ASUCR and GSA strive for unity as GSA separates from UCSA
On Sept. 28, UC Riverside’s Graduate Student Association (GSA), along with six other UC GSA chapters, voted to leave the UC Student Association (UCSA), an advocacy organization that represents UC students, and form under...
UCR researchers successfully reclaim 100 percent of freshwater from brine water
UCR researchers from the department of chemical engineering have developed a new method to recover fresh water from high-salinity solutions using different processes from analytical electrochemistry. Analytical electrochemistry is the interaction between electricity and...
Highlander Newsroom (11/25/15)
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we chat about Thanksgiving, BSU-led Black Lives Matter protests in solidarity with the University of Missouri at UCR and the state of the Syrian refugees after the terrorist...
UC offers final contract to 20,000 service workers’ union
The University of California (UC) recently announced the imposition of its final offer on wages and pension reform to a service and patient-care workers’ union after year-long negotiations ended in deadlock.
Since October 2012, the...
Yik Yak shooting threat hoax leaves students shaken up
UC Riverside student Anton Shirokov, 29, has been taken into custody after admitting to posting a threat of violence on the popular social media app Yik Yak last night between the hours of 9...
UCR physicists win “Best in Show” and “Most Whimsical” at Science Hack Day
A team of physicists — comprised of both undergraduate and graduate students — from UC Riverside won two awards for their contributions at the eighth annual “Science Hack Day: San Francisco” which took place...
ITS to begin sending phishing email simulations this month
This month, UCR’s Information Technology Solutions (ITS) is set to begin sending out a series of emails to UCR faculty, staff and students that will closely mimic a phishing attack. ITS hopes...
ASUCR hosts Ted x Talk on the global perspectives of students at UCR
On May 29 ASUCR held a Ted Talk event about global perspectives at 6:30 p.m. in HUB 265. With the aid of ASUCR President Semi Cole, the event was hosted by the chair of...
ASUCR discusses STEM High School and SoTA
The eighth Senate Meeting of the Spring Quarter was called to order at 7:16 p.m. All senators were present except for PPT Richardson, CHASS Senator Mido, CHASS Senator Bui, CHASS Senator Yang, CHASS Senator...
UC Riverside: No plans to remove Sabra hummus
During the Wednesday, Feb. 1 ASUCR senate meeting, the senate voted near-unanimously, 13-0-1, in favor of resolution W17-007, which calls for a ban of Sabra hummus from all campus dining services. Sabra has recently...