Cancelled Heat concert cost nearly $600,000
$570,000 — that’s the reported amount that was spent on the cancelled Heat Music Festival this year. Of that amount, about $330,000 was paid to headliners such as Childish Gambino, Madeon, Ciara and other artists...
First pass of enrollment unit cap increases to 17 units
As waves of class enrollment open up from Feb. 10 to early March, UCR students are once again heading into the class-hunting season. In a big break from the historical 16-unit cap constraint, the...
Researchers from UC San Diego, UC Riverside and Mexico collaborate on skull implant
A team comprised of researchers from UC San Diego, UC Riverside and three research institutions from Puebla, Mexico gathered at UC Riverside for a two-day symposium to discuss their biomedical project titled, “Window to...
In Pictures: Riverside remembers Charlottesville
Approximately 250 people gathered at Riverside City Hall on Sunday, August 13 to remember those lost to the August 12 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rally, which was led by white supremacist and Ku...
Search committee launched for ninth chancellor of UCR
Nearly a month after Jane Close Conoley was named the interim chancellor of UC Riverside in October 2012, a 17-member search committee was appointed to find a permanent replacement for former UCR chancellor Timothy...
PODER drops banner in the HUB for Opportunity for All campaign
On Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 11:00 a.m., Providing Opportunities, Dreams and Education in Riverside (PODER) dropped a banner in the Highlander Union Building (HUB) reading “4000+ UNDOCU Students Barred From EMPLOYMENT #O4ALL.” The banner...
Apple acknowledges UCR grad student for locating flaws in OS security, receives international recognition
On Jan. 22, Apple released a security content update for its mac Operating System (macOS) and acknowledged UCR grad student and doctoral candidate Fatemah Alharbi for her contributions to the patch.
Alharbi’s contributions are attributed...
ASUCR approves food pantry bylaws
Members of ASUCR unanimously approved the passage of the Food Pantry Planning and Implementation Committee’s bylaws, bringing UCR one step closer to implementing a program that will help feed countless hungry students.
The bylaws state...
ASUCR-sponsored Bear’s Den celebrates grand opening
Thursday, Jan. 23 marked the grand opening of the ASUCR Bear’s Den, a lounge-like room located in HUB 105, which will serve as a multipurpose area for any registered student organization (RSO) on campus...
Assemblymen and educators meet to discuss how to improve college attendance rates
A recent meeting between educators and lawmakers from the Inland Empire was held to discuss how to raise college attendance in the area. Chancellor Kim Wilcox represented UCR and highlighted about the university’s rise...