UC achieves sexual assault policy goals
The UC Board of Regents discussed the implementation of a series of services and resources such as the establishment of an advocacy office for sexual assault victims on each UC campus during their most...
Pizza suspects make off with dough
Two male individuals are suspected of stealing $40 worth of pizza and products from a Domino’s delivery driver on Jan. 20. The robbery occurred in the south Bannockburn parking lot on Canyon Crest Drive,...
Transfer Commuter Lounge to open at HUB this quarter
A new lounge designated for transfer and commuter students is finally set to open by the end of the quarter at the HUB after sitting vacant for more than a year. The lounge will...
Former UCR student free after admitting to soliciting assault
On Monday, sentencing judge Michele Levine gave former UCR student Barbara Wu a sentence of three years and four months, amounting to time served, after Wu pled guilty on multiple charges, including soliciting others...
Essay award honors former CHASS Dean
Budding writers may be eligible for a new award established in the name of former College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) dean and economics professor Stephen Cullenberg. The Cullenberg Award will be awarded...
GSOE Dean recognized for educational policy contributions
The American Enterprise Institute has named Thomas Smith, the dean of UCR’s Graduate School of Education (GSOE), one of 200 influential educational scholars. Smith placed 168th out of university-based researchers nationwide.
The rankings, based on...
Orchid research blossoms due to federal grant
A research group that includes UCR Botany and Plant Sciences postdoctoral research fellow Katia Silvera has received $469,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on an unusual form of...
Highlander Newsroom 01/21/15
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss UC President Janet Napolitano's proposal to tie coaches' bonuses to student-athletes' academic performance, ways to simplify the 108-question FAFSA, and ways to avoid paying for textbooks...
Freedom march questions ‘Are we living King’s Dream?’
A crowd of about 35 people attended the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom March and Celebration on Jan. 17 to commemorate the life and work of the late Martin Luther King Jr., who...
College Panhellenic Association to add one more chapter
More Greek letters are expected to blanket Pierce Lawn after UCR’s College Panhellenic Association (CPA), representing six single-gendered sororities, voted to add another chapter for the first time in over two decades. After six...