This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about Thanksgiving, BSU-led Black Lives Matter protests in solidarity with the University of Missouri at UCR and the state of the Syrian refugees after the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris and Beirut.
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A $102.8 million loan-forgiveness program and $95.5 million settlement have been drawn up after the Education Management Corporation (EDMC) was accused of using unlawful student recruitment programs.
EDMC currently exists as the second-largest chain of for-profit education in the United States, after Laureate International Universities. With over 100 campuses operating in the United States and Canada, this corporation includes the...
The ASUCR senate convened last Wednesday November 18, 2015, to discuss a variety of topics, among them the presentation of the Student Advocacy, Governance and Engagement (SAGE) opt-out fee.
University of California Student Association (UCSA) president and fourth-year peace and conflict studies major at UC Berkeley, Kevin Sabo, and communications director, Anaïs LaVoie, flew in from Northern California to present...
Entomology Professor receives APLU grant
UCR Entomology Professor Timothy Paine has been awarded the Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences grant last week, as one of nine recipients in this category.
The $2,000 grant was awarded to Paine at the 128th Association of Public Land-grant Universities (APLU) meeting which is held annually and took place...
Thirty-three students gathered on Thursday, Nov.18 at the Bell Tower for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of the transgendered people across the world who have been murdered in the past year. The vigil, hosted by the activist group Asterisk with assistance from La Familia, took place at 6 p.m. and allowed students to share and write about their solidarity...
Approximately 60 students gathered at the Bell Tower on Wednesday, Nov.18 in a march expressing solidarity with the students from the University of Missouri and to improve the lack of representation of African-American students, faculty and staff members at UCR.
The march, which ended at Hinderaker Hall, attracted the attention of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Jim Sandoval, Executive...
Federal research funding for UCR increased by $19 million for the fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015 — totaling $97 million in research grants and setting a new a UCR record. While grants have increased for the campus, it falls behind other UC institutions such as UCLA which received approximately $1 billion in research grants last...
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about the terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris, social media activism and the million student march.
Be sure to catch the Highlander Newsroom on the radio, airing every Wednesday at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m., only on KUCR 88.3 FM.
Six UC Riverside students who were studying in Paris during the Nov. 13 theater shootings and bombings were reported as safe on Friday by Chancellor Kim Wilcox. According to UC Media Relations Director Diane Klein, the UC is coordinating with their staff in Lyon, Bordeaux and Paris to maintain the safety of the 150 UC students studying abroad in...
The UCR Chapter of the Global Medical Brigades and the Lestonnac Free Clinic organization opened a free medical clinic in San Bernardino on Saturday, Nov.7. The clinic is located at 401 E. 21st St., across the street from the St. Bernardine medical center. The clinic will be open from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. on the first Saturday of...