The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is proud to announce that Department of History doctoral recipient Marissa Hull has been named a 2026 Leading Edge Fellow by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
Dr. Jenni Martinez, a UC Riverside 2026 Ph.D. recipient in Ethnic Studies, won the Audience Choice Award at the 12th annual Grad Slam campus competition, held Friday, April 10, 2026, in the School of Business Auditorium.
Four students from MCS — Elias Martigon, Gelila Zeray, Meerae Lee, Zihan Zeng — and four from TFDP — Daniella Escobar, Jiahui Liu, Lance Mack, Natalie Guido — were selected from a pool of applicants to attend the Palm Springs ShortFest 2026. The Palm Springs International ShortFest is one of North America’s largest, uniting innovative...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Noah Amir Arjomand ‘25 has brought to life a short film that feels both timely and timeless. A dark comedy about theatre faculty sparring over outlandish financial schemes to keep their department afloat under the duress of budget constraints, “THE CUTS” will premiere at the LA Shorts International Film Festival. This...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Dear CHASS Faculty, Early this morning, Provost Watkins shared a wonderful opportunity to submit nominations for a pair of endowed chairs, sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, that rotate throughout the University of California. It’s now UCR’s turn. Each chair will hold a five-year term (July 1, 2026, through June 30...
CHASS Teaching Award The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences invites nominations for the 2025-2026 CHASS Teaching Award. The award is made annually to recognize outstanding achievement in teaching by a faculty member of the College. Nominees must be Senate or Unit 18 instructional faculty (Academic Student Employees are not eligible) whose teaching is...
As part of the Esther Hays Concert series, the UCR Orchestra and Chamber Singers, conducted by Ruth Charloff, have organized a public, kid-friendly concert celebrating Hispanic and Latin American music. Happening on Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. at the University Theater, the concert will feature performances by many performers with roots in the Inland...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
On March 12, from 1 to 3 p.m., five students from CHASS, the School of Business, and the School of Public Policy came together for the semi-final competition for UC Riverside’s Grad Slam. students gave speeches on their pre-determined topics before a panel of judges. Only four were selected to move forward in the final...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
From February 18-21, the College Art Association (CAA) held its 114th annual conference in Chicago, promoting scholarship and teaching in the arts. UC Riverside’s art history department, using its student success funds, sent six undergraduate students to the conference along with professor Yong Cho and department chair Susan Laxton. According to third-year student Kira Iokibe...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Demonstrating a loud and clear commitment to advancing its world-class research enterprise, the University of California, Riverside (UCR) announces that Susan Laxton, Associate Professor of Modernism and the History of Photography and Chair of the Department of the History of Art, has been selected for the esteemed National Humanities Center (NHC) Summer Residency program. Laxton...
