ASUCR: proposes opt-out fee
The ASUCR senate convened last Wednesday November 18, 2015, to discuss a variety of topics, among them the presentation of the Student Advocacy, Governance and Engagement (SAGE) opt-out fee.
University of California Student Association (UCSA)...
News in Brief
Entomology Professor receives APLU grant
UCR Entomology Professor Timothy Paine has been awarded the Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences grant last week, as one of nine recipients in...
UCR honors trans lives during Remembrance Week
Thirty-three students gathered on Thursday, Nov.18 at the Bell Tower for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the transgendered people across the world who have been murdered in the past year. The vigil, hosted...
Black lives matter protesters set up meeting with administration
Approximately 60 students gathered at the Bell Tower on Wednesday, Nov.18 in a march expressing solidarity with the students from the University of Missouri and to improve the lack of representation of African-American students,...
UCR sets new research grant record
Federal research funding for UCR increased by $19 million for the fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015 — totaling $97 million in research grants and setting a new a UCR record....
Highlander Newsroom (11/18/15)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris, social media activism and the million student march.
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UCR students studying in Paris reported as safe
Six UC Riverside students who were studying in Paris during the Nov. 13 theater shootings and bombings were reported as safe on Friday by Chancellor Kim Wilcox. According to UC Media Relations Director Diane...
UC Riverside opens free clinic in San Bernardino
The UCR Chapter of the Global Medical Brigades and the Lestonnac Free Clinic organization opened a free medical clinic in San Bernardino on Saturday, Nov.7. The clinic is located at 401 E. 21st St.,...
CSU faculty authorize strike
In October of this year, the California Faculty Association (CFA) held an authorization vote to hold a 10-day strike in January 2016, if they do not come to an agreement with the Cal State...
Tracking the evolution of life with Gordon Love
Cosmic Thursdays continued on November 12 with a lecture entitled “Evolution of Life: Tracking Using Ancient Lipid Biomarkers Preserved in Petroleum and Rocks.” The talk was given by Gordon Love, a professor in the...