The Lab: UCR researcher 3-D prints the cosmic web
UCR physics and astronomy researcher Miguel Aragon-Calvo has created a 3-D printed model of the cosmic web — a network of filaments of dark matter, believed by many astronomers to form the basis of...
Highlander Newsroom (1/6/16)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about our winter break and New Years Resolutions, the Corinthian Colleges scandal and the 2016 Coachella lineup.
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The fault in our activism: What the Facebook filter won’t do
In many respects, social media has provided an incredible gateway for the mass publicization of global issues. As a result, people have resorted from tweeting and participating in social media campaigns such as the...
HUB votes to reschedule Heat Music Festival
On Friday, Dec. 11, members from the HUB Governing Board voted unanimously to overturn their prior decision to cancel the Heat music festival and possibly reschedule it for spring quarter. This decision followed a...
Inland Southern California unemployment rate shows improvement
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,...
$27.8M in Corinthian College Inc. student debt to be relieved
On Dec. 3, 2015, the Department of Education announced that it was offering $27.8 million in student debt relief to around 1,300 students who attended Heald College, a chain of campuses under the now-defunct...
UCR professor speaks about Fed interest rate increase
The director of UCR’s School of Business Administration Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, Christopher Thornberg, has discussed the likely implications of the Federal Reserve’s increase in its short-term interest rates on American families.
For...
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Professor to give talk on U.S. as a nation of immigrants
On Thursday, Jan. 14, Mai Ngai – professor of history and Lung Family Professor of Asian American studies at Columbia University — will give...
Vigil held to remember San Bernardino shooting victims
UCR held a vigil on Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. in memorial of the victims in the Dec. 2 Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. Approximately 200 people attended the event to honor...
Highlander Newsroom (12/2/15)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the cancellation of Heat 2016, the recently approved Three Year Financial Stability plan that will increase UC enrollment and the removal of the CSU president's...