On April 6, 2017, UC Riverside Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Emily Rapp Black was named a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a grant awarded annually to applicants who show outstanding scholarly or creative abilities. She was recognized for her work in the category of general nonfiction, and is one of 173 fellows chosen from a pool of nearly...
On Tuesday, April 4, UCR Assistant Professor of Chemistry Chao Wang, along with several other researchers, announced that they designed a new type of polymer that has the capability of healing itself. This polymer has the ability to stretch up to 50 times its size as well as “stitch itself” back together within 24 hours, should there be a...
On April 3, 2017, the California State Senate passed a bill (SB54) that started the process of making California a statewide sanctuary for the millions of undocumented immigrants residing in the state.
The bill also enables state and local law enforcement to notify Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) federal agents before convicted violent or serious felons are released from...
In his first appearance, assistant Arts and Entertainment editor Adrian Garcia joins myself and Evan for spring quarter's first Highlander Newsroom. We talk not only about the tragedy at San Bernardino's North Park Elementary School but the role of media publications in reporting such tragedies, also considering the United Airlines incident for context.
Of course, though,...
The first senate meeting of spring quarter convened in the senate chambers on Wednesday, April 5 at 6:15 p.m.
Executive Vice President Wen-Yu Chou announced at the beginning of the meeting that Danielle Flores will be replacing now-graduated former CHASS Senator Connie Fan. Also, it was announced that CHASS Senator Ariel Chen’s voting rights had been revoked after receiving...
The University of California (UC) saw a one-percent drop, which equates to a shortfall of about 353 applicants, in international freshman undergraduate applications for the November 2016 application cycle. This is the first decline in international applications seen by the UC in over a decade after applications were rising at a rate of 21 percent every year.
The San...
A team of students at UCR have been working on a vehicle to enter into the Shell Eco-marathon Americas, a competition which will be held from Thursday, April 27 through Sunday, April 30 at the Make the Future Festival held in Detroit, Michigan.
The annually held competition welcomes student entrants to work on creating and designing vehicles that are...
On Thursday, March 30, University of California President Janet Napolitano, along with Mexican Secretary of Energy, Pedro Joaquin Coldwell, announced new funding of $10 million to be distributed by the National Council of Science and Technology to be used toward energy efficiency research projects in Mexico. The funding will span a length of four years and the projects will...
On Friday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in HUB 302, ASUCR’s CNAS senators hosted the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Research Expo. CNAS Senators TK Nguyen, Carisha Moore, Johnathan Li and Beau Young coordinated the event for students interested in meeting and introducing themselves to researchers on campus looking to hire new research assistants, volunteers...
On Wednesday, April 5 beginning at 12 p.m., ASUCR’s elections committee hosted both the senator and director debates for prospective candidates to answer questions regarding their plans and stances on issues for the upcoming school year if elected. The debates were hosted by ASUCR Elections Director Marcy Kuo and moderated by Highlander Assistant News Editor Evan Ismail and Opinions...