together international artists and scholars

International scholars from around the world met together virtually in November to share and discuss Transnational Film and Audiovisual Art. The Transnational Film and Audiovisual Art conference and the Audiovisual Frontiers exhibition – with more than 70 pieces of audiovisual art – were presented on Nov. 20 by UC Riverside’s Department of Music and UCR...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Studio and Archive of Paulo Bruscky

Retired CHASS History of Art professor funds new student research travel grant

UCR’s Department of the History of Art has created a new student research travel grant. Started in 2021, the Françoise Forster-Hahn Graduate Travel Award will allow students to extend their research experience outside of campus and fund their trips to research to any country. The grant is sponsored by a former UCR History of Art...
By Mina Shiratsuchi, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Flora Beri Simo Sunjo

Smart, dependable, go-getter

In her role as a financial analyst for the Department of Psychology, Flora Beri Simo Sunjo is responsible for networking with others, hiring for labs, providing complex analysis and troubleshooting. “During the pandemic, I have had to schedule Zoom meetings with Flora to process the Psychology recruitments," said Alisha French, a human resources analyst for...
By Jessica Ruiz Vega, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
20:20 Vision

Personal reflection, self-discovery and the therapeutic nature of performance

In March 2020, life suddenly stood still on the UCR campus and overnight we had to adapt to online learning. As it became clear that a possible two-week hiatus was quickly turning into a year-long water treading, the driving forces in the Theatre, Film and Digital Production Department (TFDP) became resourcefulness and flexibility. I was...
By Dr. Bella Merlin, Director of 20:20 Vision and Professor of Acting and Directing Theatre, Film and Digital Production |
Janice Henry

Leader, mother, Tik-Tok enthusiast

Janice Henry is a key member of CHASS Student Affairs. Serving as the CHASS Enrollment Management Supervisor, she has become the first supervisor of the new enrollment management team for CHASS. In her role, Henry works closely with the Registrar's Office, CHASS department chairs and faculty, and assists students with enrollment. She is also the...
By Jessica Ruiz Vega, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing & Communications |
Zaid Yousef

Remote challenges lead to innovation

Saws, welders and sculpting tables are just some of the resources CHASS art students are used to having access to. Since campus closure in March 2020, the Department of Art has had to find new ways to support its students. To create a space that mimics in-person learning, Art laboratory supervisors Andrea Hidalgo and Jason...
By Mina Shiratsuchi, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |