Lawsuit filed against UCR by former business dean

David Stewart, the former dean of UC Riverside’s School of Business Administration recently filed a lawsuit against the university, accusing UCR and of “misallocating and misusing the professional degree fees” of students. According to Stewart,...

Professor gives lecture on 19th century French anti-Semitism

On Thursday, April 14, associate professor of literature at UC Santa Cruz, Dorian Bell, visited UCR to give a talk entitled, “Axes of Otherness: Jews, Imperial Capitalism, and the Politics of Scale.” The talk...

UCR researcher to market color-changing nanocrystal technology

In 2007, UC Riverside associate professor of chemistry and nanotechnologist Yadong Yin discovered a way to use magnets to change the color of iron oxide solution. By adjusting the strength of a magnetic field...

California primary election results showcase a medley of landslides and close contests

The California primary elections to decide candidates for November’s contests were held Tuesday, June 5. In accordance with the “jungle primary” system in California, the top two candidates for each office, regardless of political...

UCR announces new efforts to establish the School of Public Policy

UCR Chancellor Timothy White recently announced the establishment of the UCR School of Public Policy (SPP) in an open letter to the UCR community. The new school will focus on policy issues concerning the Inland...

UCR’s Entrepreneurial Center receives $499,000 Grant from Economic Development Administration

The Riverside Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept and Innovation Center (EPIC) has received a grant for $499,000 from the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build and develop training programs for prospective entrepreneurs provided...
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News in Brief — UCR COVID-19 laboratory expands in response to growing demands

COVID-19 cases are continuing to rise, with Riverside County’s coronavirus-related hospitalizations doubling since the beginning of November. In response, just two months past its official opening, the UCR diagnostic laboratory has expanded, adding more...

Riverside naming new Vietnamese sister city causes outrage

Around 200 protesters from Westminster and Garden Grove, Calif. met at Riverside City Hall on Thursday to join against naming Can Tho, Vietnam, a sister city of Riverside. The partnership is considered controversial due...

ASPB cancels all spring events amid coronavirus concerns

All events hosted by the UCR Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) have been canceled until further notice according to a post published on ASPB’s Instagram page on Monday, March 16. The cancellation...

UC Riverside receives thousands to assist undocumented students

UC Riverside will receive a one-time allocation of $512,000 from the University Office of the President (UCOP) to support undocumented students, according to campus officials. Back in Oct. 2013, UC President Janet Napolitano began a...