Education

UC Riverside has received a $1.6 million federal grant that will help pay for a university program that helps underprivileged students prepare for college. The five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education is earmarked for Educational Talent Search, which helps students get into two and four-year colleges. “This grant …

Cal State San Bernardino has received a $3 million grant that it will use to develop cyber talent in the Inland Empire. The donation from the National Security Foundation will help finance the university and persuade students to enter that cybersecurity field, according to a statement on the university’s website. …

Construction has begun on UC Riverside’s second medical school building. University and community leaders participated in a groundbreaking recently on the east side of campus, south of the existing School of Medicine Education. The new building will accommodate more students and, officials hope, provide more physicians in the Inland Empire, …

Cal State San Bernardino has received a $25,000 grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. The donation will help support the university’s Pathway to Logistics program, which prepares Inland Empire high school students for managerial and professional careers in logistics. Money from the grant will be used to …

Cal State San Bernardino will offer a winter intersession during the current academic year. The session, which is designed to help students earn their degrees faster, will start on Dec. 17 and end on Jan. 19. The course schedule is now available. Registration is scheduled to begin on Nov. 8. …

Mt. San Jacinto College has received a $2.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education that it will use to help students stay in school and improve graduation and transfer rates. The five-year grant, a Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution Grant, is scheduled to begin on Oct. 1. “I am …