UCR researcher discovers new species of orchid

A new species of orchid was discovered by UCR postdoctoral scholar Katia Silvera while she was on a field trip with her father, Gaspara Silvera, in the mountainous regions of central Panama back in...

UC regents seek to improve community college transfers to UC system

Last week’s UC regents meeting in Sacramento featured the presentation of a report examining improvements to the California community college-UC transfer pathway and the introduction of a focus group that will address issues of...

Highlander Newsroom 05/14/14: Senior Goodbyes Edition

Check out the latest edition of the Highlander Newsroom on KUCR. This week we talk ASUCR elections, a special play presented at Riverside and a visit from "Orange is the New Black's" Laverne Cox. Stay tuned for the...

$15,000 spent on elections

According to the most recent campaign finance reports, over $15,000 was spent during this year’s ASUCR elections, more than a full year’s worth of tuition. Most of the money, over $14,000, was spent by...

Scotty’s store opens near School of Medicine

On May 1, UCR welcomed a new Scotty’s near the UCR School of Medicine. The fifth of its kind around campus, Scotty’s is UCR’s personalized convenience store with multiple locations around campus. Unlike the...

Senators support safer working conditions for Bangladeshi employees

A senate resolution which calls for support of the Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety — an independent agreement designed to make safer working conditions for garment factories in Bangladesh — was unanimously...

UC Cooperative Extension celebrates 100th anniversary

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox encouraged students, faculty and staff on campus to count pollinators as part of a statewide crowdsourcing event on Thursday, May 8. The event was coordinated by the UC Cooperative...

New senate approves walk-in candidate for elections director

Fresh new faces painted last week’s ASUCR special senate meeting as newly elected candidates carried out one of their first acts in the senate by selecting Senator Devin Plazo as the new president pro...

67 elections violations reported by ASUCR judicial branch

ASUCR justices reported that 67 elections violations took place during this year’s ASUCR elections and over 30 strikes were handed out, according to Chief Justice of the Judicial Branch Davion Rowles. Most violations and...

UCR lab incident may be latest in series

  The unplugging of a freezer in the Genomics Building that occurred on May 1 is the latest incident in a series of events that have taken place in the research building since last month....