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 Retired Judge Receives Alumni Appointment to UC Board of Regents - Retired Judge and University of California, Riverside graduate Ronald Stovitz was selected Nov. 15 by the Board of Directors of the UC Riverside Alumni Association to serve as alumni representative to the UC Board of Regents....more
 UCR’s A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management Receives $3.1 Million Gift - The A. Gary Anderson Family Foundation made the substantial pledge in support of Dean David W. Stewart’s vision for planned growth at the School....more
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Henry Snyder Wins National Humanities Medal - Henry Snyder, director of UC Riverside’s Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research and a tireless advocate of preserving and cataloging California’s historical newspapers, received a National Humanities Medal on Thursday, Nov. 15, in a ceremony at the White House. ...more
UCR Awards Contract for Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts- UC Riverside has awarded a $12,646,000 contract to Tovey/Schultz Construction Inc. of Lake Elsinore to renovate the historic Rouse Building for the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts in downtown Riverside. Construction is expected to start Nov. 26 and be completed in spring 2009. ...more |
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 UC Riverside Helps Audi Make Greener Cars - Right now, drivers can ask Google maps to direct them to their destination, and highlight pizza places along the way. UC Riverside has recently partnered with Audi on a $650,000 project (along with UC Berkeley) that will allow drivers to determine the greenest route possible. ...more
 New Book by UCR Biologist Discusses Twelve Diseases That Impacted Humanity - Irwin W. Sherman’s book examines how past encounters with disease allowed for better control and improved health...more
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 It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you run the maze - “Micro Mouse” competition takes UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering team all the way to Taiwan ...more
UCR Researchers Awarded Nearly $1.7 Million to Develop Improved Cowpea Varieties -  Providing food security, one of the greatest challenges of our time, is a critical goal especially in the developing world, where crop destruction by drought, disease and pest infestation swiftly places millions of lives at risk of hunger....more
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Want more news from UCR? Visit http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu
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Highlanders Highlighted
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| '78 Highlander Highlighted
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Anya McCoy '78 B.A. - Trained as an ethnobotanist at UCR and a landscape artist at S.U.N.Y., Anya specialized in creating fragrant gardens. In 2002, McCoy started a Yahoo group dedicated to natural perfumery, which is the composition of raw materials that come from plants, the soil, the ocean and animals to create organic, aromatic perfumes. Because of the group's popularity, Anya launched NaturalPerfumery.com to showcase natural perfumers from around the world and to educate the public about the alternative to synthetic perfumes. |
| Did you land your dream job? Were you honored with an award? If you have news or accomplishments you'd like to share with fellow alumni, submit it for future publication in the Class Acts section of UCR, The Magazine of UC Riverside and possibly this enewsletter. Visit www.alumni.ucr.edu/involved/update.html to submit your Class Act!
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| The New Alumni & Visitors Center |
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From Dream to Reality
Alumni and friends gathered on Sat., Oct. 27 to celebrate the opening of UCR’s Alumni & Visitors Center. It is designed to serve as the front door to the campus and to be a distinctive arrival point to welcome visitors and showcase alumni achievements. “UCR alumni now have a place on campus to call home. I encourage all alumni to stop by for a tour when visiting campus,” Kyle D. Hoffman, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Alumni & Constituent Relations. Click here to read more and for a photo gallery of the celebration event. |
UCR Alumni Association
University of California, Riverside
3701 Canyon Crest Dr.
Riverside, CA 92521-0110
(951) UCR-ALUM/ 827-2586 voice
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| Homecoming 2008 |
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This Month's Highlighted Events:
Graduate School of Education Graduate Student Reunion
Come join us for refreshments, fun and an opportunity to reconnect with a favorite faculty member or advisor. Reminisce with old friends and browse through a memory book created by your peers and colleagues. It will be a reunion you won t want to miss.
University Honors Program – Celebrating 20 Years
All University Honors Program alumni are cordially invited to join us as we celebrate 20 years of University Honors Program. Relive the past at our "Mega Muffin Morning Meet and Greet" at Homecoming. Renew your friendships and share memories with alumni of the UHP, SUHP, Peer Mentoring as well as Faculty Mentors and UHP Staff past and present. You can also see our new facility and housing unit!
Don’t miss this year’s Homecoming Celebration.
Tell your friends and classmates to meet you at UCR! |
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| Seeking UCRAA Board Nominations
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Now Accepting Nominations |
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UCR Alumni Association Board of Directors |
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| The UCR Alumni Association Board of Directors is a dedicated group of volunteers which establishes Association policy, reviews programs, and provides feedback and suggestions to the University administration.
The Association is now accepting nominations and applications for its Board of Directors. Alumni interested in serving on the Board or submitting a nomination may apply online or print out an application to mail in. All applications and nominations must be received by January 11. The two-year term begins July 1.
Only current members of the UCR Alumni Association are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors.
Please click here for information on membership.
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| Alumni Award Nominations – Deadline Extended |
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The nomination deadline for the 2008 Alumni Awards of Distinction has been extended to Monday, December 17.
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Now is your chance to nominate an alumnus(a) who has made a difference in the lives of others through outstanding professional, personal and community contributions. For information about the award categories and to submit a nomination, visit www.alumni.ucr.edu or contact the Alumni Office. Recipients will be honored at the 22nd Annual Alumni Awards of Distinction Banquet on April 26.
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| Alumni Print Directory |
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The UCR Alumni Association has partnered with PCI to create a comprehensive all alumni print directory. The company is in the process of contacting alumni by phone, email and mail to verify alumni information.
Their website is; www.publishingconcepts.com and their phone number is 1-800-982-1590.
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. 5-K & Health Expo
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2nd Running of the Martin Luther King, Jr. 5-K & Health Expo
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Race Time 9:00am
Registration Begins: 7:30am
Registration will be held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Entrance to UCR Parking Lot #30
For more information call: African Student Programs Race Director
Ken Simons ('83) at (951) 827-4576
Sponsored By: UCR African Student Programs & African Americans United in Science
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| **Special note: January Highlander Highlights E-newsletter will be broadcast on January 8th instead of the 2nd** |
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