ASUCR kicks off Feminism Awareness Week

Four ASUCR senators have launched a series of events from May 4 to 8, which are aimed at creating awareness and dispelling myths about feminism. Participants will be able to watch a late-night movie,...

“Arrival” is a great addition to the Science Fiction canon

Science fiction is a hard genre to tackle. All the great sci-fi films from “Star Wars” to “Blade Runner” have envisioned futuristic settings with such acute sense of aesthetic and thematic weight that any...

The Christopoulos Lab: Modeling Action Regulation funded by NIH

Professor Vasileios Christopoulos, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside, gained a five-million-dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study action regulation in Parkison’s patients that will undergo...

UC campuses tagged as “most dangerous” in the nation

UC Riverside was recently ranked the 24th most dangerous college in America, according to website Business Insider's list of the "25 Most Dangerous Colleges in America," on Nov. 20. The list, which uses the...

UCR student graduation rates reveal little change, according to UC officials

During his town hall on Feb 19, Chancellor Kim Wilcox announced the launch of “Finish-in-Four,” a pilot campaign seeking to increase UCR students’ four-year graduation rate, which has remained nearly the same at around...

Student Researchers Union is now being recognized by the University of California

Following a rally that took place in October and an intent to strike, as of Dec. 9, 2021, the Student Researchers United-United Auto Workers union is now being formally recognized by the University of...

UCR developing plan to distribute excess food from residential halls

A plan to transfer excess food from residential halls to a student community kitchen is in development at UCR. According to Wellness Coordinator Audrey Michelle Lim, untouched food from residential halls will be repackaged...

UC Regents to vote on controversial tuition hikes

Following the end of a budget agreement between California Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano that began in May of 2015 and ended in 2016, the UC Regents will vote on a...

Cellar Door Bookstore Evicted

Cellar Door Bookstore owner, Linda Sherman-Nurick, had to deal with a sudden eviction notice sent January 17 via email. As a result, Nurick’s schedule is flooded with the consequences of interrupted business operations and...

UC meets deadline for Violence Against Women Act

The UC announced the expansion of its systemwide policy against sexual and domestic violence, stalking and harassment, in order to meet the March 7 deadline to comply with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)....