Events
As internal and external constituents representing UC Riverside’s College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences, Science Ambassadors provide assistance at related events and act as liaisons between on-campus and off-campus communities. Science Ambassadors serve as the face of the college and are knowledgeable about their time at CNAS and UCR.
Thus, they regularly engage in events and activities showcasing the Unity, Collaboration, and Resources that CNAS has to offer. Listed below are some of the key and regular events you can expect to find the Science Ambassadors proudly serving at during the academic year.
Annual Science Ambassador Events
Upcoming CNAS Events
Science Ambassador Blog
Science Ambassadors on the CNAS Blog
August 05, 2024
Making Beautiful Music: Nicolas Sanchez on Biochemistry, the Violin and CNAS
Like many students before him, Nicolas Sanchez '24 has learned that finding the proper outlet can circumvent the pressure of a tough academic course load. For Nicolas, who graduated from the UC Riverside College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences with a Biochemistry degree with an emphasis in Medical Sciences, that outlet was music. “I wanted to include music in my life,” he says. “I started playing violin at UCR two years ago and one of my professors in the music department, Professor Frances Moore, always stressed the importance of being well-rounded. Music became my outlet.” Nicolas says
July 11, 2024
For recent CNAS graduate Briana Baldovinos '24, UCR was a whole new dance
For the past year and a half, Briana Baldovinos has worked at the “Happiest Place on Earth”...Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, where she dances in the Main Street Parade. Before enrolling at UC Riverside, she used to dance ballet, jazz and tap – “everything” – for an average of five hours a day. She’s been dancing since she was three years old. “I’ve always loved to dance and want to keep it up,” she says. “For the Disney gig, they held auditions and I went and got the job. My idol is Misty Copeland. As the first African-American female principal dancer at the American Ballet Theater in New York
July 11, 2024
Doubling down: Assal and Sadaf Sadighian on the long journey from Iran to UC Riverside...and what lies in the future
To say that twin sisters Assal and Sadaf Sadighian are used to long commutes would be an understatement. The twins, who will graduate next spring with Biology degrees, live “a very short drive” away from campus, and will readily tell you that using Google Calendar is an immeasurable help in ordering their days and, metaphorically speaking, cutting that distance down even further. But Assal and Sadaf’s real commute began a few years earlier and a world away in Iran. We asked them about what it was like coming to the U.S. as highschoolers, the ensuing culture shock, discovering UC Riverside and
February 01, 2024
UCR students are always "there for each other," says recent graduate Ashley Trinidad '23
“To this day, I don’t think I would’ve been able to earn my degree if it weren’t for the amazing people I found at UCR, who were cheering me on and inviting me to their study groups,” says Ashley Trinidad, who graduated from the UC Riverside College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) last June with a B.S. in Neuroscience. Although she admits that she felt comfortable with the “general vibe” at UCR, she says she quickly learned that the campus was filled with peers with an earnest desire to help each other. “I was afraid that as a STEM student, I would be faced with students who would