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Winter 2025 Finals Week Stress Relief
Fun FREE Stress-Relieving Events at the UCR Library for UCR Students
The UCR Library's Finals Week Stress Relief is back, Monday, March 10 - Thursday, March 20.
This quarter, we have FREE craft events (we're supplying everything that you'll need), food giveaways, contests, and more—just for students! Our partners this quarter are ASUCR Internal Affairs, The Well's Active Minds, the Academic Resource Center (ARC), and Basic Needs.
Please note: Only currently enrolled UCR undergraduate and graduate students are able to participate in Finals Week Stress Relief events.
Winter 2025 Finals Week Stress Relief Events
Instagram Contests
- Mon., March 10 - Fri., March 14 | Follow us on Instagram and comment on our daily contest posts for a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card. Winners will be chosen at random.
MONDAY, MARCH 10
- Paint & Sip (craft event)
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Rivera | While supplies last | Enjoy a juice box while you paint and keep the artwork that you paint!
- Surprise Snack Giveaway with ASUCR Internal Affairs
- Time is a SURPRISE | Rivera & Orbach | While supplies last
TUESDAY, MARCH 11
- Stained Glass Art: Pendant Making (craft event)
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Make a small pendant made of stained glass!
- Surprise Snack Giveaway with ASUCR Internal Affairs
- Time is a SURPRISE | Rivera & Orbach | While supplies last
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12
- Therapy Fluffies with The Well's Active Minds
- Noon - 2 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | Spend some time with animals in Rivera or Orbach! Please note: Orbach will have just dogs, Rivera will have cats and dogs.
THURSDAY, MARCH 13
- Pots & Plants (craft event)
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Rivera | While supplies last | Paint a plant pot, choose your seeds, then plant your seeds using the soil we're providing.
- Spin It to Win It
- 3 - 4 p.m. | Rivera | While supplies last | Spin the wheel and answer a trivia question for prizes!
FRIDAY, MARCH 14
- Hand Pi(e) Giveaway
- 3:14 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | While supplies last | Grab a hand pie for Pi Day!
- Pi Day Spirograph Art (craft event)
- 3:14 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Make a spirograph design and learn some of the math behind it (or just enjoy making art) for Pi Day!
SUNDAY, MARCH 16
- R'Finals Study Jam (Tutoring) with The Academic Resource Center (The ARC)
- 4 - 8 p.m. | Orbach | No reservations are needed, come on down! Tutoring will be available for a variety of subjects.
MONDAY, MARCH 17
- Good Luck on Finals Giveaway
- 2 p.m. | Rivera & Orbach | While supplies last | Grab a green Ring Pop and a Lucky Charms Cereal Bar for St. Patrick's Day!
TUESDAY, MARCH 18
- Soups On
- 2 p.m. | Orbach | While supplies last | Grab a bowl of soup, choose from chicken noodle or tomato!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19
- Healthy Snack Giveaway with Basic Needs
- Noon | Orbach | While supplies last
THURSDAY, MARCH 20
- Bingo
- 2 - 3 p.m. | Orbach | 5 winners receive a $20 Amazon gift card!
Virtual Stress Relief Activities
Need virtual stress-reducing activities now? Our FWSR committee has curated a list of activities and services available remotely through online platforms that you can enjoy all quarter long! Visit our Virtual Stress Relief Activities page for more information.
Library Finals Week Hours
Study 24 hours in Orbach from 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 13 through 7 p.m. on Friday, March 21
During Study Hall, Orbach Library will be open for studying, scanning, and printing, including the use of public computers. The borrowing of materials and equipment (reserves, books, calculators, and/or chargers) will NOT be available during Study Hall.
Thursday, March 13
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 7:30 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 12 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Friday, March 14
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 7:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 10 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Saturday, March 15
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Sunday, March 16
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 9 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Monday, March 17 - Thursday, March 20
Service hours for Rivera & Orbach: 7:30 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Study Hall for Orbach Library: 12 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
Friday, March 21
Hours for both libraries: 7:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Orbach ends 24-hour Study Hall)
Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room Policy
This policy ensures the security and preservation of materials held at Special Collections & University Archives.
Sabino Osuna Papers
Located in: Special Collections & University Archives
This collection documents the Mexican Revolution through the glass plate negatives, photographs, and lantern slides taken by photographer Sabino Osuna.
Very little is known about Osuna’s life, but he appears to have had a career as a commercial photographer in Mexico City, specializing in portraiture and architectural studies, before the outbreak of civil war.
Unexpected Artifacts
Over decades of care, UCR Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA) has accumulated materials the public (and even sometimes SCUA staff) may not expect to find in a library.
From protest armbands to ballet shoes and family quilts to Cuban cigars, the selections on display in this exhibit demonstrate the rich diversity of materials available within our collections. Capturing unique moments, exchanges, and encounters, sometimes joyful, sometimes somber or strange, these materials represent aspects of our eclectic past and future.
| Event | Unexpected Artifacts |
| Location | Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor, Special Collections & University Archives (enter the double glass doors) |
| Dates | Monday, September 23 - Friday, March 21, 2025 |
| Hours | View this exhibit during SCUA's operating hours. Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
| Parking | Free Visitor Parking is available on Fridays, starting at 12:00 PM through 6:00 AM Monday morning in the unreserved spaces of the following parking lots/structures:
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Support the UCR Library at Rare Books Palm Springs
The UCR Library's Special Collections & University Archives is thrilled to be a cultural partner for Rare Books Palm Springs.
This antiquarian book festival is brought to you by Rare Books LA and will be held May 20 - 21 at The Hotel Zoso, located in the heart of Palm Springs' vibrant downtown with shopping, dining, and galleries right outside the door.
The proceeds from the opening night cocktail reception will benefit a variety of charitable organizations, including the UCR Library’s Special Collections & University Archives!
Opening night tickets are $25, include a glass of wine, and 100 percent of the proceeds benefit our Special Collections & University Archives when you purchase them using this special Eventbrite link.
All state and local health regulations will be followed, so face masks and proof of vaccination or negative Covid test may be required.
We hope to see you there!
Photography
Located in: Tomás Rivera Library
The UCR Library has built an extensive collection of books, exhibition catalogs, and periodicals about photography, which began at the same time that the California Museum of Photography at UCR was established in 1973.
UCOP presents Osuna digital collection to Mexico’s Ministry of Culture
One of the noteworthy resources housed in the UCR Library’s Special Collections & University Archives is an assortment of glass plate negatives, photographs, and lantern slides taken by photographer Sabino Osuna.
Created during the years 1910 to 1914, Osuna’s images feature prominent figures in the Mexican Revolution, including Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Madero, Victoriano Huerta, Alvaro Obregon, and others.
Osuna’s photographs also depict soldiers engaged in guerrilla warfare on the streets of Mexico City during La Decena Trágica, a ten-day period from February 9 and February 19, 1913 that resulted in a coup d’état and the assassinations of the Mexican president and vice president.
A copy of the full Osuna digital photograph catalog was presented to Mexico’s Secretary of Culture by UC Board of Regents Chair Monica Lozano in a hand-made box.
The presentation ceremony was held on March 29, 2017 during a reception at the University of California’s facility in Mexico City, called Casa de California.
“California and Mexico share a long and rich tradition of arts and culture,” UC President Janet Napolitano commented. “It’s with great pleasure that we provide the ministry with access to the Osuna collection as a symbol of our continued partnership on issues of cultural significance.”
Now, students, historians, and community members in Mexico will also have local access to his rich cultural record.
UC Riverside students, staff, faculty, and community members are invited to visit Special Collections on the fourth floor of Tomás Rivera Library to view the Osuna collection in person. The images can also be viewed online using Calisphere.
First in the Nation: A History of the Costo Library
The Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian is a testament to the advocacy, expertise and legacy of its founders.
Rupert Costo (Cahuilla) and his wife Jeannette Henry-Costo (Eastern Cherokee) have supported UCR since its founding, even helping advocate for a UC campus to be built in Riverside in the first place. They believed in the power of education, and fought for Native American students to have equal access to education throughout their lives. In addition to helping bring a UC campus to Riverside, the Costos co-founded the American Indian Historical Society in San Francisco, and helped organize the First Convocation of the American Indian Scholars, a pivotal moment in the development of the field of Native American Studies. Throughout their lives, the Costos have been on the forefront of expanding access and representation of Native peoples in higher education. This legacy is deeply embodied in all three aspects of the endowment they gifted to UCR: their personal book collection, which forms the Costo Library of the American Indian, as well as their archives and their vision for the Costo Chair in American Indian History (now Affairs).
This exhibit documents the history of the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian, located on the 4th floor of the Tomás Rivera Library in Special Collections & University Archives. View this exhibit and learn more about the Costos, the American Indian Historical Society, and why the Costos chose UCR to house their materials.
| Event | First in the Nation: A History of the Costo Library |
| Location | Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor, Costo Library in Special Collections & University Archives (enter the double glass doors) |
| Dates | Monday, September 23, 2024 - Friday, June 6, 2025 |
| Hours | View this exhibit during SCUA's operating hours. Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. NOTE: We are closed during UCR observed holidays. |
| Parking | Free Visitor Parking is available on Fridays, starting at 12:00 PM through 6:00 AM Monday morning in the unreserved spaces of the following parking lots/structures:
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A History of the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian at UC Riverside
One of the newest exhibits on display in Special Collections & University Archives (SCUA) is First in the Nation: A History of the Costo Library.
This exhibit offers a deeply personal and historical look at the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian. Curated by Sandy Enriquez, Special Collections Public Services Outreach and Community Engagement Librarian, the exhibit reflects the lifelong dedication of Rupert and Jeanette Costo to activism, scholarship, and the preservation of Native American heritage. The exhibit is on display through the end of winter quarter 2025 in the Costo Library, located on the 4th floor of the Tomás Rivera Library in SCUA.
Enriquez curated the exhibit, while Christian Bean, the UCR Library’s Conservator, carried out the physical installation. Together, they created an experience that highlights the Costos’ enduring legacy. One standout feature is a rare photograph of a young Rupert Costo holding a bundle of quail. This image is paired with his short story, Song of the Quail, which tells the story of a young Cahuilla boy on a journey of self-discovery. “Seeing it in juxtaposition with Costo's photograph, it really feels like you can trace where the inspiration for this story might have come from,” Enriquez said.
The exhibit’s opening reception earlier this month brought the community together in a meaningful way. Guided tours allowed attendees to explore the exhibit in-depth while engaging with Native faculty, students, and community members. Sandy expressed her gratitude to Dr. Clifford Trafzer, Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, and William Madrigal, doctoral student and Cahuilla language professor, for their input on the exhibit and reception. A particularly touching moment was the attendance of Mara Costo, Rupert Costo’s niece, and her family. The event also generated enthusiasm among Native faculty and community members to digitize the Costo Library dedication cassette tapes, reinforcing the library’s commitment to preserving and sharing Indigenous histories.
Enriquez hopes visitors will leave with a deeper understanding of the Costo Library’s significance. “The Costo Library is not just a study space; it is the physical manifestation of a lifetime of activism, scholarship, and foresight from the Costos. This is an important part of UCR’s history that we should not forget or overlook,” she said.
This exhibit also reflects the broader mission of the Costo Library: to serve as a hub for rigorous research in Native American Studies. Enriquez envisions this as the first of many future exhibits in the space, each continuing the legacy of the Costos by fostering public scholarship and advancing knowledge.
Through First in the Nation, UCR honors the Costos’ invaluable contributions to the field of Native American Studies. The exhibit invites visitors to engage with a history that remains deeply relevant today.
| Event | First in the Nation: A History of the Costo Library |
| Location | Tomás Rivera Library, 4th floor, Costo Library in Special Collections & University Archives (enter the double glass doors) |
| Dates | Monday, September 23, 2024 - Friday, March 21, 2025 |
| Hours | View this exhibit during SCUA's operating hours. Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. NOTE: We are closed during UCR observed holidays. |
| Parking | Free Visitor Parking is available on Fridays, starting at 12:00 PM through 6:00 AM Monday morning in the unreserved spaces of the following parking lots/structures:
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