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July 07, 2025
Computer science professor selected for prestigious symposium
Evangelos “Vagelis” Papalexakis, a professor and Ross Family Chair in Computer Science at UC Riverside, has been selected to participate in a prestigious national symposium hosted by the National Academy of Engineering.

June 24, 2025
Highlights from UCR’s 71st Commencement
UC Riverside concluded its 71st Commencement season on June 17, with UCR’s Class of 2025 walking at eight discipline- or degree-based ceremonies.
Approximately 6,100 graduates, 35,000 in-person guests, 32,000 online streamers, and about 375 volunteer staff participated in the celebrations, which started on June 6.
Highlanders belonging to specific groups also took part in additional micro celebrations organized by various student resources like the University Honors Cording, and year-end celebrations hosted by UCR’s ethnic and gender centers.

June 16, 2025
Wafer-scale accelerators could redefine AI
The promise of a new type of computer chip that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence and be more environmentally friendly is explored in a technology review paper published by UC Riverside engineers in the journal Device.

June 11, 2025
UCR doctoral student selected for Department of Energy fellowship
Giovanni Rivera, a computer science doctoral student at UC Riverside, has been selected for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
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