As winter approaches, students are preparing their term plans and living arrangements for the upcoming winter quarter, but the threat of COVID-19 is still very palpable. The 2021-2022 school year proves to be an unyielding challenge for Highlander students, faculty and staff as the transition from remote learning to in-person classes has taken a toll on the UCR community....
Young people are more prone to bad financial decisions than older people, according to a recent study conducted by Assistant Professor Ye Li and his colleagues at UC Riverside’s School of Business Administration (SoBA).
Conducted over the course of about a year, the study involved asking 336 people — ranging from ages 18-82 — about their financial decisions.
“What the research...
Despite the windy weather conditions, unwavering support groups for the political parties Voice, CR and PAC: Pride, Action, Change were in attendance as director debates occurred last Wednesday.
Candidates running for the positions of personnel director, marketing and promotions director and outreach director discussed changes they would make within their respective positions, the relationship between ASUCR and the student body...
On Thursday May 5, UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted a seminar featuring Congressman Raul Ruiz in the Interdisciplinary South 1128 screening room. Associate dean of the SPP and professor of public policy and political science Karthick Ramakrishnan introduced Ruiz and served as the moderator for the seminar.
Ruiz grew up in Coachella, California as the son of farmworker...
“Current forecasts give us hope that in the fall our students can enjoy a more normal on-campus experience,” stated University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D. on Jan. 11, after the UC announced that it is planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide starting fall 2021.
The responsibility of specific plans for resumption of fall classes, including...
Cristina Rosetti, a doctoral student specializing in religious studies who graduated from UCR in June 2019 has recently been interviewed by news organizations, including CNN, ABC and CBS News in regards to the massacre of nine American fundamentalist Mormons in Sonora, Mexico approximately two weeks ago by a Mexican drug cartel. Rosetti has been studying fundamentalist Mormonism for several...
The construction of UCR’s first art sculpture has officially been completed. The sculpture, titled “a circular sculpture about usefulness amongst other things,” was designed by San Diego-based artist Roy McMakin.
The McMakin piece, which is composed of tall yellow poles that display the words “Things Change” and “Change Things,” is meant to highlight the...
The U.S. has a far higher poverty rate than other affluent democracies. Considerable research demonstrates that poverty is likely “fundamental causes” of disease that also affect its outcome. Poverty embodies access to important resources which consequently can mean the maintained association with disease even when intervention mechanisms change.
A study led by David Brady, a UCR professor of public policy,...
Just in time for Halloween, Transportation Services is partnering with LifeStream Blood Bank to bring back their Donations for Citations Program on Oct. 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Donors will receive full credit toward a parking violation up to $75 for every pint donated. This program not only offers UCR students, faculty and staff an alternative...
In November 2018, the Department of Education released new regulatory proposals to Title IX. According to the press release the “proposed rule seeks to ensure that all schools clearly understand their legal obligations under Title IX and that all students clearly understand their options and rights.” However, Betsy DeVos and the department, through notice and comment, (a process by...