Nighttime crime spree occurs near campus
A series of four robberies — including two home invasions — occurred near campus on the night of Feb. 17. The first incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. near Spruce Street and Watkins Drive when...
Insurance commissioner discusses health care problems, reform
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones spoke at UCR on Thursday as part of the School of Public Policy’s seminar series, in which well-known policymakers — including former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich — are...
ASUCR: Lack of warning triggers discussion about policy change
The need to improve ASUCR’s trigger warning response was brought up at their meeting last week. Due to a lack of notice from Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust (SAH) — the off-campus, anti-abortion organization...
New program to research, address poverty issues
UCR’s School of Public Policy will be launching the Blum Poverty Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty in the fall of 2015. The brainchild of former Chairman of the UC Board of Regents Richard...
UC halts tuition hike, at least for summer
UC students taking summer school this year can breathe a little easier knowing that tuition will not increase during their upcoming sessions. UC President Janet Napolitano announced last Wednesday that there will be no...
Thousands of freshman welcome free sweatshirts, don’t sweat the cost
Thousands of students lined up on Aberdeen Drive to receive a free UCR sweatshirt from ASUCR on Wednesday as part of the R’Gear initiative, a program designed to bolster school pride by providing free...
$100,000 dedicated to scholarships for international students
After a 12-day relationship-building trip to China, Dean Yunzeng Wang and Director of International Relations Steve Chen of the UCR School of Business Administration (SoBA) procured both goodwill and a $100,000 endowment from various...
New program to research, address poverty issues
UCR’s School of Public Policy will be launching the Blum Poverty Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty in the fall of 2015. The brainchild of former Chairman of the UC Board of Regents Richard...
Fire erupts at the Human Resources Building
The University Human Resources (HR) building, located on University Avenue by the 215 Freeway, caught on fire at approximately 7:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The building was evacuated and no one was harmed.
According...
Donations to help School of Public Policy research poverty
The UC Riverside School of Public Policy will launch an initiative in fall 2015 that will educate about poverty-related issues globally and in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
The Blum Initiative on Global and Regional...