A psychiatry residency program, sponsored by the UCR School of Medicine and the Riverside County Department of Mental Health, has received accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the national regulatory body in charge of overseeing graduate medical training programs across the United States.
“The goal of this new residency training program is not only to train...
After several months of planning, postering and advertising, seven candidates for elected positions within ASUCR were revealed to be disqualified — a mere four days prior to the beginning of the the 2014-15 ASUCR elections. Some of the disqualifications allegedly occurred due to poor grades.
The disqualified candidates included Elizabeth Gamboa, Mohammad Hussein, Alexander Mastache and Ranjit Nair of SIDE...
Former UCR chancellor and renowned physicist Raymond L. Orbach returned to UCR on Friday, April 25, to give a lecture on “Science and Diplomacy” to students and the general public at UCR’s genomics auditorium.
Having worked for the Department of Energy under former U.S. President George W. Bush, Orbach played a pivotal role in founding the international nuclear fusion research...
Lead by the UCR Bagpipe Band, a procession of regents, faculty and distinguished administrators, welcomed Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox as the ninth Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside on April 24. Last in this line was Wilcox himself, who just prior to beginning his walk down an aisle made up of the now-seated dignitaries was approached by a...
Emotions were high when senate resolution 18 (SR 18), calling for divestment from companies that allegedly profit from human rights abuses against the Palestinian people, scraped past the ASUCR senate at a close margin of 8-7-0. The resolution, spearheaded by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), was voted under a secret ballot vote and drew over 150 audience members...
By a 6-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Michigan’s decision to ban the consideration of race, ethnicity or gender — also known as affirmative action — when students apply to public universities.
Michigan, like California, previously passed a ballot initiative that banned affirmative action. Ever since the ballot initiative was passed in 2006, Michigan has debated the...
Thirteen solar-powered benches that feature outlets for students to recharge their portable devices were installed all across UCR last week.
The concept of the benches, according to Sustainable UCR, started in 2010 after a group of students wanted to find a way to charge their devices in an environmentally friendly way. After four years of planning, the solar-powered benches are...
UCR was once again recognized in the fifth annual Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges for 2014 as one of the top green colleges in North America.
The schools were selected based on a 2013 survey of administrators from hundreds of four-year colleges across the United States and Canada. Data includes the school course offerings, infrastructure, extracurricular activities and...
The ASUCR senate is currently voting on a controversial divestment resolution. Follow the events live on our YouTube page at UCRChannelH:
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The ASUCR senate confirmed that SR 18, “A Resolution for Neutrality: Dissociation from U.S. Corporations Profiting from Occupation” will be voted upon on April 23. SR 18 was introduced to the senate by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) — the same student organization that attempted to bring forth a similar resolution about divestment that failed to pass back...