On Nov. 24, members of the ASUCR Office of External Affairs organized a “call-in,” an event that encouraged UCR students to call the offices of Chancellor Kim Wilcox and Gov. Jerry Brown to voice their concerns about the recently approved UC tuition plan. Although 142 people were scheduled to participate in the event on Facebook, very few calls were...
Dr. Regis Kelly, a former executive vice chancellor and professor emeritus of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California San Francisco was appointed Dec. 1 as a special advisor to Janet Napolitano for innovation and entrepreneurship. Kelly will also continue his role directing the California Institute for Quantitative Bioscience (QB3) while serving as advisor for a year.
With his...
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss how we celebrated Black Friday (or didn't), and touch on the protests in Downtown Riverside and UCR that have centered on police violence against African Americans.
Be sure to catch the Highlander Newsroom on the radio, airing every Wednesday at 9 a.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m., only on KUCR 88.3 FM.
A research team led by UCR Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Ilhem Messaoudi recently made a breakthrough in the management and detection of yellow fever, a tropical disease responsible for 200,000 infections and 30,000 deaths annually.
According to Dr. Messaoudi, the goal of the project was to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which the yellow fever...
On Nov. 20, President Barack Obama laid out his immigration reform plans, the Immigration Accountability Executive Action, which could potentially shield up to five million undocumented immigrants from being deported. Those who qualify for protection must be parents of U.S. citizens or of legal residents. The executive action also shields more students who fall under the Development, Relief and...
Nearly 40 community members came out to condemn the non-indictment ruling of Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed African American man near Ferguson, Mo. back in Aug. 2014. Announced nearly one week ago, the ruling has continued to spark ongoing and sometimes violent demonstrations throughout the nation.
Located in front of the Blood...
A memorial is scheduled for this Saturday to mourn Robert Calfee, former dean of UCR’s Graduate School of Education (GSOE), who passed away in his Stanford home on Oct. 24. The event will occur at 1 p.m. at the Valley Presbyterian Church, followed by a public reception from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Barchers-Calfee residence. Instead of...
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss what our plans our for Thanksgiving Break and talk about all aspects of the UC tuition increase, from the action at the regents meeting to student occupation of Hinderaker Hall.
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Student demonstrations erupted at last week’s UC Board of Regents meeting as many condemned the lack of affordability of UC President Janet Napolitano’s proposed tuition plan. Much to the chagrin of Gov. Jerry Brown and UC Student Regent Sadia Saifuddin, who voted against the tuition increase, the regents approved the plan by 14-7.
Crowds of students chanted, “Hey hey, ho...
A crowd of about 100 students expressed frustration with UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox over his support of a controversial tuition plan and a failure to include students in decision-making processes during a public forum Friday in HUB 302.
The forum was moderated by Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Preston Williams, and included comments by ASUCR President Nafi Karim, ASUCR Vice...