A study released on May 18 by the UCR School of Business revealed that the housing market in the Inland Empire is set to experience a prosperous year in 2018. This is largely due to the current state of both the supply and demand of housing.
Robert Kleinhenz, Executive Director of Research at the UC Riverside School of Business...
The proposal to build the Dakota Access Pipeline through the Missouri River in North Dakota has been under protest due to the potential for environmental catastrophe and the pipeline’s threat posed toward the sovereignty of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Recently, the United States Army Corps of Engineers stated, “The Army has determined that additional discussion and analysis are...
Saturday, April 29 marked the end of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. The first 100 days are considered a landmark of each presidency and often sets the tone for the remainder of their term.
According to an ABC and Washington Post polling of 1,004 adults, 16 percent said that Trump has accomplished a great deal, while 35...
The transition back to in-person instruction this winter quarter has seen a return to a campus unlike any other in the past months. But the reaction to this return has been quite mixed as students have increasingly identified a number of issues with how this transition is being handled. Bryce Hill, a UCR student, organizer and administrator of a...
On October 12, the psychology journal, “Emotion” published associate psychology professor Kate Sweeny’s newest research on stress. Sweeny and her research team have been devoted to studying stress and the effectiveness of certain coping mechanisms for the past few years.
Sweeny explained how her research stands to challenge what is previously thought about when dealing with stress. “Surprisingly, we know...
UC Riverside has announced that a new Student Health and Counseling Center will be established, allowing for easier access to health and wellness services at one location. This project will see a modernization in students accessibility for these services. Construction of the planned two story building began in the week of Feb. 14, and a special ceremony was held...
Fresh new faces painted last week’s ASUCR special senate meeting as newly elected candidates carried out one of their first acts in the senate by selecting Senator Devin Plazo as the new president pro tempore, a role that oversees the legislative processes within ASUCR. Contentions arose when senators considered and ultimately approved the selection of Stephanie Rose, a walk-in...
A report compiled by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) and The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) states that student loan debt burden is spread unevenly amongst UC undergraduates. The research shows that lower income students and underrepresented students of color are more likely to carry student loan debt after graduation.
The report states that 56...
Former UCR chancellor and renowned physicist Raymond L. Orbach returned to UCR on Friday, April 25, to give a lecture on “Science and Diplomacy” to students and the general public at UCR’s genomics auditorium.
Having worked for the Department of Energy under former U.S. President George W. Bush, Orbach played a pivotal role in founding the international nuclear fusion research...
As the end of the 2019-2020 school year looms ever closer, there is still much uncertainty in regards to what the future of UCR’s fall quarter will look like. On Wednesday, May 20, the UC President, Janet Napolitano, announced that she expects that “most of, if not all of, our campuses will operate in some kind of hybrid mode.”
So...