Researchers from UCR and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop a two-year study aimed at maximizing the use of treated municipal wastewater in agriculture. The study seeks to curtail the devastating effects of the state drought and serves as a response to Governor Jerry Brown’s recent mandatory...
Last Wednesday’s more than six-hour-long ASUCR senate meeting was rife with controversy as spectators overflowing from the room expressed both support for and opposition to recent actions taken by ASUCR, including the initial disqualification of all Voice candidates from the election, which was repealed last Friday.
The meeting, held in the Student Services Building, was attended by over 100 students,...
A second physical planning workshop was held on April 27 to discuss four scenarios, with each serving as a tool for understanding potential areas of campus expansion. Gathering in HUB 302, workshop participants were asked to choose one scenario as a starting point for creating their preferred, future campus framework. Another portion of the event was later held at...
A total of 20 patrol, metro and traffic police officers have volunteered to test the use of body cameras as part of a 60-day trial, according to the Riverside Police Department (RPD). Starting May 1, the trial will be used to help the department develop its policy regarding body camera technology and future usage.
Lieutenant Chad Milby of the RPD...
UC Riverside creative writing professor Laila Lalami was recently named a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in fiction — an award given to American authors for literary achievements — for her book entitled “The Moor’s Account,” a work of historical fiction that sheds light on a side of history that Lalami feels is too often overlooked.
The book, which...
U.S. Congressman Mark Takano spoke to UCR students and faculty last Wednesday about the struggles minority communities face and what can be done to help. The talk was part of the School of Public Policy’s seminar series, in which influential policymakers are invited to discuss both regional and global issues.
Takano, a Democrat, has served on the Riverside Community College...
The UCR Department of Religious Studies and Jasbir Singh Saini, endowed chair of Sikh and Punjabi studies at UCR, will host a three-day conference from May 8 to 10. The conference will include 30 academic scholars from various countries in Europe and North America that consist of significant Sikh populations.
“Living and Making Sikhi in the Diaspora: The Millennial Generation...
This week’s more than six-hour-long ASUCR senate meeting was rife with controversy as spectators overflowing from the room expressed both support for and opposition to recent actions taken by ASUCR, including the disqualification of all Voice candidates from the election and the censure of ASUCR President Nafi Karim and Executive Vice President Michael Ervin.
Due to the high volume of...
The ASUCR Elections Committee has disqualified the Voice party after receiving multiple violations. Following a Monday meeting between ASUCR representatives and campus administration, elections results will be postponed until May 8 to grant candidates time to appeal their violations to the judicial branch.
Voice received six strikes granting every candidate four strikes individually. The first three strikes against a party...
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about our experiences at this year's Spring Splash, debate the issues of standing on an American flag and talk about what it's like to live below the poverty line.
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