Senators support divestment from fossil fuel companies
Senators ushered through legislation to condemn university investments in the top 200 fossil fuel production companies, but offered few details about how to divest from fossil fuel use at a campus level. Other notable...
Crime Watch: Outbreak of criminal activity before winter break
Suspects arrested for possession of firearm on campus
Last Tuesday, parts of UCR Family Housing were lit up by searchlights from an overhead police helicopter, as the University of California Police Department (UCPD) searched the...
UCR graduate student wins $100,000 grant
The Grand Challenges Exploration Initiative (GCI), sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, recently awarded a UCR computer science graduate student a $100,000 grant to continue her research on insect-classifying sensors.
Yanping Chen, who...
Sustainable UCR members rally at Redlands plant
Members of Sustainable UC Riverside and other local organizations protested against the possible construction of new carbon-emitting power plants on Sunday, Nov. 24 at Southern California Edison’s (SCE) Mountain View Power Plant in Redlands....
AFSCME holds UC-wide strikes, shuts down campus services
Thousands of UC service workers and patient care employees held a statewide strike on Nov. 20, protesting UC administrators for “unfair cuts” and creating “a campaign of illegal intimidation” against its workers. Called the...
ASUCR discusses possibility of rejoining USSA
In last week’s ASUCR senate meeting, senators passed two bylaw changes, which aim to increase student participation in the community and outline the functions of the outreach committee. Members of ASUCR also discussed the...
UC strikes deal with university nurses and librarians
After months of negotiations, two contract settlements were finally reached last week between the UC and its employees. The first: a five-year contract with 350 university librarians that includes a new salary structure and...
News in brief
Congress called to reform student loan system
Just four months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that the federal student loan debt topped $1 trillion, Consumers Union, the policy division of Consumer Reports, called...
UC Riverside to offer more online courses in 2014
UC Riverside is offering four online courses, ranging from computer science to dance, through UC Online — a Web-based module that just unveiled 16 other online courses. Through cross-campus and simultaneous enrollment, UCR students...
UCR’s waste-to-energy system reduces harmful pollutants
UCR engineers showcased an energy conversion system at the UC’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), which can turn agricultural or human waste into a form of clean energy. The system uses a...