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Monique Mansour, a masters of fine arts candidate in creative writing and performing arts, was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, an accolade given to recipients based on their academic record, as well as their willingness to promote and “increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries.” The award offers students teaching and...
On Thursday, May 19, Principal of Water Resources Engineers Inc., Behrooz Mortazavi, spoke to Riverside residents about the valuable resource that groundwater can be in mitigating the four-year California drought. The lecture, which took place in the Center for Environmental Research & Technology, was one in a series of Randall Lewis seminars, which are programs that are free to...
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On Wednesday, May 11, UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted a lecture given by Erroll Southers, adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at the University of Southern California (USC), in CHASS Interdisciplinary South 1113. SPP career counselor Brian Nakamura introduced Southers for the evening’s event.
Southers also serves as the director of the homegrown violent extremism...
The National Academy of Science (NAS) has granted membership to University of California, Riverside genetics professor, Julia Bailey-Serres, in recognition of her research on the flood tolerance of rice plants.
In 2011, Bailey-Serres, alongside fellow researchers from UC Riverside, UC Davis and the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, successfully identified a gene, SUB1A, which allows certain varieties...
Psychology professor finds that children learn better from “clever” characters
UCR Psychology Professor Rebekah Richert was one of the researchers involved in a study that found that preschool-aged children are more likely to grasp new information from a television show if the character displays a sense of knowledge. This study aimed to discover whether children’s perception of a character impacted...
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On Wednesday, May 11, environmental justice activist, Jacqueline Patterson, spoke to UCR students and staff about the impact of pollution and climate change on communities of color and low-income communities. Patterson, who spoke in Genomics 1102A, is the director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) Environmental and Climate Change Program, as well as...
On Wednesday, May 11, UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted a lecture given by Erroll Southers, adjunct professor of homeland security and public policy at the University of Southern California (USC), in CHASS Interdisciplinary South 1113. SPP career counselor Brian Nakamura introduced Southers for the evening’s event.
Southers also serves as the director of the homegrown violent extremism studies...
At 3 p.m. Monday, May 9, students gathered at the Bell Tower to hear the names of the newly elected ASUCR representatives. After a controversial three-week delay, Side swept all elected positions in next year’s senate, amidst conflicts in the elections process.
Collectively, 5,470 undergraduate students voted in this year’s election, equalling a 31.5 percent voter turnout.
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At the ASUCR senate meeting, which convened in the Tartan and Tweed Room at the Student Special Services building on Wednesday, May 11, a resolution authored by ASUCR President Ashley Harano was discussed and ultimately failed to pass with a vote of 0-7-6. This resolution called upon the Interfraternity Council (IFC) to amend its constitution and allow for...
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about Spring Splash, the legal smoking age in California being raised to 21 and Chancellor Kim Wilcox and his Physical Master Plan. We also give a special goodbye to seniors while talking about graduation and life after college.
Be sure to catch the Highlander Newsroom on the radio, airing every Wednesday at 9 a.m. and...