State sexual assault law goes into effect
State law SB 967, meant to address issues of sexual assault and violence, has gone into effect at the beginning of 2015. Commonly called "Yes means yes," the bill was signed into law by...
Driver licenses available for undocumented Californians
A landmark state law went into effect on Jan. 2, 2014, permitting millions of undocumented immigrants in California to apply for their driver licenses after being banned for more than two decades.
In 2013, Gov....
$500,000 grant to create undergraduate fellowship
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded UCR a $500,000 grant to create an undergraduate research and mentoring program entitled the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF), which will focus on preparing promising undergraduates for...
UC receives $1.9M in funding for climate change research
The University of California has received $1.9 million in funding to establish the Institute for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts (ISEECI), an institute that will study the ecological effects of climate...
UC extends legal services for undocumented students
UC Riverside will be one of six UCs to receive additional legal services for undocumented students, according to UC officials. The move comes one day after President Barack Obama announced his immigration reform plan...
UCR adds surveillance cameras to increase safety
In April 2013, the University Task Force on Safety (UTFS) released 40 recommendations to improve campus safety after a string of crimes occurred earlier that year. By earlier this quarter, the university had met...
UCPD called into movie night event in Family Housing
On Friday night Dec. 5, Child Development Center (CDC) staff abruptly interrupted an R’Kids movie night when a kindergarten teacher told the moviegoers (about 20 student parents and their children) that the space would...
Highlander Newsroom 12/09/14
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss ASUCR's unanimous vote of no confidence in the UC Board of Regents and UC President Janet Napolitano. We also chat about how we're coping with finals...
Research shows when waiting periods cause the most anxiety
As students across the university anxiously await the end of quarter and a new year, UC Riverside psychology professor Dr. Kate Sweeny has helped determine which time periods and for whom periods of waiting...
School of Public Policy proposes $5,952 supplemental tuition fee
The School of Public Policy (SOPP) at UC Riverside seeks to implement an annual professional degree supplemental tuition (PDST) of $5,952 on top of its regular tuition starting in the 2015-16 academic year. PDST...