IN MEMORIAM

Ivan Hinderaker, UC Riverside’s longest-serving chancellor, died Sunday, September 23, 2007 in Irvine. He was 91.

Hinderaker, widely revered as a champion of students, the community and the arts, was named UCR’s third leader on July 1, 1964 and served until his retirement in 1979. “Ivan Hinderaker had a profound impact on UC Riverside during the formative years of the university,” said Acting Chancellor Robert D. Grey. “His emphasis on academic excellence and advocacy of the arts helped establish the university as a center of intellectual life, important research and artistic expression in the community.” ...more

UC Riverside Climbs to 15th on the Washington Monthly Ranking - UC Riverside climbed to 15th in the rankings of the nation’s universities and colleges published in the September issue of the Washington Monthly College Guide...more

First Phase of New Student Commons Opens - A ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 3 will celebrate the completion of the first phase of the 142,000-square-foot Commons...more

Acting Dean for UCR Extension Named - UC Riverside Extension has a new acting dean in the person of Professor Sharon Duffy, associate dean of the UCR Graduate School of Education and a UCR alumna...more

Jonathan Green Named UCR/ARTSblock Executive Director - Jonathan Green, who served as director of the UCR/California Museum of Photography for 17 years, has been named executive director of UCR/ARTSblock, an integrated arts complex in downtown Riverside...more

UCR Psychology Professor Wins Award - Howard Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside, has won the prestigious James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science...more

National Science Foundation Grants $561,000 to New Mentoring Program in Engineering - UC Riverside engineering professors Sharon L. Walker, Victor Rodgers and Valentine Vullev received a $561,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund the MY BEST @ UCR program...more

UC Riverside Biologist Receives Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship - Cheryl Hayashi, a biologist at UC Riverside and a national expert of the genetic structure of spider silk, has won a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship, one of the most prestigious awards in the country. She is one of only 24 MacArthur Fellows for 2007 named by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation...more

Plants Can Be Used to Study How and Why People Respond Differently to Drugs - According to a research team led by Sean Cutler, an assistant professor of plant cell biology at UC Riverside, variations in drug responses can be analyzed by studying much simpler organisms – like plants...more

Mark your calendars and plan to return for Homecoming on February 19-23, 2008.
Some of the activities include:

Don’t miss this year’s Homecoming Celebration.
Tell your friends and classmates to meet you at UCR!

Join UCR All-American, PGA great, and CBS golf analyst, Gary McCord '71 for the 20th Annual ProWest Gary McCord Golf Classic. Proceeds support the Highlander Club Scholarship Fund and directly impact the outstanding student-athletes who balance the rigors of “student” and “athlete” and excel at both.

Tournament Information
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For more information contact the Highlander Club office at (951) 827-4292