Education

Students participating in Moreno Valley’s MoVaLEARNS-Mayors Challenge for the 2020-’21 academic year have received their first two stipends. The partnership between the city and Moreno Valley College provides $250 monthly to 50 students at the local community college, according to a statement on the city’s website. The money, paid out …

Two San Bernardino County schools will receive laptop computers donated by Edison International, the parent company Southern California Edison. Clement Middle School in Redlands and Twentynine Palms High School will receive 200 and 400 laptops, respectively, according to a statement. The devices, which include updated software, were previously used by …

The University of Redlands has been named one of the top universities in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report. The liberal arts school moved up from 16 last year to five in the magazine’s 2021 Best College Rankings, which were released recently. Redlands was also ranked …

Cal State San Bernardino’s Cybersecurity Center has received a $10.5 million grant from the National Security Agency. The agency also named the university’s Cybersecurity Center the community national center for cybersecurity education, according to a statement on the university’s website. That designation shows the university’s “continued prominence as the premier …

Plans for a Performing Arts Village at Cal State San Bernardino have been approved. The California State University Board of Trustees recently OK’d the schematic design for the $111 million project, which is scheduled to open during the 2024-’25 academic year, according to a statement on the university’s website. Plans …

UC Riverside students and employees may now get tested for COVID-19 on campus. The university has set up a diagnostic lab in the Multidisciplinary Research Building that can conduct about 600 tests a day, with results available within 24 hours, according to a statement on the university’s website. Researchers from …