On Feb. 29, Rafida Ahmed, a Bangladeshi-American writer and blogger, gave a lecture entitled “Machetes, Fundamentalism and Rationalism: What does history tell us?” to a packed crowd of over 100 people in INTS 1113. The event was sponsored by the University Honors Program, the UCR Center for Ideas and Society, UC Riverside’s departments of earth and political sciences and...
On Monday morning Feb. 29, a man was injured in a shooting that occurred at White Park in downtown Riverside. Twenty-six-year-old Cory Chenno James of Riverside and 25-year-old Leshawn Karisha Johnson of Colton were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at a traffic stop the following Tuesday around 6:30 p.m.
“Since White Park is so close to where a majority...
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the Oscars, the recent ecstasy bust and crime as well as finals and spring break.
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On Feb. 18, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the creation of the Presidential Public Service Fellowship program with the intent to spark UC undergraduate interest in pursuing public service careers. This program will provide $2,500 in need-based financial support to students who apply and are accepted into either the UC Washington Program (UCDC) or the UC Center...
Students from across the UC system spoke at the UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA on Friday, Feb. 23 to call for the UC to divest from 200 companies listed in the UC Fossil Free index — which includes Chevron and Exxon Mobil — and from $425 million worth of investments from Wells Fargo, which currently invests in...
Last week’s ASUCR senate meeting saw the passage of a “Resolution in Support of Upholding Due Process, Justice and Separation of Powers in the ASUCR.” This resolution is intended to clarify the events of last year’s ASUCR elections controversies and to absolve the censures and removals made by the prior senate.
Last year’s senate attempted a censure of then-President Nafi...
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, at approximately 11:45 p.m., a hoverboard robbery occurred by the University Village. The Riverside Police Department is currently investigating the theft.
Two women were travelling on the northeast corner of University and Iowa avenues when a black sedan approached them. The woman riding the hoverboard, was asked a question about the board by the front passenger....
Susan Wessler, a UCR genetics professor, Richard Cardullo, the faculty director for University Honors and Jim Burnette, the director of the Dynamic Genome Program, have nominated four undergraduate students for fellowships funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), as part of its Exceptional Research Opportunities Program (EXROP). The four recipients are Alyssa Rodriguez, Jaime Coronado, Katherine Espinoza and...
ZyBooks, an educational company— founded by Frank Vahid, a UCR professor of computer science and engineering, and its CEO Smita Bakshi — received a $4 million investment from Bialla Venture Partners (BVP). The investment will help develop the sales, marketing and technology aspects of the company.
ZyBooks is a type of learning material used for science, technology, engineering and...
On Wednesday, Feb. 24, students, faculty and community members gathered at the UCR Alumni and Visitor’s Center to hear a presentation entitled, “How and Why LA Lost Its Economic Mojo: Lessons for Other Southern California Regions” given by Michael Storper, UCLA professor of urban planning. The event was sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Suburban Development (CSSD), an affiliated...