UCR to cease self-management, privatize campus bookstore
UCR, facing a $1.1 million deficit from falling textbook sales, is about to become the second UC in the system to privatize its bookstore, according to campus officials. Following in the footsteps of UC...
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UCR installs electric vehicle charging stations
In collaboration with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), UCR has installed eight electric vehicle (EV) charging stations around campus. The stations are designed to make it...
Campus policy slows down ‘reckless’ riders
With an increase in injuries and school property damages caused by skateboarding and bicycling-related incidents, UCR implemented a new fall quarter policy that bans reckless bicycling or skateboarding on campus, including sidewalks and pathways.
“We...
UC offers final contract to 20,000 service workers’ union
The University of California (UC) recently announced the imposition of its final offer on wages and pension reform to a service and patient-care workers’ union after year-long negotiations ended in deadlock.
Since October 2012, the...
Napolitano concludes hectic first week in office
Students, such as Student Regent Cinthia Flores — who disapproved of Napolitano's appointment — were strongly concerned with Napolitano's time as governor, citing the record number of deportations of undocumented immigrants during her term....
UC Riverside feels ripple effects of government shutdown
For the first time since 1996, the United States government was forced to shut down temporarily after Congress failed to agree on a spending bill by the Oct. 1 deadline. With a cost of...
The Lab: research from UCR and the UC system
UCR: National transportation center seeks to improve sustainability
UC Riverside was selected to collaborate with a national transportation research center headed by UC Davis to help design sustainable infrastructure and vehicles in the face of...
The Lab: research from UCR and the UC system
UC Riverside: UCR researchers focus on earthquake simulations
UCR distinguished geology professor Harry Green and his colleagues broke new grounds in the study of deep earthquakes through the use of new simulation technology. The research...
Studies find pregnant university women lack support
A recent study by the Guttenmacher Institute — a nonprofit and pro-choice organization that seeks to improve reproductive health through public education and social science research — revealed that women between the ages of...
Closing of UCR’s Honor Roll, Panda expands operations
Enrique Vasquez, a second-year biology major, jumped at the thought of creating his own sushi roll — consisting of raw salmon, carrot and avocado — at Sushi by Panda Express, a subdivision of one...