Education

UC Riverside’s School of Medicine has received a $450,000 grant it will use to increase ethnic diversity among its student body. The donation, from the California Wellness Foundation, will be spread over four years “to help underrepresented minority students pursue careers in health professions,” according to a statement on the …

Starting this fall, UC Riverside will become the first University of California institution to offer a master’s degree in robotics. The program will teach the design, construction, and deployment of robots and autonomous systems, disciplines that can be applied to manufacturing, logistics, health care, public safety, and the military, according …

Mt. San Jacinto College will hold a drive-through graduation celebration and virtual graduation ceremony Thursday. The school is scheduled to hand out 3,730 degrees and certificates to 2,091 graduates, 133 more graduates than last year, and most of its 59-year history, according to a statement on the school’s website. The …

Cal State San Bernardino’s Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration has been named one of the top business schools in North America by an online publication. The university’s online MBA program was also declared one of the best in the world by www.ceo-mag.com, which covers business schools …

UC Riverside’s graduating students will be allowed to bring two guests to this year’s graduation ceremony. Commencement exercises will be “modified” this year, with some events scheduled to be held indoors and others outdoors, according to a statement on the university’s website. This year’s commencement ceremony, the 67th in the …

Nearly 1,000 friends of the University of Redlands recently raised more than $215,000 for the university, money that will help 80 different funds at the school. The gathering of alumni, parents, employees and students was in support of Giving Day, which began in 2019 but was canceled last year because …