UCR library receives $100,000 grant to work toward diversifying U.S. digital history
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded the UCR Library with a National Leadership Grant totaling $100,000 that the library will use to fund a project entitled “Diversifying the Digital Historical Record: Integrating Community Archives in National Strategies for Access to Cultural Heritage.” The library...
The Highlander Perks dining plan was intended to be implemented in fall 2018 but, due to technical considerations, the dining plan has been pushed back to begin in fall 2019. The new project from Housing, Dining and Hospitality Services is intended for students who are not currently offered a traditional dining plan through their on-campus housing contract as well...
New student position added to UC Board of Regents
Efforts led by student regent Avi Oved have ensured the addition of a new nonvoting student adviser position on the UC Board of Regents after the regents unanimously voted to approve the position during their Jan. 21 meeting at UC San Francisco. The position will allow the student adviser to sit...
UCR establishes partnership to work toward fighting citrus disease
UCR and the California Citrus Research Foundation launched a partnership on Monday, June 6, setting forth plans toward constructing a building that will support researchers in their fight against citrus greening disease. This partnership has been formed to help protect the $3.3 billion citrus industry from citrus greening disease, scientifically known...
Campus Business Service Director Michael Clemons announced the recent renovations to printing and campus supply services at UCR, and spoke with the Highlander in an email interview on what the renovations entailed.
With regard to printing, Digital Print Services (DPS), originally known as Printing and Reprographics, “recently moved (central operations) from the Atlanta Ave. facility to the Corporation Yard here...
ASUCR resolution tabled
Wednesday’s ASUCR meeting saw the tabling of a proposed prison divestment resolution due to factual errors. A revised version of the bill will be presented at the next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.
Drafted by President Pro-Tempore Corey Willis and CHASS senator Dalshawn Boson, the proposed resolution identifies problems within the U.S. prison system such...
Dean Reza Abbaschian of the Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) recently announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of the school year. In an interview with the Press Enterprise, Abbaschian did not elaborate further when he said that he was leaving because his goals and Chancellor Kim Wilcox’ were “kind of different.” By...
Entomology Professor receives APLU grant
UCR Entomology Professor Timothy Paine has been awarded the Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences grant last week, as one of nine recipients in this category.
The $2,000 grant was awarded to Paine at the 128th Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU) meeting which is held annually and took place...
R’Garden, a space for UCR students, faculty and staff to grow fresh produce, has made plans to expand their current space. R’Garden is currently located northwest of Parking Lot 30.
It sums up to a total of three acres and includes community garden plots, a greenhouse and a Valencia orange grove. The new expansion gives R’Garden an additional four...
Following an unfair labor practice lawsuit filed against the UC system last week by Patient Care Technical workers, who are represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299, the union plans to strike again on Wednesday, April 10 after having done so the week of March 18 in response to stalled contract negotiations.
According...