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  UCR Responds to Virginia Tech Tragedy - In a letter to Virginia Tech President Charles Steger faxed on April 16 , Chancellor
France Córdova wrote, "I want to extend our heartfelt condolences to you, your campus, and its wider community of parents, family, alumni and friends, for the tragedy that took place on your campus today. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and all of those affected"...more
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 UCR Alumni Stefani Schaeffer '96
Hired as Donald Trump's Apprentice - Stefani Schaeffer, a 1996 graduate of UCR, and one of 18 project managers vying for a permanent position working for Donald Trump, is hired as the next apprentice on NBC’s The Apprentice. Schaeffer, formerly from Palm Springs, California, majored in english and psychology at UCR before attending law school. For more information, click here...more |
| Anthropologists Tackle Racism in National Race Project - UCR Vice Provost Yolanda Moses is chair of the board that developed a traveling museum exhibit, web site and teaching materials...more |
UC Riverside Poet Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship - UC Riverside poet Christopher Buckley has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim
Fellowship...more |
| Research News |
 UCR Chemists Identify Organic Molecules That Mimic Metals - A class of carbenes - molecules that have unusual, highly reactive carbon atoms - can mimic, to some extent, the behavior of metals, the chemists have found...more
UC Riverside Psychology Professor’s Paper to Appear in ‘Psychological Science’ - research by Professor Lawrence D. Rosenblum and graduate students R. Miller and K. Sanchez has shown that experience seeing a person's face also makes it easier to hear them...more
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UCR Launches Survey Research Center - Regional policymakers and UC Riverside researchers who need polling data to complete their studies have a new resource: The UCR Survey Research Center...more
UCR Chemist and Alumna Recognized by the American Chemical Society - Cynthia Larive '92 Ph.D. has been selected to
receive the 2007 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education in
recognition of her contributions towards enhancing the personal and professional
development of students working in analytical chemistry...more
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| Highlanders Highlighted |
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Bob Stapleton ('80, '82 M.Admin.) was the co-founder of Voice-Stream Wireless which was later purchased by T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom. After the Voice-Stream acquisition, he continued to serve on the board of T-Mobile USA, while managing T-mobile's women's cycling team. Bob officially became the chief of the T-Mobile professional cycling racing team in November of 2006. His goal "is to build this into a major sports franchise." |
| 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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| UC Alumni East Coast Receptions |
BRINGING UCR TO YOU!
You're Invited to an Alumni Reception...
Connect with fellow alumni and hear about the exciting developments occurring throughout the UC Campuses. President Robert Dynes will discuss our university bringing together the promise and power of its ten campuses. These events are hosted by the Alumni Associations of the University of California and the UC Office of the President.
For Information & Reservations call 888-810-0007 or
e-mail events@ua.ucop.edu or visit www.ucalumni.net
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| Business Alumni Mentor Program |
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The UCR Alumni Association is seeking business alumni to serve as mentors in the Pre-Business Hall for UCR Housing Services. Alumni will visit the Pre-Business community to provide experience, insight, and mentoring. They will be involved with students for up to 25 hours over the course of the academic year.
Alumni interested in serving as mentors can contact the Alumni Association for more details by email to ucralum@ucr.edu or call (951) UCR-ALUM (951-827-2586) |
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| Commencement Volunteers Needed |
 Be a Part of Commencement, June 15-18
Volunteers make a good day better for UCR graduates
It takes six ceremonies and a countless number of volunteers to make sure that each of the more than 3,000 students who represent the Class of 2007 have a memorable moment when walking across the stage during UCR’s 53rd commencement ceremonies.
Each year alumni, parents and friends of the University are invited to join faculty and staff to take part in the celebration by volunteering to register graduates, assist with the lineup and procession, sell program books and greet and assist guests during the ceremonies.
Volunteers receive a commencement t-shirt and will be honored at a reception following Commencement weekend. Click here to participate or call (951) 827-3144. For more information on the commencement ceremonies, visit www.commencement.ucr.edu.
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| Campus Memorial |
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
4:00 p.m.
Botanic Gardens
UCR will be holding a campus memorial to remember faculty, staff, retirees, and students who have passed away since May 25, 2006. |
The ceremony, which is open to the public, is designed to allow family, friends and colleagues to reflect on the important roles of individuals at UC Riverside, and how their passing impacts the UC Riverside family. It will include a reception, music, remarks from the Chancellor, a poetry reading, the reading of the names of those who have passed away, and the playing of a lone bagpipe. For more information, please visit the Memorial Web site by clicking here.
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Join us for the adventure of a lifetime on a cruise down the fabled Amazon River. Journey beyond the Amazon’s legendary headwaters at the confluence of the Río Ucayali and the Río Marañón and into a region of remote jungles and black-water rivers. Our expert naturalist guides will lead you on hikes through lush rainforests and down some of the Amazon’s tributaries to visit local villages and observe unique wildlife. Also, experience Peru’s historic and cosmopolitan capital, Lima, and take advantage of a special Machu Picchu Post-Program Option to the legendary mystical “lost city” of the Incas. On this extension, you will travel to Cuzco to board a train for the scenic journey through the Andes to the sacred city of the Incas.
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