Five UCR students were each selected to receive $1,500 grants under UC President Janet Napolitano’s new UC-wide Sustainability Fellowship and Internship Program. In less than three weeks, UCR received 38 student proposals vying for these fellowships, more than the number of proposals submitted at any of the other nine UCs.
The program was created to complement the UC’s Carbon Neutrality...
The Department of Entomology will host its first-ever Annual Insect Fair on April 18. The fair will begin at 10 a.m. and last until 5 p.m. on Mission Inn Avenue, between Orange Street and Lemon Street in Downtown Riverside.
The event will be organized by UCR’s Entomology Graduate Student Association (EGSA) with help from the Botany and Entomology Undergraduate Association....
On Sunday, April 5, two male suspects approached a male as he was walking through the University Extension Center. A second robbery that occurred approximately three hours after the first in the University Towers parking structure on Iowa Avenue was reported to police several days later.
In the first incident, one suspect asked the victim for directions while the other...
Nearly 8,000 UCR graduate student applicants, admitted graduate students and other related individuals may be at risk of identity theft after it was discovered that a computer containing their social security numbers was stolen on March 13. Under California law, the university is required to notify individuals whose information may have been breached by an unauthorized person.
“We sincerely regret...
Administrators discussed key aspects of UCR’s new budget plan at the chancellor’s first town hall meeting of the new quarter on Monday. The new plan aims to remedy the lack of transparency of the current plan, as well as redirect resources to improve academics.
The plan is part of UCR’s effort to implement its Strategic Action Plan by 2020, which,...
An Inland Empire collaborative has been selected to receive a $5 million Governor’s Award for Innovation in Higher Education, the maximum amount possible. The Federation for a Competitive Economy (FACE), whose plan went up against 57 other proposals from around the state, hopes to use the grant to improve college graduation rates in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Established at...
As California enters its fourth year of severe drought, Gov. Jerry Brown is taking aggressive action to save water by requiring the state to reduce its water usage by 25 percent. Announced on April 1, the unprecedented state mandate will support the UC in its ongoing efforts to conserve and manage water throughout its 10 campuses.
Annual surveyors recently discovered...
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), representing the largest union of licensed doctors in the U.S., are planning to hold an eight-day strike against alleged unfair labor practices throughout the UC system. Since contract negotiations with the UC began over a year ago, UAPD members filed multiple charges against the UC with the Public Employment Relations Board,...
UCR postdoctoral physics and astronomy scholar Leo Winkler gave a presentation discussing potential extraterrestrial life, civilizations and the possibility of communicating with them last Thursday. The two-hour lecture was given in Room 206 of Winston Chung Hall to a crowd of approximately 20 people, mostly graduate students.
Winkler discussed the origins of Earth and the diversity of its ecosystems, which...
A crowd of approximately 45 people came to support candidates running for ASUCR senate, with political party members from Voice; PAC: Pride, Action, Change and CR participating in the senatorial debates on Wednesday. The candidates discussed issues ranging from gender gaps in graduation to impacted classes that adversely affect enrollment.
The debates were moderated by Highlander Editor-in-Chief Colin Markovich, who...