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A gift to children: Music department hosts family concert, open to public

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 |
Koto Katayama

CHASS students progress to Grad Slam Semi-Finals

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 |
Dr. Seunghee Oh speaks with students

Undergraduate art history students take trip to Chicago conference

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 |
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UC Riverside Scholar Selected for Elite NHC Summer Residency

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...
Mary Gutierrez

UC Riverside alumni launch film production company, outreach to UCR students

Theatre, Film, and Digital Production graduates Saul Guardado (2024), Mary Gutierrez (2025), and Gianna Cosenza (2025) hit the ground running following graduation last spring, launching a production company called Camphor Pictures, targeting smaller, independent filmmakers. Guardado directed Camphor Pictures’ first short film, “Bienvenido.” “It's fully in Spanish, and I wrote it in the beginning of...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
UCR Family Fun Day Embrace

UCR ARTS, Gluck Fellowship host Family Fun Day for 30th anniversary

On Sunday, Mar. 1, UCR ARTS celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts with a community, family-oriented day held at the museum in downtown Riverside. The Gluck Fellows Program awards funds to graduate students to support their education through community outreach. Fellows go to schools throughout the Inland Empire and...
By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Bella Merlin

Acting professor Bella Merlin brings back one-woman show, reflects on journey

Bella Merlin, Distinguished Professor of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, has been working on her passion project, a one-woman show called “Tilly No-Body” since 2009. The show follows Tilly Wedekind, wife and muse of German playwright Frank Wedekind, and her emotional journey from youth to old age. “‘Tilly No-Body’ is a one-person show with five...
By By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Patrick and Ayliz Allen

UC Riverside sweethearts return to campus for Homecoming

Patrick Allen ‘97 and Ayliz Allen ‘97, undergraduate students in business and business administration respectively, first met in a marketing class at UCR. As of now, they have been married for 14 years. “ We sat next to each other in discussion, and we became friends and started dating,” Patrick said. “We kept in touch and...
By By Jeremy Gutierrez, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Faculty Awards

2025-26 CHASS Faculty Awards

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...
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UCR’s College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Launches Dean’s Research Impact Initiative

RIVERSIDE, CA — Dean Daryle Williams and the University of California, Riverside (UCR) College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS) are proud to announce the launch of the Dean’s Research Impact Initiative. This strategic program is designed to catalyze high-impact scholarship and creative activity during the Winter and Spring 2026 terms, serving as a...