UC Riverside alumnus Michael Huerta was recently nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Association (FAA). On Jan. 9, Huerta was sworn into office, beginning his five-year term.
“I’m very honored that President Obama placed his trust in me to direct this agency,” said Michael Huerta, in a phone interview with the Highlander....
UC Riverside historian Megan Asaka has been awarded a Dumbarton Oaks Mellon Fellowship in urban landscape studies by Harvard University. This fellowship will help her continue research on the effect of migrant and transient workers on the development of Seattle’s urban landscape from the mid-19th century until America’s entry into World War II.
Beginning as a dissertation in 2009,...
The UCR Global Issues Forum held its first meeting on Thursday night to discuss immigration policies that are adopted and enforced by western nations, the statistics of who these migrants are and the socioeconomic implications of their integration and assimilation within countries.
Thursday night’s forum, entitled “Comparing Immigration Policy in the U.S. and Europe,” featured a panel of three experts...
Ushering in the 2012-2013 academic year, a newly-appointed ASUCR board convened for their first Senate meeting on Oct. 1. Areas of focus included voter registration, ASPB’s Block Party, committee development and initiative reports major actions taken over the summer. The most prominent change to the internal structure of ASUCR included the scheduling of senate meetings, which will now occur...
ASUCR’s Feb. 6 senate meeting witnessed a series of reports ranging from the upcoming spring elections, a resolution to support a statewide student association and wrapping a “crumbling C” in green vinyl wrap for Earth day.
Due to sediment erosion over the next five years, the “C” on the Box Springs Mountains is expected to fall apart, according to ASUCR...
Senators approved two internal allocations: $17,868.50 for HUB renovation, which seeks to create a separate and much larger lobby area for the ASUCR front desk and waiting area; and $22,950 in Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) funding for the expansion of two solar benches, which is being pulled from the senate reserve funds.
Vice President of Finance Janice Tang explained that...
William Dunlop, assistant professor in the department of psychology at UCR, recently published a paper that analyzed how Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton voters perceived the night of the 2016 election and how they recount that night in retrospect.
The Highlander sat down with Dunlop in order to get a better understanding of his research. Dunlop said that his research...
On April 13, UC San Diego announced a series of initiatives that it will take to prevent racial harassment incidents such as 2010’s infamous Compton Cookout. The creation of a community outreach program and an office for the prevention of harassment and discrimination were among the steps announced by the university. The initiatives are part of a settlement with...
A $20,000 grant from the Korean Foundation was awarded to UC Riverside’s Young Oak Kim (YOK) Center for Korean American Studies in support of the conference, “Confronting Sa-I-Gu: 20 Years After Koreatown Burned.” The symposium, which will take place on April 28, marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, which had an immense impact on Koreatown.
During the...
On the evening of Wednesday, March 6, UCR Professor of History Emeritus Dr. Carlos Cortés gave a talk titled “Multicultural America in a Globalizing World.” Taking place at the Mission Inn, the event was hosted by the World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California. The discussion emphasized the connection between people from different national origins. Cortés defined multi-ethnic as...