UCR religious studies professor Michael Alexander has been named the first Maimonides Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at UCR. The chair will support seminars, conferences, student fellowships, research and publications in areas regarding Judaism, Israel and related areas of race and ethnicity.
Alexander formerly served as the director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, in addition to writing...
Fear of tuition hikes boil then simmer
The year opened up with the possibility of a tuition hike of up to 5 percent each year for up to five years, which caused widespread protests across the UC system. The proposed hikes, approved by the UC regents last November, have since been delayed until 2018.
According to Napolitano, the plan was a...
The grand opening of Starbucks in the Glen Mor Market will occur in July, more than 10 months after the opening of the building. Construction is currently taking place within the market to build the Starbucks, with the build-out of the space costing approximately $350,000, according to Dining Executive Director Cheryl Gardner.
According to Glen Mor Market Manager Cedric Martin,...
Distinguished UCR genetics professor Susan Wessler was appointed as the first College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) Neil A. and Rochelle A. Campbell Presidential Chair for Innovation in Science Education. Part of the chairs endowment will be used to support the Dynamic Genome program which will allow students to perform research in addition to their studies of genomics...
UCR Assistant Creative Writing Professor David L. Ulin has recently been awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for research in the category of General Nonfiction by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is an organization that was founded in memory of 17 year-old John Simon Guggenheim in honor of his death in 1925 by United States Senator Simon...
Juan Felipe Herrera, a former UCR creative writing professor, has been named the United States Poet Laureate for 2015. During the two-year tenure as Poet Laureate, Herrera will serve as the nation’s official poet and seek to encourage the reading and writing of poetry across the country.
Herrera also has the distinction of being the first Latino to be selected...
The appointment of the ASUCR elections director has been delayed until fall quarter after the special elections meeting held on June 2 was adjourned after nine minutes, due to an argument between former candidate Neftali Galarza and members of the senate regarding the appointment of the vice president of external affairs.
This is the second postponement of the elections director...
UCR's Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox, Graduate School of Education Dean Thomas M. Smith and mechanical engineering professor Suveen Mathaudu will be attending and presenting panels at the US News STEM Solutions Conference from June 29 to July 1 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego.
This conference aims to bring leaders in higher education from around the nation together...
A Year in Review
This past year of the Highlander has been exciting for the opinions section — lovingly called “Ops”— with new additions and losses to its daily content. Beyond its recurring structure, the opinions section has seen the revitalization of the comics section by past Opinions Editor Jameson Adame and Art Director Andrew Golden, where students can practice...
Graduate student Marcela Ramirez has been nominated for the position of UC student regent for the 2016-2017 school year. Ramirez, who is studying higher education administration and policy, will be the 42nd student regent if appointed by the UC Board of Regents Special Committee in July.
Student regents are voting members in the UC Board of Regents who serve one...