On Jan. 12, Klea D. Bertakis gave a presentation describing her vision and goals if she is selected as the new dean for the UCR School of Medicine, being the third of four candidates to present.
Bertakis introduced a slideshow presentation entitled “A Vision for the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine: Community-Based, Community-Engaged and Community-Serving” This presentation explained...
On Thursday Jan. 15, an event organized by the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program entitled, “Examining Islamophobia,” which is part of the Islamophobia teach-in series, was held in INTS 1128. Panels featured several scholars who study issues relating to the Middle East as well as graduate and undergraduate students currently attending UCR. The students were asked to share...
UCR Entomology Professor Bradley A. Mullens and graduate student Amy C. Murillo have recently published a study in the Journal of Medical Entomology on Jan. 11 that surveyed free-range chickens for ectoparasites. Ectoparasites are organisms that leach off the nutrients of the host but remain on the outside body of the animal. There has been limited research conducted to...
ASUCR convened on Wednesday, Jan. 13 to address the passage of ASUCR Wellness Resolution No. 3, the conflict that took place between a student and a visiting demonstrator on Monday Jan. 11 and the discussion of a resolution condemning United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the deportation raids that were carried out in early January.
ASUCR unanimously passed...
Student regent Avi Oved and student regent-designate Marcela Ramirez hosted a public forum on Tuesday Jan., 12 at HUB 269 for a group of 10 students about the process of applying to be student regent. The two student regents went over the details of applying, the rigors of the interviewing and the perks of being student regent.
The talk...
Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 12, hundreds of UCR freshmen formed a line that originated from the Student Recreation Center (SRC) Arena and extended out to the intersection of W. Linden Street and Aberdeen Drive to attend the launch of the second annual R’Gear program.
R’Gear is an initiative that was passed with the intention to invoke “highlander pride.”...
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about allegations brought against Bill Cosby, the death of David Bowie, UC private prison divestment and the occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon by a group of armed protestors.
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On Nov. 29, 2015, the University of California announced its intention to join the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group of investors led by Bill Gates, committed to investing in technological research and development aimed at combating climate change and finding new efficient, clean methods to meet energy needs. The energy coalition believes the current pace of investment, research and...
Phone apps can compromise security
According to a study by former UCR computer science Ph.D. students Xuetao Wei and Iulian Neamtiu and current UCR professor of computer science Michalis Faloutsos, 9 percent of popular free apps on the Google Play app store interact with websites that have been implicated in the distribution of malware that can compromise a user’s security.
In...
The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of investment stocks from private prison corporations — the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), Geocorp and G4S. This decision was made on Dec. 1 after UC administrators met with students from the Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC) student advocacy group, who campaigned against these investments throughout 2015.
Kate Moser, a media...