Gerry Bomotti has been named UC Riverside’s chief financial officer and vice chancellor for planning and budget. Bomotti, who has spent more than 30 years in senior executive roles at U.S. public universities, is scheduled to begin his new job Feb. 1, according to a statement on the school’s website. …
Read More »Program designed to help Inland Empire high school students
Started 18 months ago, International Business Partners already has several of its students attending college. Now it hopes to get bigger. A year and a half ago, Eddy Sumar put together a program for the Riverside Virtual School designed to get students there interested in pursuing a business career. The …
Read More »Temporary COD campus close to reality
College of the Desert plans to open a temporary campus in Palm Springs in January. The campus will be on property owned by the Palm Springs Unified School District at 1300 E. Baristo Road, according to a statement on the school’s website. It will have 11 classrooms and computer labs …
Read More »Stanford economist to speak at UCR
Stanford economist Raj Chetty will deliver a Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture at UC Riverside. Chetty is scheduled to speak from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at the University Theatre, according to a statement. The event is free and open to the public. Chetty was one of the youngest tenured professors …
Read More »New website a trove of economic information
The UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development has started a new website. The site, UCREconomicForecast.org includes a monthly state employment report, an Inland Empire business activity index, a quarterly Inland Intelligence report and an ongoing series of economic papers. “It’s designed to help everyone,” said …
Read More »UCR has record enrollment
UC Riverside set a record for enrollment during the fall of this year. The school has 23,278 students on campus compared with 22,921 one year ago, according to a statement. During the past four years, UC Riverside’s enrollment has grown nearly 10 percent, from 21,285 students to its present level. …
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