UCR sets new research grant record

Federal research funding for UCR increased by $19 million for the fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015 — totaling $97 million in research grants and setting a new a UCR record....

UCR Mobility HUB project over budget, leads to delays

Drew Hecht, co-director of management of UCR’s Office of Planning, Design & Construction and principal architect for the HUB Mobility Project, gave an update on the Mobility HUB on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The Mobility HUB...

Citizens United Committee hosts their monthly breakfast and discusses STEM high school

On Wednesday, Oct. 23 beginning at 7 a.m., the Citizens United Committee (CUC) of UCR had their monthly breakfast at the Alumni and Visitors Center. The breakfast began with a presentation from Lynn Carmen Day,...

ASUCR discusses replacing election debates with an open house, ASUCR passes six pieces of...

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, ASUCR held their second State of the Association Meeting of the quarter. ASUCR executive cabinet members discussed what projects they have been working on or completed so far this quarter. During...

Food insecurity across the UC’s: How other campuses are fighting the problem

In Issue 16, the Highlander interviewed Grecia Marquez-Nieblas, coordinator of UC Riverside’s food pantry, R’Pantry, which has been working to combat food insecurity on campus for almost two years, to discuss hunger at UCR....

ASUCR aims to extend S/NC deadline to week ten through Spring 2021

The eighth ASUCR meeting of the quarter was kicked off by a presentation from the University of California Student Association (UCSA) president, Aidan Arasasingham. Arasasingham, a fourth-year global studies student, addressed the senate to...

Riverside city council town hall aims to connect UCR students with newly elected council...

On Thursday, March 5, at approximately 5:10 p.m., the ASUCR City Relations Committee, under the ASUCR Office of External Affairs held a Riverside City Council town hall in HUB 302 South. The...

Rosetta Stone accredited for UC A-G requirements

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...

Mark Yudof to step down as UC president

UC President Mark Yudof will resign from his position in August 2013, according to a statement released on Jan. 18. After serving a five-year term, Yudof cited “a spate of taxing health issues,” and...

UCR campuswide email responds to common questions about the novel coronavirus, 2019-nCoV

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, UCR’s University Communications team sent out a mass email to students answering questions about the novel coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”) that originated from Wuhan, Hubei Province in east-central China. According to the email,...