“MyUCR” portal mistakenly tells students they were accepted
On Wednesday, March 8 the MyUCR undergraduate admissions portal was shut down for technical reasons, following the accidental posting of acceptances to some applicants’ portals. These acceptances were later rescinded as the admissions office...
Republican senators prevent CSU chairman’s reappointment
Governor Jerry Brown’s nomination of Chairman Herbert L. Carter for the California State University of Board of Trustees has failed. The Republicans argued that Carter, whose appointment would have marked his second term as...
News in Brief: School of Medicine Education Building II set to be completed in...
The final design for the School of Medicine’s Education Building II was given approval for construction by the Regents of the University of California on March 17. The final design and full budget were...
UCR report offers insight to Inland Empire’s immigrant population
UCR’s Center for Social Innovation is exploring the nearly one million immigrants living in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Published April 18, a report titled “State of Immigrants in the Inland Empire” aims to...
UCR takes steps to end food insecurity among students
The first official food distribution of the mobile R’Food Pantry, an initiative started by affiliated organizations of the Chicano Student programs: Providing Opportunities Dreams Education in Riverside (PODER) and Undocumented Student Programs, began on...
The defunding of UCR’s Early Childhood Services: Part I
Within the next week, teachers involved with UC Riverside’s Early Childhood Services (ECS) will hear Chancellor Kim Wilcox’s final decision on whether the university will continue to fund the services provided by the center,...
UCR study explores link between moral standards and behavior
A recent study conducted by sociologists Jan E. Stets of UC Riverside and Michael J. Carter of Cal State Northridge has proposed a possible link between a person’s behavior and their moral standards. The...
ASUCR senators provide updates on the affairs of CHASS
On March 3, ASUCR’s CHASS senators met with the Interim Dean of CHASS Juliet McMullin to discuss budget cuts, classroom density for fall 2021, the current academic regulations for spring 2021, student efforts to...
UC medical workers threaten strike for employee pensions
After ten months of negotiations, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299—a union consisting of 13,000 Patient Care Technical Workers—will hold a vote to go on strike from April...
Physical planning study sees room to grow
UCR held two planning workshops to seek the input of the campus community in determining the future of physical space on campus last Tuesday, Feb. 24. The first workshop, held in the HUB, was...