UCR Basics
Campus Landmarks
Student Life
UCR Academics
Fun Facts
100
The university is located in this large, semi-arid region of Southern California.
What is the Inland Empire?
100
This is the largest performance venue on campus, hosting plays, concerts, and major lectures.
What is the University Theatre?
100
Students use this online portal to register for classes, check grades, and manage their student accounts.
What is R'Web?
100
UCR's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in this field is consistently ranked among the best in the nation.
What is Creative Writing?
100
The award-winning UCR Pipe Band, often seen at commencement, plays this traditional Scottish instrument.
What are the bagpipes?
200
Before becoming a full UC campus, UCR was founded as a UC Citrus _____ Station.
What is Experiment?
200
This residence hall complex on the east side of campus is known for its suite-style living and is connected to the R'Side dining hall.
What is Glen Mor?
200
This academic support program offers free, peer-led group tutoring sessions for historically difficult courses.
What is Supplemental Instruction (or SI)?
200
This building, located north of the Bell Tower, is the historic home of UCR's plant science and biology departments.
What is Boyce Hall?
200
In an episode of the TV show The Office, this character, "The Temp," falsely claims to have attended UCR to study business.
Who is Ryan Howard?
300
The numbers '54' were historically painted on the Big C to commemorate this event.
What is the year UCR opened to undergraduate students?
300
This multi-story parking structure is the largest on the east side of campus, serving the Pentland and Glen Mor communities.
What is the Big Springs Parking Structure?
300
This is the name of the residential restaurant located in the Aberdeen-Inverness (A&I) commons.
What is Glasgow?
300
UCR's School of Education, which offers teaching credentials and doctoral degrees, is also known by this acronym.
What is GSOE (Graduate School of Education)?
300
A time capsule is buried beneath the UCR Bell Tower, set to be opened in this year, 100 years after the tower's 1966 dedication.
What is 2066?
400
UCR students use this official identification card for everything from library access to meal plans.
What is the R'Card?
400
The San Jacinto Fault, a major branch of the San Andreas Fault, runs directly along the western edge of this campus landmark.
What are the Botanic Gardens?
400
This student-run organization provides a free, 24/7 emergency medical response to the UCR campus.
What is UCR EMS (Emergency Medical Services)?
400
The university's official academic calendar is based on this system, featuring three 10-week terms during the main school year.
What is the Quarter System?
400
This former UCR baseball player is a multiple-time MLB World Series Champion, known for his time as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers and visited UCR recently
Who is Joe Kelly?
500
The main telephone area code for the UCR campus and the city of Riverside is this.
What is 951?
500
This main pedestrian bridge crosses the 60/215 freeway, connecting the campus to student apartments and the east side of the city.
What is the Linden Street Bridge?
500
Broadcasting at 88.3 FM since 1966, this is the official student-run radio station of UCR.
What is KUCR?
500
The Rivera Library's Special Collections is famous for holding the world's largest public collection of books and materials related to this genre.
What is science fiction?
500
UCR is one of only two UC campuses that does not have a campus-affiliated one of these architectural features, which are common at other universities.
What is a chapel (or religious building)?