Eric Gamboa
UCR community considers merits of millionaires tax
The political coalition ReFund California held a meeting on campus last Monday, Feb. 27, to discuss the Millionaires Tax of 2012. The proposed tax...
UCR biologists make progress in colon cancer research
Recent studies by a team of UCR cell biologists have led to new prospects in the field of colon cancer, which annually kills 50,000...
Supreme Court to rule on affirmative action
The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case which may potentially remove the right of public educational institutions to use race...
UCR considers controversial expansion of hazardous waste processing-facility
On March 2, UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White is expected to vote for the approval of the controversial Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) expansion...
UCR study explores mentality of non-tenure faculty
There is a growing dissatisfaction among full-time non-tenure track (FTNT) faculty members at colleges and universities, according to a recent study co-authored by UC...
Student debt could prompt the next economic crisis
UC students, like most university and college students across the country, are continuing to take out more loans in a pattern which experts believe...
Occupy members remove encampment
Members of Occupy UC Riverside have disbanded their tent encampment within a week of Chancellor White’s call for the removal of the tents. The...
UCSF makes progress towards new business model
The process of reforming UC San Francisco’s (UCSF) business model has begun with the appointment of 13 leaders to serve in the “Future of...
Revenue from cigarette tax could yield billions
According to a UC San Francisco (UCSF) study, a new statewide ballot initiative which aims to increase the cigarette tax may lead to a...
Chancellor calls for removal of Occupy tents
UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White has called for the removal of the Occupy Movement’s on-campus tent encampment. “The encampment on our campus is not...