Dear Colleagues, I hope you’re having a successful quarter and enjoying our beautiful, green hills and blue skies. Jim and I are looking forward to the spring desert wild flower season which we hope will be spectacular given our recent rains. I always look forward to winter in Riverside, and even more so because this...
Dear Colleagues, Welcome to Fall! This coming weekend our new and returning students will be moving back into the dorms and to campus life. We are pleased that our new students include over 1500 transfer students. With the additional transfer students expected to join our campus in Winter 2019, the campus is well on its...
Dear Colleagues, As we head into graduation week, I want to take a moment to say thank you. This has been a great year for UCR and it wouldn’t be possible without the amazing students, staff, and faculty who make it such a special place to work and learn. When we receive national recognition, like...
Dear Campus Community, This Provost Update focuses on our plans for both the cluster hiring initiative and our next round of campus strategic planning. Below is the text of my letter to the Academic Senate on these topics, which was sent earlier today. During the past few years, we have received a substantial amount of...
Dear Colleagues, I hope you all had a restful winter break and had the opportunity to relax and recharge with family and friends. We’re so lucky that while our colleagues on campuses across the country are dealing with cold , snowy weather, “winter” at UCR feels more like summer – which will be here before...
Dear Colleagues, This time of year, our thoughts turn to the things for which we’re thankful. I am so grateful for the incredible support you’ve shown with the announcement that I will continue serving our campus as provost. This is an exciting time for UCR and we’re on a great trajectory. We have wonderful faculty...
Dear C oll ea gues, I l o ve fa ll. Wh ile in other parts of t he c o unt ry the l e a ves are t ur ni ng, fall in R i ver si de means mo re gent le te m peratu r es a nd a j u...
Provost Update - July 2017 (or how we’re spending our summer vacation) Dear Colleagues, I hope that your summer is going well. While many faculty members spend the summer deeply focused on their research, others are helping our students by teaching in summer session. For me, the slightly slower pace that summer brings offers a...
The end of t he aca de m ic year is on t he h ori z o n. This is alw a ys such an e xc iti ng a nd hec tic t i me of year – e x a ms to pre pa re, pa pe rs to mark a nd...
Dear Ca m pus C om m unit y, In my first upda te, I w o uld like to t ha nk e ve r yo ne f or t he wa rm w el c o me I h a ve rec e i ved in t his new r o le. I’ve...
