
Parents Association
Your Involvement Matters
Volunteering gives parents and families the opportunity to connect with our Highlander families, the campus, and the community. You can express your interest in volunteering by contacting us at ucrparents@ucr.edu or fill out the Parent Interest form. Learn more about Volunteer opportunities for parents.
Support UCR Students!
When you give to UCR you support academic excellence, research, and your student’s journey at UCR.
“As parents, we are very proud of the accomplishments of our UCR student, having graduated from this fine and wonderful research university. UCR is a place for exploration, acceptance, and guidance; this is the same passion my wife and I strive to share with our children. If this is your wish for your child, you’ve come to the right place.”
- MICHAEL AND DEBBIE ELKINS
Latest News

April 28, 2023
AI programs consume large volumes of scarce water
UCR study the first time estimates the huge water footprint from running artificial intelligence queries that rely on the cloud computations done in racks of servers that must be kept cool in warehouse-sized data processing centers.

April 26, 2023
Australian fossil goldmine opens permanently
Land where a UC Riverside paleontology professor unearthed whole communities of Earth’s oldest animals is opening today to the public as a new national park in the Australian Outback.

April 25, 2023
Stu Krieger publishes new book, ‘Raft’
It’s a laugh-out-loud fictional novel about a family with a patriarch that suddenly woke up in the body of a penguin.

April 25, 2023
Forced water-use cuts made California more waterwise
Water use ticked up in California after the state lifted mandatory water-use cuts, but not levels before 2013 because of increased water efficiencies.