Free range chickens are parasite prone
UCR Entomology Professor Bradley A. Mullens and graduate student Amy C. Murillo have recently published a study in the Journal of Medical Entomology on Jan. 11 that surveyed free-range chickens for ectoparasites. Ectoparasites are...
ASUCR passes wellness resolution, discusses visiting demonstrator and ICE deportations
ASUCR convened on Wednesday, Jan. 13 to address the passage of ASUCR Wellness Resolution No. 3, the conflict that took place between a student and a visiting demonstrator on Monday Jan. 11 and the...
Student regents host public forum
Student regent Avi Oved and student regent-designate Marcela Ramirez hosted a public forum on Tuesday Jan., 12 at HUB 269 for a group of 10 students about the process of applying to be student...
R’Gear launches into second year
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 12, hundreds of UCR freshmen formed a line that originated from the Student Recreation Center (SRC) Arena and extended out to the intersection of W. Linden Street and...
Highlander Newsroom (1/13/16)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about allegations brought against Bill Cosby, the death of David Bowie, UC private prison divestment and the occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon by a...
UC joins the Breakthrough Energy Coalition
On Nov. 29, 2015, the University of California announced its intention to join the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group of investors led by Bill Gates, committed to investing in technological research and development aimed...
News in Brief
Phone apps can compromise security
According to a study by former UCR computer science Ph.D. students Xuetao Wei and Iulian Neamtiu and current UCR professor of computer science Michalis Faloutsos, 9 percent of popular free...
UC Divests $25M from prison stocks
The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of investment stocks from private prison corporations — the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), Geocorp and G4S. This decision was made on Dec. 1...
Obama outlines executive action on gun control
On Tuesday, Jan. 5, President Obama gave a speech at the White House addressing gun violence in the U.S. The president outlined executive actions that he purports will help reduce gun violence, including improving...
ASUCR appoints new elections director
This week’s ASUCR senate meeting saw the appointment of Melina Reyes as the new ASUCR elections director for the 2015-2016 school year.
Mahera Khan, a fourth-year sociology major, was also selected as the first director...