On Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Trump administration repealed the federal protection for transgender individuals who use public restrooms that agree with their gender identity. The protection was implemented by the Obama administration on May 12, 2016 and protected transgender students’ rights in public schools.
The repeal now allows respective state governments to decide whether or not to allow transgender students...
During a White House press briefing held Thursday, Feb 23, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer responded to questions about the Trump administration’s stance on federal marijuana regulation and the resulting state-federal conflict. During the briefing, Spicer differentiated between the usage of marijuana for medical purposes and recreational purposes. Legal medical marijuana will face no further federal involvement in...
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The second-to-last senate meeting of winter quarter commenced at 6:16 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1.
During the Green Campus Action Plan’s (GCAP) report, Undergraduate Sustainability Director Bryan Martinez announced the addition of five new solar umbrellas on the HUB’s terrace. The umbrellas — instead of solar tables which were too expensive at $10,000 per table — will arrive between...
The School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted former Commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission Catherine J.K. Sandoval for a seminar titled, “Broadband Internet for Managing Water, Energy and Community Needs” on Thursday, March 2 at 12:30 p.m. in INTS 1109. Sandoval discussed her research in “communications and energy access gaps in California, and the central role of communications...
Up in a remote room at the Mission Inn on Tuesday, Feb. 21, blenders churned and pans sizzled away. Seltzers, vegetables, alcohols, sweeteners and plenty of oranges lined the walls of this meeting room, as it has temporarily been converted into a bartending lab. Inside, bartenders were engaged in competition to create their own creative mixes, hosted by a...
As part of a series to shed light on food insecurity at UC Riverside and in the UC system as a whole, the Highlander sat down with Fortino Morales III, director of the UCR community garden, R’Garden, to discuss the R’Garden’s action and influence in combatting food insecurity. The 3-acre garden opened in December 2012 but Morales had been...
People living in coastal Southern California continue to face the greatest earthquake risk across the nation and, historically, much of that risk has been assumed by the San Andreas Fault. But a new study has identified a new source of a potential magnitude 8.0 quake.
The Ventura-Pitas Point fault, an onshore and offshore fault extending eastward from Santa Barbara to...
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) co-hosted an event with the California Budget and Policy Center entitled, “California Budget Perspective: What’s at Stake in State and Federal Budget Proposals?” beginning at 2 p.m. in HUB 269.
After a brief introduction by SPP Dean Anil Deolalikar, Executive Director at the California Budget & Policy Center Chris...
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21, an event titled, “What is the Value of a Tree?” was hosted at the UCR Extension Center to discuss the roles that trees and plants play in society. Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Interim Director of UCR’s California Agriculture and Food Enterprise Norm Ellstrand introduced the three speakers and moderated the event.
“We’re fortunate...
Weiwei Zhang, assistant professor of psychology at UC Riverside, discussed findings from his recently published research paper, “Familiarity Increases the Number of Remembered Pokémon in Visual Short-term Memory” on Wednesday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. in HUB 355.
The seminar focused on the main findings from his research: Long-term memory (LTM) has a strong correlation with short-term memory (STM)...