The UC Board of Regents discussed the implementation of a series of services and resources such as the establishment of an advocacy office for sexual assault victims on each UC campus during their most recent meeting from Jan. 21-22.
The advocacy office, entitled “CARE: Advocate Office for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Misconduct,” will include one full-time advocate position...
Two male individuals are suspected of stealing $40 worth of pizza and products from a Domino’s delivery driver on Jan. 20. The robbery occurred in the south Bannockburn parking lot on Canyon Crest Drive, where the perpetrators are said to have fled the scene in a silver Honda Civic.
Riverside Police Department Sergeant Celeste Neiman stated that the Domino’s store...
A new lounge designated for transfer and commuter students is finally set to open by the end of the quarter at the HUB after sitting vacant for more than a year. The lounge will be located in the former space of the Stacked Deli, according to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Jim Sandoval.
An estimated $44,000 has been allocated to...
On Monday, sentencing judge Michele Levine gave former UCR student Barbara Wu a sentence of three years and four months, amounting to time served, after Wu pled guilty on multiple charges, including soliciting others to assault to of her ex-boyfriends. The maximum sentence Wu could have received was six years and four months in prison.
Wu was originally arrested in...
Budding writers may be eligible for a new award established in the name of former College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS) dean and economics professor Stephen Cullenberg. The Cullenberg Award will be awarded for the best essay in the areas of science fiction, technoculture, or science and technology studies, and is offered by the Science Fiction and Technoculture...
The American Enterprise Institute has named Thomas Smith, the dean of UCR’s Graduate School of Education (GSOE), one of 200 influential educational scholars. Smith placed 168th out of university-based researchers nationwide.
The rankings, based on eight separate metrics including web visibility and attention in both mainstream and educational press, are designed to determine which scholars had the most influence regarding...
A research group that includes UCR Botany and Plant Sciences postdoctoral research fellow Katia Silvera has received $469,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research on an unusual form of photosynthesis found in plants that inhabit dry places.
Plants that live in dry climates utilize Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM), a type of photosynthesis that increases the...
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss UC President Janet Napolitano's proposal to tie coaches' bonuses to student-athletes' academic performance, ways to simplify the 108-question FAFSA, and ways to avoid paying for textbooks (both legal and semi legal).
Be sure to catch the Highlander Newsroom on the radio, airing every Wednesday at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m.,...
A crowd of about 35 people attended the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom March and Celebration on Jan. 17 to commemorate the life and work of the late Martin Luther King Jr., who played a leading role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Organized by Alphi Phi Alpha, African Student Programs and Associated Students Program Board, the event opened with...
More Greek letters are expected to blanket Pierce Lawn after UCR’s College Panhellenic Association (CPA), representing six single-gendered sororities, voted to add another chapter for the first time in over two decades. After six months of combing through sorority applications, visitations and presentations, CPA decided to support the colonization of Alpha Delta Pi in spring 2015.
When former CPA president...