Admin outnumbers faculty within UC system
In recent years, the UC system has faced growing criticism regarding the administration-faculty ratios at UC schools. With 10 campuses scattered around the state and a $27 billion operating budget, which exceeds that of...
Highlander Newsroom (10/21/15)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the proposed needle exchange program, the domestic violence and suicide awareness displays that occurred on campus, and UC Berkley's decision to begin accepting letters of...
SJP leads procession for International Day of Action for Palestine
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) led a procession on Wednesday of around 20-25 Highlanders that started under the Rivera archways and wrapped around the Bell Tower to honor the International Day of Action...
Professor Timothy Lyons speaks on finding earth-like planets
Cosmic Thursdays, a series of free and public talks about astronomy-related topics, returned on Thursday, October 15 with a lecture entitled “Alternative Earths: What our planet’s history may tell us about life in the...
ASUCR: R’Pantry bylaws receive criticism, acting executive vice president presentations
The ASUCR meeting held on Wednesday yielded comments at the public forum segment about edits made last week to a clause in the ASUCR bylaws which handles R’Pantry implementation and the Diversity Council. Acting...
Clothesline project raises awareness on domestic violence
Last week, many multicolored shirts adorned the west sidewalk near the UCR Bell Tower to raise awareness of sexual and domestic violence. Hosted by the UC Riverside Women’s Resource Center and the Sexual Assault...
UCR Send’s Silence Packing to promote suicide awareness
On Thursday, October 15, 1,100 backpacks were scattered across the University of California, Riverside's Bell Tower Lawn from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in honor of college suicide victims. The event, called "Send Silence...
Cleaning the ocean one stroke at a time
In a collaborative effort to create a functional swimsuit that cleans the ocean, UCR professors and the Eray Carbajo design firm recently won the international Reshape15 competition for the best of wearable technology.
For the...
NSF Grant to answer what the world does during the evening
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year grant totaling $454,866 for the continuation of a project led by UCR Professor of Psychology, David Funder.
This study has been published in the “Journal of...
University of California patents prove to be profitable throughout system schools
Patents on developments such as the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, the nicotine patch used to help cigarette-smokers crush their habit and the Camarosa strawberry have all helped to bring in revenue into the UC...