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Campus looks a little different today… 👀🦎 Scroll through each UCR scene to find all the hidden chameleons! 💙💛

UC Riverside earned 4.5/5 stars on Money's 2026 Best Colleges list, placing UCR in the nation's top 25% universities. 🐻 ⭐ The rankings weigh affordability, quality of education, and student outcomes most heavily. Go Highlanders! ✨ More info at money.com/best-colleges

Brandon Brown, a public health epidemiologist and professor of medicine in the UC Riverside School of Medicine, contracted cyclosporiasis -- the intestinal infection caused by a parasite currently being reported in 3 dozen states -- in 2018. He talks about his experience in a new Q&A. 🦠🧬

Read it here ⬇️⬇️

What to know about the rise in cyclosporiasis cases A UC Riverside public health expert reflects on contracting the illness in 2018

It’s true, not just gossip. There’s no solid evidence that women gossip more than men, at least not in the negative way that stereotypes imply, says UCR psychologist Megan Robbins. And, despite the bad rap, there’s a lot of good that can come from gossip. 💬🗣️👂

Read more in the latest issue of UCR Magazine! ➡️➡️ news.ucr.edu/ucr-magazine/spring-2026/do-tell

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📸: Photographer Stan Lim, UCR Student Recreation Center

America celebrates 250! 🇺🇸🎉 And UC Riverside has been around for nearly half of ‘em! Swipe ➡️ to see photos of our earliest days. We planted our roots in 1907 as a Citrus Experiment Station, and today we’re proud to continue that legacy as a world-class research university. Here’s to the next chapter of innovation and discovery. 🎓✨🍊🥑🧪🔬