It was announced in late April that three humanities and social sciences scholars at UCR have been awarded the Fulbright grants for the 2017-18 academic year. The three scholars will be traveling to Scotland, South Africa and India to further their research.
UCR Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature Heidi Brevik-Zender will be attending the University of Aberdeen in...
The magic of Harry Potter comes to UCR on May 15
By: Cydney Contreras, SSW
For a limited time, visitors can learn about the world of Harry Potter at the Rivera Library. From Monday, May 15 to Saturday, June 23, the exhibit titled “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” will explore the inspiration behind the magic, potions and...
Following the release of a 177-page audit report on the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) on Tuesday, April 25 from the California State Auditor’s Office, the UC responded in a press release to claims that it withheld $175 million in undisclosed restricted and discretionary reserves, has been overpaying employees and was utilizing misleading budget practices.
The audit...
The ASUCR Judicial Council met for the third time since the beginning of spring quarter on Thursday, April 27 in the senate chambers, with the meeting beginning at 5:14 p.m.
The meeting began with the justices debating allocating $4,950 of student fees toward giving associate justices a stipend. Currently, Chief Justice Jo Gbujama is the only one on the court...
Spring quarter’s third senate meeting took place in the senate chambers on Wednesday, April 26. A majority of the meeting centered on the appeal of censure on CHASS senators Semi Cole and Jose Cortez-Hernandez and BCOE Senator Arneil Liban, as well as a request from fourth-year political science student Summer Shafer for the senate to assist her in her...
Students led by the UCR Armenian Student Association (ASA) congregated by the Bell Tower early on Tuesday, April 25 to commemorate the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. ASA volunteers assembled a display of the Armenian flag, on which passersby could pin a flower in order to remember the victims of the 1915 mass killings. The display’s assorted pink,...
On Monday, April 24, 28 members of UC Riverside’s Coptic community held a candlelight vigil at the Bell Tower from 7:30-8:15 p.m., to mourn those who died in bombings that took place at multiple Coptic churches in Egypt on Sunday, April 9. The bombings took place during Palm Sunday, with the Islamic State group (IS) taking credit for the...
Saturday, April 29 marked the end of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. The first 100 days are considered a landmark of each presidency and often sets the tone for the remainder of their term.
According to an ABC and Washington Post polling of 1,004 adults, 16 percent said that Trump has accomplished a great deal, while 35...
On Wednesday, April 5, a study co-authored by UCR Professor of Education and Public Policy Cassandra Guarino was published in the journal, Research in Higher Education. The study, entitled, “Faculty Service Loads and Gender: Are Women Taking Care of the Academic Family?” exposes an imbalance in academic departments nationwide: Female faculty members, the article suggests, perform considerably more academic...
From 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, a presentation on autism spectrum disorder and neurodiversity on college campuses was held in HUB 379. Hosted by the UCR Graduate School of Education’s Support, Education, Advocacy, Resources, Community and Hope (SEARCH) Center — a program devoted to researching autism and assisting families with children on the spectrum — the talk...