Giving
$797,358.27 for Give Day 2024!
On behalf of the UCR community, THANK YOU for supporting our Highlanders in record-breaking numbers. Your donation ensures that UCR remains at the forefront of the research, innovation, and pioneering solutions transforming our local and global community. Thank you!
A New Model for a Research University
With your involvement and support, UC Riverside can continue to be at the forefront of the research, innovation, and inclusion that is transforming California and beyond. Ranked in the top 15 for best public universities in the nation — and second for social mobility — UCR has created a new model for what a great public research university can achieve.
Support great minds today, for a greater world tomorrow.
Stories of Impact
May 01, 2024
Building a Safety Net
A UCR alumna launched a fund to support LGBTQIA students in memory of her late son, Kalyn Smith-Tranquil’son.
April 01, 2024
Linking Generations of Highlanders
UC Riverside’s first students created a scholarship fund to benefit generations of Highlanders.
March 01, 2024
Empowering Scientific Advancements
Ernst and Helen Leibacher's donation of land to UCR fund the establishment of an endowed chair in botany and plant sciences.
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