The School of Public Policy will be hosting a series of lectures throughout the month of May. These lectures will focus on varying topics such as advances in modern medicine, the global climate and the threat of terrorism within our borders.
Speakers include Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-Palm Desert), Harvard professor Michael Reich and Erroll G. Southers, who was a...
Dean Reza Abbaschian of the Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) recently announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the end of the school year. In an interview with the Press Enterprise, Abbaschian did not elaborate further when he said that he was leaving because his goals and Chancellor Kim Wilcox’ were “kind of different.” By...
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi was put on administrative leave on Wednesday, March 27 due to an investigation into allegations that she used her role as chancellor to help family members with jobs, misappropriated student funds and potentially lied about statements regarding an incident where students were pepper-sprayed by campus police back in 2011.
In a petition, over 400 faculty...
On April 22, the ASUCR judicial council chose not to validate the 2016 ASUCR election results, citing that the guidelines they operated under resulted in “an unfair environment” that allowed for reported incidents of laptopping and campaign violations. To rectify this situation, they have recommended that a new elections cycle take place with new stipulations, such as polling stations...
University of California Riverside’s Ann Cheney, assistant professor in the Center for Healthy Communities at the School of Medicine, has worked as a co-investigator on a research project that recently published findings in the journal Substance Abuse and Misuse on how low-income, resource-poor communities can decrease substance abuse which include access to employment and support from non-drug using social...
On April 30 in the HUB, over 200 UCR students attended the first Beyond R’Margins Conference, which consisted of keynote speakers, performances and workshops concerning the topic of diversity and social justice at UCR and worldwide.
According to ASUCR CHASS senator and spearhead of the conference, Dalshawn Boson, “the goal of Beyond R’Margins is to create an inclusive space on...
This week’s ASUCR senate meeting saw the continuation of discussion involving the judicial council’s ruling to not validate elections results. ASUCR also passed a resolution calling for the resignation or termination of a “sensitive individual” named Lorraine Jones from the Riverside Community College District because of her mishandling of a sexual assault case.
ASUCR Chief Justice Simon Ho, a fourth-year...
An emergency meeting was called on Sunday, April 24 at 8 p.m. in the ASUCR senate chambers to discuss the judicial opinion that was delivered on the previous Friday, April 22, when the ASUCR judicial council chose not to validate the elections results. Three justices of the ASUCR judicial branch, ASUCR executive cabinet (ECAB) members, candidates and students met...
In memory of those affected by the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Student Association at UCR held a memorial entitled “Flowers for Our Angels” at the Bell Tower on Thursday, April 21. Students were invited to pay their respects to the victims and flowers were distributed in memory of the victims. The event was coordinated as an effort to pay...
UCR Professor of Sociology Augustine Kposowa recently published his study “Impact of Firearm Availability and Gun Regulation on State Suicide Rate” in The Journal of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. His research found that gun owners are more likely to commit suicide and discusses the measures that should be taken to prevent more deaths in the United States. He hopes...