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 |
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 Assistant...
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...
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...
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 |
UC Riverside’s CHASS class of 2023 closed and entered a new chapter in their lives at their commencement ceremony on June 21 held for the first time at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, CA. This year’s commencement celebrated Highlanders from different colleges with 50,000 attendees spanning from friends and family throughout the week at the...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/CHASS Marketing and Communications |
Summer Sessions have arrived at UC Riverside for students to begin mapping out their plans to get ahead, catch up and gain more educational opportunities. Summers Sessions consist of two core sessions that run back-to-back for 5 weeks, Session A (June 26 - July 29) and Session B (July 26 - September 2). Both sessions...
By Alejandra Prado, Student Writer/Marketing and Communications |
We take this opportunity to celebrate our milestones and look to the future of CHASS. The State of the College presentation was in-person and live-streamed on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at 2 p.m., in INTS 1128. It is a moment of focus, but also a moment of reflection and celebration. Three terms framed a larger...
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...
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 |
