In October of this year, the California Faculty Association (CFA) held an authorization vote to hold a 10-day strike in January 2016, if they do not come to an agreement with the Cal State University system. The CFA represents over 26,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, guidance counselors and other office and custodial staff at all 23 of the California State...
Cosmic Thursdays continued on November 12 with a lecture entitled “Evolution of Life: Tracking Using Ancient Lipid Biomarkers Preserved in Petroleum and Rocks.” The talk was given by Gordon Love, a professor in the department of earth sciences at UCR.
He opened his lecture by discussing lipid biomarkers and their importance in tracking the evolution of life. Lipid biomarkers are...
During the weekend of November 8, at a recent Town Hall event in Los Angeles, UC President Janet Napolitano spoke about increasing in-state undergraduate enrollment by as much as 10,000 in the next three academic years. The proposal, which stemmed from public complaints over the rising ranks of other states, aims to bolster the status of California students throughout...
Last Friday, social media activists met with students and faculty in INTN 1020 for a discussion called “Civil Rights in the Age of Social Media.” The event was hosted by UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP), co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times and moderated by associate dean of the SPP, Karthick Ramakrishnan.
The activists who attended the event included Dexter...
University of California, Riverside graduate student Shirin Oskui recently tested 3-D printing materials for toxicity as part of a National Science Foundation grant. Along with adviser William Grover — biological engineer and assistant professor at UCR — Oskui and accompanying students are the first in the world to assess these types of toxic products and their possible effects on...
The University of California has recently granted Rosetta Stone Inc. certification for satisfying the language portion of the A-G requirements needed to be met for high school students seeking admission to schools within the UC system.
Students from around the state will now be able to earn foreign language course credit through the use of Rosetta Stone Spanish I and...
Armed with bold signs and printed balloons bearing handwritten messages, nearly 80 students assembled for the the national demonstration called the “Million Student March” at noon on Thursday, November 12. UCR students and supporters marched across campus to the University Village, representing the 40 million Americans that collectively share a hefty student debt toll of 1.2 trillion dollars. By...
ASUCR resolution tabled
Wednesday’s ASUCR meeting saw the tabling of a proposed prison divestment resolution due to factual errors. A revised version of the bill will be presented at the next meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.
Drafted by President Pro-Tempore Corey Willis and CHASS senator Dalshawn Boson, the proposed resolution identifies problems within the U.S. prison system such...
On Nov. 2 University of California President Janet Napolitano and all 10 UC chancellors, including UCR chancellor Kim Wilcox, indicated their support for affirmative action through an amicus brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court in support of the University of Texas in the Fisher v. University of Texas case. Any third party in support of a faction...
The UCR Global Issues Forum held its first meeting on Thursday night to discuss immigration policies that are adopted and enforced by western nations, the statistics of who these migrants are and the socioeconomic implications of their integration and assimilation within countries.
Thursday night’s forum, entitled “Comparing Immigration Policy in the U.S. and Europe,” featured a panel of three experts...