On Friday, Nov. 13 ASUCR held their second State of the Association (SOTA) meeting of the year, where ex-officios are able to share their reports for the past month.
Vice President of External Affairs, Vincent Rasso, shared that this month, his office met with UC President Michael Drake and received commitments from the UC Office of the President (UCOP) to...
The UC Board of Regents meeting was held in conjunction with a two-day joint advocacy event that allowed UC students and regents to lobby Sacramento lawmakers. UC President Mark Yudof delivered a State of the University address after nearly 13 UC medical union workers were arrested by police for holding a sit-in protest at the onset of the meeting....
The R’Garden was started in 2012 by students, for students. It became a place for the student body to gather safely and grow their own produce. Currently, its location is the midpoint between the university and the city, and hosts a plethora of events and services for the community of Riverside. The R’Garden encourages engagements in education regarding food...
Last November, the Highlander spoke with Andy Plumley, assistant vice chancellor of Auxiliary Services, regarding student concerns of restricted parking on campus. Three months later, new information has become available which illustrates the significance of congestion on campus and the possible solutions conveyed by the administration of UCR’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS).
In an interview with Jose Cortez-Hernandez, ASUCR’s...
Published in the New Phytologist Trust journal on Feb. 19, a paper titled “Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species” takes a closer look at how Amazonian tropical trees handle droughts. Conducted by a team including UC Riverside Professor of Physiological Ecology Louis S. Santiago and a team including...
On Tuesday, April 4, UCR Assistant Professor of Chemistry Chao Wang, along with several other researchers, announced that they designed a new type of polymer that has the capability of healing itself. This polymer has the ability to stretch up to 50 times its size as well as “stitch itself” back together within 24 hours, should there be a...
New protest response guidelines have been released at UC Berkeley in the midst of ongoing demonstrations aimed at the state’s disinvestment in higher education. The recently witnessed events, including the pepper-spray incident at UC Davis and the use of police batons at UC Berkeley, have attributed to the efforts of many campuses (UC Riverside included) to develop new measures...
On Feb. 18, University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the creation of the Presidential Public Service Fellowship program with the intent to spark UC undergraduate interest in pursuing public service careers. This program will provide $2,500 in need-based financial support to students who apply and are accepted into either the UC Washington Program (UCDC) or the UC Center...
Health care reform and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were the primary topics of part two of the Meet the Ballot Political Speakers Series on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Panelists included Dr. Bradley Gilbert, CEO of Inland Empire Health Plan, Lisa Folberg, Vice President Medical and Regulatory Policy, California Medical Association, Dr. Rebecca Patchin, Chair on the Board of Trustees...
In March of last year and largely due to the hardships brought about by the global pandemic, the University of California (UC) announced that they were going to suspend the standardized testing component of the application process for every campus. They stipulated that the SAT and ACT could be submitted as part of an applicant’s profile if they so...