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CHASS Strategic Staffing Task Force

Colleagues, In consultation with Alex Najera , Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, we announce a new task force specifically charged with identifying critical needs for staffing in our College. This initiative had its preview in late spring, in the 2023 State of the College . As the fall term begins, we turn to the...
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Fall Budget Letter

Dear CHASS faculty, staff, students, and friends: As the new academic year kicks off, we update you on the financial state of the College. As one of the largest academic units across the entire UC, our research, instructional, and service missions are both ambitious and resource-intensive. Thankfully, the State remains committed to its sustained support...
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CHASS Leadership Announcement

Colleagues, With great pleasure, I update you on new and continuing leadership appointments in the Office of the Dean. Read More
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CHASS Faculty Announcement

Dear Colleagues, With great pleasure, I announce an active season for Senate recruitments in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Read More
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CHASS Staff Announcement

Colleagues, It’s been an active time for recruiting, retaining, and developing our dedicated staff in the mighty College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Read More
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CHASS appoints Ryan Lipinski as Assistant Dean of Student Success

Riding the wave of a historic incoming first-year class, CHASS has reaffirmed the college’s commitment to student achievement by creating a new Assistant Dean position entirely devoted to student success. “I am thrilled to be the first Assistant Dean of Student Success in CHASS,” Ryan Lipinski said. Lipinski, who started his professional career at UCR...
By By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
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Letter from the Dean: Tracy Avery

CHASS Colleagues, Please join me in congratulating Tracy Avery on her appointment to a new role as Executive Assistant to the Dean in UCR’s School of Education . Tracy’s new role will include an opportunity to take on new responsibilities at UCR. Since July 2018, Tracy has directly served three CHASS Deans as an Executive...
2023 SROP Scholars

Summer Research Opportunity Program prepares aspiring scholars for graduate school

Seven scholars. Seven weeks. Two coasts: Unlimited potential. The Enslaved.org Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP), a residential research experience for undergraduates from colleges and universities recruited throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, wrapped up with presentations to more than 80 in-person and virtual guests on Thursday, July 20, at the UCR Palm Desert Center...
By Jeff Girod, Marketing and Communications |
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George E. Haggerty: Distinguished Professor Emeriti, English

Colleagues, We are saddened to report that George E. Haggerty, Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division, passed away on June 30, 2023. In his 42 years at UCR, he shaped the hearts and minds of generations of students, and guided his colleagues across the campus on matters close to...
Building and Becoming by Amir Zaki

Arts Professor is golden

Amir Zaki, an art professor at UC Riverside, took home a gold medal for Best Photography Book at the 2022 PubWest Book Design Awards in February 2023 for his latest book, “Building+Becoming.” Published in 2022 by DoppelHouse Press and X Artists’ Books, “Building+Becoming” explores the intersection of landscapes, personal growth, and Zaki’s multi-ethnic identity work...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/Marketing and Communications |