The first ASUCR senate meeting of winter quarter commenced in HUB 221 on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m.
The senators briefly discussed ASUCR’s open house next Wednesday, Jan. 17, which is intended to provide information on the organization for interested students. The senators voted 12-2-0 to make their attendance of the open house mandatory.
During senate reports, CHASS Senator...
Compiled by: Evan Ismail, SSW and Andreas Rauch, SSW
UCR carjacking suspect arrested
On Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 3:05 p.m., UCPD sent a mass text message to UCR students warning of two attempted carjackings by a suspect in the Bannockburn area.
The suspect was described as a Hispanic male about 25 years old with a shaved head wearing a blue, striped...
A UCR cross-cultural psychology article titled “Learning-Related Values in Young Children’s Storybooks: An Investigation in the United States,” published in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, examines the learning values in Chinese storybooks compared to American and Mexican storybooks.
The year-and-a-half long research project, funded by a grant from the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States...
Former UCR IT professional Robert Newman has been prohibited from entering extensive areas of the university campus, per a letter sent Dec. 4 from UCR Chief Campus Counsel David Bergquist. The letter alleges that, after his sudden termination on Oct. 2, Newman had entered university property and behaved in a disruptive manner. The letter claims that Newman’s presence on...
On Thursday, Dec. 28, University of California Regent Norman Pattiz, who was accused of sexual harassment in October of 2016, announced his resignation from the UC Board of Regents after 16 years of service.
Regent Pattiz is the chairman of the Courtside Entertainment Group, which produces radio shows and podcasts. While filming a bra commercial at Pattiz’s PodcastOne studio...
On Wednesday, Dec. 6, ASUCR hosted their last meeting of fall quarter, beginning promptly at 6:30 p.m.
ASUCR President Aram Ayra introduced his new Commission on Fair Housing and Neighborhood Relations during ex-officio reports. The commission is aimed to help students solve issues concerning absentee landlords, inform students of tenant rights and improve relationships between students and their neighbors....
Researchers at the Bourns College of Engineering have improved their technique for producing more efficient lithium ion batteries using sulfur and silicon electrodes. This project was led by Cengiz Ozkan, a professor of mechanical engineering, and Mihri Ozkan, professor of electrical and computer engineering, with contributions from graduate students Rachel Ye, Jeffrey Bell, Daisy Patino and Kazi Ahmed.
According to...
Researchers from UC Riverside plan on exploring the possibility of placing solar farms on agricultural land in California’s Central Valley, according to a recent press release. The release also speculated on the possibility of placing solar panels away from these farms in order to end the growing competition between the agriculture industry and solar energy industry.
UC Riverside Professor of...
North Campus Development
After taking a break from meeting in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the ASUCR senate gathered in HUB 222 last Wednesday, Nov. 29 for a meeting whose first hour centered around a discussion on UC Riverside’s strategic development plan, UCR 2020. Spearheaded by Executive Director of Real Estate Services and Asset Management Raoul Amescua, UCR campus planning...
Researchers from the UCR School of Medicine have discovered a new human protein, resistin, that could aid in the treatment of sepsis and published the details in a research paper titled “Human resistin protects against endotoxic shock by blocking LPS-TLR4 interaction.” Sepsis is a complication that can occur when a person is affected by a pathogenic infection and chemicals...