People on the Move

Moreno Valley Councilman Dave Marquez has been appointed to the League of California Cities’ Public Safety Policy Committee. “It is my honor and privilege to serve in this capacity, helping to shape the policies that will help California cities advocate for safe communities” Marquez said in a statement. “As a …

Cynthia K. Larive has been named provost and executive vice chancellor of UC Riverside. Larive, a bio-analytical chemistry scholar, will assume her new duties Nov. 1, according to a statement. She has held those duties on an interim basis since February. Larive joined the UC Riverside faculty in 2005. She …

Jack Dangermond, founder and president of Esri in Redlands, will speak at GEO Week, a five-day conference scheduled to start Monday in Washington, D.C. The Group on Earth Observationists is a conglomeration of more than 100 governments and another 100 participating organizations, according to a statement. Dangermond is scheduled to …

G. Gabrielle Starr was inaugurated Saturday as president of Pomona College. Starr, who has been on the job for several months, was formally installed during a ceremony at Bridges Auditorium, according to a statement on the school’s website. Starr, who formerly ran Pomona College’s English department, is the school’s 10th …

Alexis King, an English teacher at Ayala High School in Chino Hills, has received a 2017 Milken Educator Award. The award, which is considered the nation’s preeminent teacher recognition honor, includes a $25,000 check that King may spend however she wishes, according to a statement released by the Chino Valley …

New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall is scheduled to speak Oct. 12 at UC Riverside. Edsall, who spent 25 years as a national reporter for the Washington Post before joining the Times in 2011, will speak on “Politics in the Era of Donald Trump,” according to a statement on the …