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The 2026-27 R'Card Winner, Valerie Cheng, holds up her design in HSS.

2026-27 R'Card Design Winner Announced

UC Riverside’s natural landscape served as inspiration for second-year student Valerie Cheng’s photo illustration that won the 2026 R’Card photo contest on March 19. Her colorful entry, featuring orange trees and a blue sky, will be the background image on R’Cards distributed to students, staff, and faculty members for the 2026-2027 academic year. Cheng, 20...

By Yash Sunkesula | April 14, 2026

Student burro encounter wins 2025-26 R’Card photo contest

UC Riverside first-year business student Dennis Cha was selected as the winner of the 2025 R’Card photo contest on March 12. His winning image, which features a burro in front of palm trees under a blue sky, will be printed on thousands of new R’Cards distributed to students, staff, and faculty for the 2025-26 academic...

April 16, 2025

R'Card Photo Contest Voting March 12

The four finalists have been chosen for the background image for the 2025-26 R’Card, seen by thousands of students and staff! Photos were taken and submitted by UCR students featuring nature and wildlife on campus. The UCR Community will select the winner on March 12 via Instagram. Follow UCR Services The winner will be announced...

March 05, 2025

2024 R'Card Photo Contest Winner Aronne Chan with his winning picture

2024-25 R'Card Photo Contest Winner Announced

UC Riverside student Aronne Chan is the winner of this year’s R’Card contest for his photograph showing an overview of the campus with a sunset glow. The photo will appear as the background image for the 2024-25 R’Card, the interactive ID card used by students and employees. The new card with Chan’s image is expected...

April 11, 2024

2024 R'Card Photo Contest Voting On March 14

UCR Students, photos for the background image for the 2024-25 R’Card, seen by thousands of students and staff, are in! Photo submissions showcased hidden gems on campus. The UCR Community can select the winner on March 14 via Instagram. Follow UCR Services Photos were judged on creativity, originality, and image quality. One submission per person...

March 08, 2024

Han Li R'Card Contest Winner with framed winner

2023-24 R'Card Photo Contest Winner Announced

UCR Students submitted photos this spring to be chosen as the background image for the 2023-24 R’Card, seen by thousands of students and staff! Photo submissions showcased dynamic interaction on campus and featured iconic UCR landmarks and vistas. Han Li's landscape photo of the UCR Bell Tower with a bloom of flowers was announced as...

May 23, 2023

R'Card Photo Contest Open To Students

UCR Students, your photo could be chosen as the background image for the 2023-24 R’Card, seen by thousands of students and staff! Photo submissions should showcase dynamic interaction on campus and feature iconic UCR landmarks and vistas. Photos will be judged on creativity, originality, and image quality. One submission per person. Entries are due before...

March 06, 2023

Winning Photo Chosen in the 2020 R’Card Photo Contest

We started with dozens of entries and narrowed the list to five finalists. Now the votes are in, and we have a winner! Congratulations to Peihsuan Li, whose shot of the HUB and Bell Tower at sunset was the overwhelming winner of the R’Card 2020 Photo Contest. Look for his photo on all new R’Cards...

April 29, 2020

Help Pick Next Year’s R’Card Design

Help us pick the look of the 2020-21 student ID, the R’Card! In February, we invited students to submit original photos that best depicted life at UCR. We’ve narrowed it down to five finalists — now it’s your turn to vote! Vote Now!

April 01, 2020