UCR Dining announces the opening of Bytes and the Market at North District
On Monday, April 4, dining locations Bytes in Winston Chung Hall and the newly built Market at North District officially opened for business. On the day of, UCR Dining posted the Market’s opening on...
Student leaders collaborate with Riverside Farmers Market to donate fresh produce to the R’Pantry
As part of her senator project, ASUCR School of Public Policy Senator and President Pro Tempore Preeti Juturu is working with CALPIRG Zero Hunger Initiative Director Kate Castillo to establish a collaboration with the...
President Obama offers free community college
On Jan. 8, President Barack Obama announced a proposal that offers two years of free community college tuition to students who meet certain requirements. This could affect up to 9 million students across the...
Senators discuss possibility of delaying elections
Members of the public called for a change to the elections code, which involved lowering the minimum number of candidates required to form a political party during last Wednesday’s ASUCR senate meeting. The senate...
BCOE receives $750,000 grant to increase number of STEM transfer students
The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering (BCOE) at UCR recently received a $750,000 grant from the Office of Naval Research to increase the number of STEM students who transfer from a community...
“I hope my presidency will transform ASUCR for the betterment of the student body.”...
In an interview with the Highlander, Julian Gonzalez, the newly elected ASUCR president for the 2019-2020 school year discussed his hopes for his future as ASUCR president.
Gonzalez is currently a third-year political science major....
Student Lobby Conference promotes discussion on student hunger, inadequate funding
From Friday, March 23 to Sunday, March 25, students from UCR and eight other UC campuses gathered at the State Capitol for the annual Student Lobby Conference (SLC) hosted by the University of California...
ASUCR criticizes UCOP assessment fee
During the ASUCR senate meeting on May 30, the legality of the recently implemented UCOP Funding Stream Initiative was questioned by both the senate and public alike. The Initiiative enacts a 1.69 percent assessment...
BigBelly bins placed on campus to improve recycling and sustainability
The Office of Sustainability in collaboration with ASUCR and UCR’s Facilities Services recently ordered BigBelly waste bins to place in multiple locations on UCR’s campus, including the Bell Tower and various university parking lots.
The...
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...