The Riverside Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept and Innovation Center (EPIC) has received a grant for $499,000 from the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build and develop training programs for prospective entrepreneurs provided at the center. As part of the EDA’s Regional Innovation Strategies program, EPIC was chosen from 215 applicants across the country, and now joins the...
On Monday, Jan. 9 and Wednesday, Jan. 11, members of the Green Campus Action Plan (GCAP) committee handed out free tote bags to students at the campus bookstore. The program was initiated by ASUCR CHASS Senator and GCAP Committee Member Semi Cole after the passage of Proposition 67 in the November election, banning stores from freely handing out single-use...
After a quarter-long delay, the university’s new bike share program has been launched and will provide students, faculty and staff the opportunity to rent a bike for free or little cost for up to a day.
The bike share program, hosted by Zagster, allows UCR community members to access its bikes through the download of its mobile application on...
The end of the third fiscal quarter in December 2016 brought a surprise to economic forecasters, such as those at UCR’s School of Business’ Center for Economic Forecasting and Development. The center originally predicted a growth of gross metropolitan product (GMP) in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan statistical area, by 2.2 percent, however after the quarter ended, the GMP growth...
Researchers at the UCR School of Medicine recently made a breakthrough discovery in their study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the different causes of inflammation. The team, led by Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences Dr. David Lo, discovered that the same cells that cause inflammation could also potentially provide healing to the digestive tract as well. With this...
Frustration with parking amongst UCR students has been no secret since the start of the 2016-2017 school year. With UCR welcoming its largest incoming freshman class in the university’s history in fall 2016, the UCR Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) Department has made efforts to alleviate the parking exasperation in gold lots.
Student discourse has ranged from suggestions such...
The second talk in the science lecture series, “Are We Alone?” took place on Thursday, Jan. 12 at the University Theatre. The series, which aims to educate the public on recent astronomical discoveries and the methods being used to search for alien life, continued with a talk entitled, “Alternative Earths: How Earth’s Past Guides NASA’s Search for Life.” Attendees...
According to UCR admissions, the number of freshman applications to UCR for fall 2017 has risen by 4.5 percent which amounts to more than 3,000 applications compared to applications for fall 2016. This rise occurs as more students within California are applying to UC schools, while out-of-state and international student applications are declining. Tuition hikes have been raised as...
On Tuesday, Jan. 10, UC Teamsters took to the pavement to protest against what the Teamsters argue are unfairly low wages. Employees across all 10 UC campuses demonstrated their cause and the Highlander received exclusive interviews with some of the UCR members of the organization who were actively protesting at the Canyon Crest and University loop as well as...
UC Riverside is in the midst of a significant transitional phase.
Though this can not be considered a very recent development, as it is a phase which was mostly initiated in 2013, around the period when Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox took office and other positions of leadership at UCR also underwent wholesale changes. Much of this has been well-documented up...