Michael Rios
UCR Around the Galaxy: Earth’s first student to study abroad in Mars
Name: Marie Goodall van Leeuwenhoek
Year: Junior
Major: Microbiology
Area of Study: Extraterrestrial Studies
Planet: Mars
When our space ship Minerva landed on the surface of Mars a few...
Supreme Court set to rule on UCR postseason ban
For the first time in 101 years, UC Riverside men’s basketball team was banned from the postseason for poor academic grades. This means that...
Students descend on Sacramento for Student Lobby Conference
The 11th annual UC Student Lobby Conference served as an opportunity for student leaders to lobby the state’s elected representatives and organize workshop sessions...
The Lab
UCSD robots fighting robots
Robot Combat League, a new television series on the Syfy network, brings reality robot combat on screen. Saura Naderim, UC San...
Riverside basketball unable to close out season with a win
March 7, 2013
Mustangs 65 - Highlanders 62
The men’s basketball team collapsed in the second half en route to a 65-62 loss. Riverside allowed a...
Travis Smith earns All-Conference honors, Highlanders fall to Santa Barbara
March 8, 2012
UC Riverside’s Travis Smith traveled to Fayetteville, Ark. on Friday, March 8 to compete in the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field...
Town hall outlines UCR’s harsh financial struggles
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Dallas Rabenstein hosted a town hall meeting on Feb. 25 to discuss the current status of UC Riverside’s budget....
The Lab: research news from UCR and the UC system
Breakthrough in Hummingbird Research
It was always thought that the hummingbird’s flight generated a single trail of vortices that helped it fly. A vortex, or...
SJP walk out during Israeli soldiers’ speech
Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) staged a silent walkout during a question and answer session that featured two reserve Israeli soldiers...
White House allows more research access to the public
Announced on Feb. 22, the White House will enact an open access policy which requires all taxpayer-funded research to be made freely available for...