ASUCR discusses electronic voting, housing assistance for students
The second to last ASUCR meeting of the quarter was held Wednesday, Nov. 28 in HUB 221 at 6:30 p.m. and focused on plans for next quarter including the election coming up which will...
ASUCR directs concerns to Chancellor Wilcox, reforms election codes
Last Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 6:37 p.m, ASUCR held its fourth meeting of the winter quarter. The meeting began with public forum. The first person to approach the podium was Chancellor Kim Wilcox. Wilcox...
University of California drops subscription to Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of academic journals
The University of California has dropped its subscription to Elsevier, which is the world’s largest publisher of academic research journals. The main rationale behind this decision was due to the fact that academic publishing...
First safe-sex vending machine is officially installed on campus
Last Wednesday Planned Parenthood Generation Action (PPGA) at UCR installed UCR’s first operational safe-sex vending machine at the Student Recreation Center (SRC). It is located at the SRC North building next to the racquetball...
UCR receives grant from the National Institutes of Health to address health disparities in...
UCR has received a five year, $16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which will initiate the Center for Health Disparities Research at UCR (HDR@UCR). The grant and new center are...
Two UCR students create app to help combat the lack of parking on campus
Two fourth-year biology majors, Bharat Rai and Andrew Attia, have created an app to help fight the parking situation that students are facing at UCR. The app is called Pickup N’ Park and it...
Community meets to discuss provost and executive vice chancellor candidates
On Tuesday, Jan. 7, a campus-wide forum was hosted in HUB 260 to discuss desirable traits and qualifications for the new potential UC Riverside provost and executive vice chancellor positions. The search comes in...
ASUCR denies bill to increase executive vice president’s stipend by $2,475 ...
On Wednesday, Feb. 5, ASUCR held their fifth meeting of the quarter. The meeting centered on discussion around SB-W20-009 Amendments to Chapters 10, 8, 2 & 4 of the ASUCR Bylaws. These...
UC President Janet Napolitano issues executive order that grants all employees an allotment of...
On Monday March 16, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano issued an executive order that allows all employees to receive a one-time allotment of up to 128 hours of paid administrative...
ASUCR debates over bill that would amend the stipends and regulations bylaw
At the ASUCR meeting held on Wednesday, April 29, members of ASUCR debated SB-S20: Addition of Section 11 to Chapter 8 Stipends and Regulations.
During Committee Reports, President Pro Tempore and CHASS Senator Miguel Ramirez...