U.S. democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium on Tuesday, May 24 to around 2,300 people. Sanders touched on many issues regarding people of color, climate change, low-income families, undocumented workers and the LGBT community.
The Vermont senator was introduced by several individuals including a local event organizer and actor Kendrick Sampson. Sanders was met with...
A crowd of over 1000 people attended a campaign rally for U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton held in UCR Athletics’ Johnson Family Practice Center on Tuesday, May 24. The former secretary of state spoke on the significance of the UCR community, advocated for women’s rights, discussed the risks of electing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and promoted her...
ASUCR’s meeting on Wednesday, May 18 consisted of multiple presentations concerning sustainability and a summary of the work done by University of California’s Student Association (UCSA). The senate then debated over whether they should move forward in replacing a justice who will be graduating at the end of the quarter.
Kevin Sabo, president of the UCSA, spoke about the success...
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Inland colleges are working toward increasing the enrollment of Native American students into local colleges. Officials at UC Riverside, California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the University of Redlands want to demolish barriers that prevent Native Americans from obtaining a college education.
Around the nation, Native Americans represent only one percent of U.S. college students, while...
In a survey conducted via email invitation in the fall of 2015, mistrust of campus administration and bullying were reported as prominent problems on the California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) campus. Input from 756 current faculty, administrators, staff and former employees were included in the survey and was compiled into a 113-page report. The report was presented at...
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Presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton will both hold campaign rallies in the Inland Empire on Tuesday, May 24. Sanders will hold two rallies, one at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium which will open its doors at noon and one at the National Orange Show Events Center at 7 p.m. in San Bernardino. Clinton’s event will...
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Monique Mansour, a masters of fine arts candidate in creative writing and performing arts, was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, an accolade given to recipients based on their academic record, as well as their willingness to promote and “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.” The award offers students teaching and...
On Thursday, May 19, Principal of Water Resources Engineers Inc., Behrooz Mortazavi, spoke to Riverside residents about the valuable resource that groundwater can be in mitigating the four-year California drought. The lecture, which took place in the Center for Environmental Research & Technology, was one in a series of Randall Lewis seminars, which are programs that are free to...
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On Wednesday, May 11, UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted a lecture given by Erroll Southers, adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at the University of Southern California (USC), in CHASS Interdisciplinary South 1113. SPP career counselor Brian Nakamura introduced Southers for the evening’s event.
Southers also serves as the director of the homegrown violent extremism...
The National Academy of Science (NAS) has granted membership to University of California, Riverside genetics professor, Julia Bailey-Serres, in recognition of her research on the flood tolerance of rice plants.
In 2011, Bailey-Serres, alongside fellow researchers from UC Riverside, UC Davis and the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, successfully identified a gene, SUB1A, which allows certain varieties...