On Thursday, Oct. 20, UCR’s Office of Research Integrity (ORI) hosted it’s inaugural event of the year titled, “Zika: Myth and Reality,” with UCR Associate Director of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Ilhem Messaoudi giving a lecture on the history of the Zika virus, as well as how the virus is transmitted and its symptoms.
In the past year, the world has...
On Wednesday, Oct. 19 the Highlander, in conjunction with the Associated Students of UCR, hosted “The Debate at UCR” between the College Democrats of UCR, the College Republicans of UCR and the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). The event kicked off at 2 p.m. at the HUB Plaza and offered a booth allowing students to register to vote before...
At 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 17 in HUB 260, the HUB Governing Board held its first meeting of the year. Two recommendations resulted, both in favor continuing Heat Music Festival, after debate over whether or not funds allocated to the festival should be used for their original purpose or for HUB expansion.
The meeting commenced with graduate CNAS...
UC Riverside’s School of Medicine (SOM) recently received accreditation for its Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) program.
The OB/GYN residency program will begin matriculating students this upcoming July and will initially consist of four residents. The program will then increase that number by four residents each year until 2020, when there will be a total of 16 residents. Residency programs,...
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, the UCR Global Issues Forum and Middle Eastern Student Center hosted an event titled, “ISIS and Cultural Destruction.” The event, which was held in HUB 302N and began at 4 p.m.,was moderated by Medieval Art History Professor Conrad Rudolph and featured three speakers and a roundtable discussion.
UCR Professor of History Michele Salzman began the forum...
Abhijit Ghosh is an assistant professor in UCR’s Department of Earth Sciences with a research focus in seismology and earthquake physics. He holds two master’s of science degrees to his name in geology and earth and atmospheric sciences, respectively and earned his doctorate in geophysics from the University of Washington in 2011. Ghosh’s list of awards and honors is...
At 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, United States Under Secretary of Education Ted Mitchell, spoke at the launch of UCR’s Living the Promise campaign held in HUB 302. The symposia was the first of a series of Living the Promise events, with future events centering around the themes comprising of the campaign. The event began with an introduction...
The National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program has recently granted a sum of $3 million to multiple disciplines at UCR to study the potential of big data analysis on insect populations.
The money will be used to fund the NRT in Integrated Computational Entomology (NICE) program, which will launch in summer 2017. Led by UCR field leaders in more...