Five UC Riverside students awarded $1,500 sustainability fellowships
Five UCR students were each selected to receive $1,500 grants under UC President Janet Napolitano’s new UC-wide Sustainability Fellowship and Internship Program. In less than three weeks, UCR received 38 student proposals vying for...
Entomology department to host the first Annual Insect Fair
The Department of Entomology will host its first-ever Annual Insect Fair on April 18. The fair will begin at 10 a.m. and last until 5 p.m. on Mission Inn Avenue, between Orange Street and...
Victims held at knifepoint near Extension Center, University Towers
On Sunday, April 5, two male suspects approached a male as he was walking through the University Extension Center. A second robbery that occurred approximately three hours after the first in the University Towers...
Security breach may affect nearly 8,000 UCR graduate students
Nearly 8,000 UCR graduate student applicants, admitted graduate students and other related individuals may be at risk of identity theft after it was discovered that a computer containing their social security numbers was stolen...
New budget plan strives for transparency
Administrators discussed key aspects of UCR’s new budget plan at the chancellor’s first town hall meeting of the new quarter on Monday. The new plan aims to remedy the lack of transparency of the...
Inland Education Collaborative awarded $5 million
An Inland Empire collaborative has been selected to receive a $5 million Governor’s Award for Innovation in Higher Education, the maximum amount possible. The Federation for a Competitive Economy (FACE), whose plan went up...
Gov. Brown orders restrictions on state water use
As California enters its fourth year of severe drought, Gov. Jerry Brown is taking aggressive action to save water by requiring the state to reduce its water usage by 25 percent. Announced on April...
UC doctors launch eight-day strike
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), representing the largest union of licensed doctors in the U.S., are planning to hold an eight-day strike against alleged unfair labor practices throughout the UC system....
UCR researcher discusses extraterrestrials and efforts to ‘phone’ them
UCR postdoctoral physics and astronomy scholar Leo Winkler gave a presentation discussing potential extraterrestrial life, civilizations and the possibility of communicating with them last Thursday. The two-hour lecture was given in Room 206 of...
Senatorial debates kick off ASUCR elections
A crowd of approximately 45 people came to support candidates running for ASUCR senate, with political party members from Voice; PAC: Pride, Action, Change and CR participating in the senatorial debates on Wednesday. The...