Across the country, colleges are allegedly suppressing the free speech of their students, according to the national student Libertarian organization Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). According to a series of press releases from YAL, community colleges in Michigan, Massachusetts and Kentucky have been accused of restricting free speech. These restrictions range from colleges stopping students from handing out pocket...
According to a press release from the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor’s Office on March 20, 2017, the CCC’s Board of Governors “approved 14 community college districts in California to participate in the College Promise Innovation Grant Program,” which provides $15 million in funding to expand already existing College Promise programs or to implement College Promise programs in new...
UCR researchers from the department of chemical engineering have developed a new method to recover fresh water from high-salinity solutions using different processes from analytical electrochemistry. Analytical electrochemistry is the interaction between electricity and chemistry, namely the measurements of electrical quantities, such as current or charge and their relation to chemical parameters. UCR graduate student Alexander Dudchenko, who came...
On Friday, February 17, 2017, California State Senators Ricardo Lara (D-33rd District) and Toni Atkins (D-39th District) introduced Senate Bill 562, also known as the Healthy California Act, to the Senate Rules Committee. The bill proposes the creation of a single-payer healthcare plan for residents of California as an alternative to the existing federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
UC Riverside’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), an organization that creates and builds human needs projects in third-world countries, is planning to travel over the summer to Ukwega, Tanzania to build water pumps for the local school and its community. Ukwega is a small community in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands with a population of around 12,100 people.
“We are...
On Wednesday, June 14, the Highlander learned that James Grant Jr., assistant vice chancellor for UC Riverside’s Office of Strategic Communications, resigned from his post.
Grant arrived at UCR in 2010 after working for the University of Southern California’s media relations program from 2005-2010. In the Office of Strategic Communications, Grant oversaw UCR’s marketing, web presence, media relations, campus...
This week's editorial took a look at the recent incidents of sexual assault near UCR's campus and saw them as a springboard to have stronger and more serious discussions about preventing sexual assault and harassment. Myles, Evan, Jaspery and Andreas discuss the increasing prevalence of these incidents and what actions can be taken and programs implemented to help prevent...
Riverside and Moreno Valley Municipal Elections
When: Tuesday, June 6, 2017
The Cities of Riverside and Moreno Valley are holding their municipal elections for city council on Tuesday, June 6.
The candidates for Riverside are as follows:
Ward 2: Councilman Andy Melendrez, community activist Kevin Dawson, and local Baptist pastor Jon Harris.
Ward 4: Councilman Paul Davis faces...
Researchers in UC Riverside’s Department of Earth Sciences have uncovered more about the enigmatic fossil Dickinsonia. UCR Professor of Paleontology Mary Droser and graduate student of the Department of Earth Sciences Scott Evans co-published a study on the growth and development of this animal and its attributes.
Dickinsonia is the oldest animal found in the Ediacaran period which occurred...
A recent article published by The Press-Enterprise provided false information about UCR researchers currently studying the potential benefits of fecal matter in the renewable gas (RNG) sector. In an interview with the Highlander, Arun Raju, director of the Center for Renewable Natural Gas (CRNG) and assistant research engineer at UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering, clarified that he and the...