Medical students across the nation waited with anticipation on Friday morning to learn where they would spend the next few years of their medical training. At the UCR School of Medicine’s Match Day event, students gathered with their family members and friends to celebrate the news. At 9 am exactly, students opened envelopes containing the name and location of their residency program. Cheers and tears filled the room at the Marinaj Banquets and Events in Moreno Valley as students celebrated this milestone event.

Most of the focus for the Office of Career and Residency Advising (OCRA) comes during Match Week, when fourth-year students find out the location of their residency programs. Yet the job is a year-round commitment to helping students work toward the next stage of their careers.

Medical and premedical students from across California will gather at the UC Riverside School of Medicine this Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14, for the 2026 Unified California Community Health Conference (UCCHC), which is focused on advancing community health initiatives and collaboration among future physicians. The student-run conference connects medical students, premedical students, community partners and residency programs to explore ways to improve health outcomes in communities across California.

PRIME LEAD ABC program receives Civic Engagement and Community Service Award

The University of California, Riverside School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience is partnering with The Craig School on a program that will provide comprehensive, no-cost mental health services delivered directly on campus through the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI). The Craig School (TCS), a private nonprofit school in Irvine, California, serves students in grades 3-8 whose learning is impacted by ADHD and executive functioning challenges.

On Wednesday, the UCR School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) hosted the UCR SOM’s first Lunar New Year celebration. The event welcomed over 200 members of the UCR and wider community for traditional activities tied to the holiday, which officially started on February 17 and is observed for a varying period of days each year across different Asian traditions.

During Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, UC Riverside experts highlight breakthrough research and expanding treatments

More than 175 members of the UC Riverside Muslim community and interested guests came together at the UCR School of Medicine for the second annual Community Iftar Potluck, co-hosted by the UCR Middle Eastern Student Center (MESC) and the School of Medicine's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.