A 20-year study conducted by scientists from UC San Francisco and the University of Alabama at Birmingham has concluded that the occasional usage of marijuana is not associated with lung damage.
The study, which compared the pulmonary functions of cigarette and marijuana smokers, found the former to be significantly more harmful to an individual’s respiratory system. However, the study results...
UCR Dining Services has reduced their meal perk program for student workers from $10 to $5 in order to save on costs from the old program. According to Dining Executive Director Cheryl Garner, this reduction allows the department to continue hiring and scheduling shifts for the 900 students it has employed in recent years.
In the past, students who were...
In the wake of colleges across the country finishing their graduating ceremonies, President Barack Obama has announced a set of measures intended to reduce the record levels of student loan debt, including additional plans to cap loan repayments.
“At a time when higher education has never been more important, it’s also never been more expensive,” Obama said in a June...
Inland Southern California has added 4,600 jobs on a seasonally adjusted basis for the month of November and 7,400 non-farm jobs the month of October.
The numbers above were collected by the University of California, Riverside’s School of Business Administration, which releases an economic report on the third Friday of each month that provides a gauge of the employment statistics...
Attempted sexual assault near West Linden Street
A woman reported an attempted rape in the laundry room at her apartment on Tripoli Street to the Riverside Police Department (RPD). Located near the Grace Methodist Church on West Linden Street, the incident occurred at 11:45 p.m. on April 30.
The assailant held the victim against the wall and attempted to assault her....
In a recent college survey conducted by Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands, UCR ranked No. 36 in overall performance among the world’s top 500 universities. UCR’s natural science and engineering departments placed into the top 10 alongside MIT, UC Santa Barbara, Harvard and Stanford.
“I am delighted that our school’s brilliant faculties...
In response to the Boston Marathon Bombings that occurred April 15, the U.S. government has decided to increase security for international students with U.S. visas. The move follows the Boston attacks where Azamat Tazhayakov, a 19-year-old student from Russia and a suspect in the attack, was found to have been residing in the U.S. on an expired student visa....
On Friday, Jan. 22, BOOM: A Journal of California hosted an evening at the Alumni and Visitors Center celebrating the release of the journal’s latest issue entitled, “Getting Religion.” The night was filled with music, food and drinks along with a forum aimed at discussing the role of religion as well as defining what it means to be religious...
In response to a high-voltage switch failure that occurred near the Genomics building last Saturday, Oct. 13, the UCR Facilities Management team was forced to temporarily shut down power to nearly 30 buildings across campus.
The power outage was caused by a failure in the electrical switch located near the Genomics building. A generator was used to power the building...
ASUCR unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 6 that condemned the ruling in the Citizens United Supreme Court case. Senators welcomed passage of the resolution, hoping to mobilize other UC campuses to follow suit and support greater transparency within campaign financing.
The 2010 ruling allows unions and corporations the right to donate an unrestricted amount of money for the sole purpose...