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...
Heat ticket scalping scorches concert attendees
UCR Free and For Sale and UCR Craigslist are some of the few Facebook groups UCR students might turn to sell merchandise — particularly Heat Music Festival 2015 tickets, which are often resold at...
UC student regents present projects, recruit students
Representing 240,000 students from across the UC system, the UC student regents held an open forum on Feb. 11 in HUB 367 to present their main initiatives for the year and to recruit students...
Riverside boosts funding for arts and libraries
The Riverside City Council voted on Feb. 10 to increase funding for library materials and the Riverside School of the Arts by $50,000 each this year as part of several supplemental appropriations from the...
UC to require measles, other vaccinations
In light of the recent measles outbreak at Disneyland, the UC has announced that it will now require screening for tuberculosis and vaccination for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, meningococcus, tetanus and whooping cough...
UC Student Association approves Israeli divestment resolution
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) passed the “Resolution Calling for the Regents to Divest from Corporations Violating Palestinian Human Rights” on Feb. 8 by a vote of 9-1-5. Only executive vice presidents...
Highlander Newsroom 02/11/15
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss the anti-vaccination movement and the UC's new policy in response to the measles outbreak, give our opinions on the recently announced HEAT lineup (including Giraffage and...
Conversation blossoms about tree scent
Evergreen pear trees, also known as Pyrus Kawakamii, have started blooming mid-winter, leaving behind a strong scent that penetrates the central part of campus and general vicinity of the Bell Tower.
Originating from parts of...
Graduate student receives Switzer Environmental Fellowship
Heather Hulton VanTassel, a UCR graduate student in ecology, has received a $15,000 research fellowship from the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. The foundation supports individuals and organizations who are committed to research and...
ASUCR to educate community on safer encounters with police
ASUCR passed a resolution intended to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the campus community at their most recent meeting in the hopes of making officer-citizen relations safer.
Authored by Senator Akeem Brown, the...