ASUCR Parliamentarian Andrew Leon-Bercovich began the eighth ASUCR meeting of the quarter on Feb. 24 by addressing an issue that arose regarding senators' ability to vote on current ASUCR legislation while also filing for candidacy in the upcoming ASUCR elections.
Chapter 7 of the Elections Code states, “ASUCR Senators, Directors or Executive Cabinet members who have filed to run in...
In August, the UCR School of Medicine was granted $6.6 million by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to boost diversity in healthcare. This grant will be utilized to subsidize loans to students in the School of Medicine depending on their financial need.
In an email response to The Highlander, Dr. Emma Simmons, the senior associate dean of student...
On Oct. 1, 2018, Distinguished Professor of Entomology Alexander Raikhel and Lin Ling, a postdoctoral scholar at UCR, published their research on the genetic foundation for chemical receptors responsible for the growth, metabolism and reproduction of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Using advanced CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing, they successfully created mosquitoes that are smaller, have a shorter lifespan and are less likely to...
In an “America’s Best Colleges Report” by the U.S. News and World Report (USNWR), UC Riverside made larger gains than any other university in the United States. According to the 2019 rankings, UCR jumped 39 positions from No. 124 in 2018 to No. 85 in 2019. It is also ranked the No. 35 public university in the nation for...
On Thursday, a private jet flying in foggy weather hit a power line and crashed into a San Diego neighborhood. The plane smashed into the home of a San Diego native, Ben McCarty, destroying his home and claiming the lives of all six passengers.
Police officers on the scene shared that no members of the neighborhood died; however, eight people...
Science fiction is a hard genre to tackle. All the great sci-fi films from “Star Wars” to “Blade Runner” have envisioned futuristic settings with such acute sense of aesthetic and thematic weight that any new additions to the genre cannot help but seem derivative. Careful hands must come together to fabricate entire worlds filled with enough idiosyncrasies to provide...
As students in the University of California increasingly struggle to meet basic needs, UCR’s R’Pantry has sought for over a year to help students acquire non-perishable food items, personal care and childcare items as well as providing counseling in financial wellness and even cooking. The R’Pantry began in the family student housing community center in the spring of 2015...
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the Equity and Opportunities Referendum (EOR) was approved to be voted on by the University of California Office of the President (UCOP).
The referendum will allocate a $10 student fee to provide support and assistance for UCR’s Underground Scholars Initiative, R’Kids, the Student Veteran’s Organization and the Office of Foster...
On Dec. 29, 2025 during his news conference in Mar-a-Lago, President Trump announced he would be dropping his push for National Guard troops in major cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, but warned that “we will come back” if crime rates increase. If crime rates increase, Trump warns that he is already considering enacting the Insurrection Act as...
Kicking off the first ASUCR meeting of the winter quarter, senators Fernando Echeverria and Nafi Karim delivered an extensive presentation on the financial position and future of UCR’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS). Senators currently support the creation of overflow parking lots as the most “cost-effective intermediate solution,” which will reduce transportation expenses by converting dirt spaces into unlit...