A group of ASUCR senators is working to bring representatives from various ethnic and gender programs together in a diversity council that supporters say would give the programs greater representation in ASUCR and enable them to work toward common goals more easily.
“The diversity council is really about working on things in solidarity with one another,” CHASS Senator Abraham Galvan...
Palestinian civil rights activist Omar Barghouti visited UC Riverside last Tuesday afternoon to give a 30-minute lecture about pressing issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The lecture was met with criticism from a few attendees, however, as some questioned both Barghouti’s talking points and the merit of CHASS F1RST for presenting the lecture and offering credit to students who attended...
Island habitat linked to tameness in lizards
UCR professor Theodore Garland and two other researchers have published a study that confirms that island-dwelling lizards take longer to flee from predators than their mainland counterparts, a trait in island-dwelling animals that has long been observed, but never proven.
The study chiefly measured flight initiation distance, or the distance at which prey begins...
UC undergraduate admissions offices across the 10 campuses reported a total of 6.2 percent system increase in freshman applicants for the 2014 fall quarter — an increase of 8,692 students as compared to last year.
UC Riverside saw a relatively small application increase this year compared to other UCs across the state. According to data released by the UC Office...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation and expansion of academic knowledge in literature and art, recently awarded a grant of $405,000 to UC Riverside’s Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR). The grant will fund the development of new software that will be used to update and revise the English Short-Title Catalog (ESTC)....
Famed economist Richard Wolff gave a 90-minute talk about Marxism to UC Riverside students and community members this past Thursday.
“Maybe the U.S. can do better than capitalism,” Wolff argued throughout his talk, calling the economic system one of gross inequality. Throughout the speech, Wolff consistently drove home the point that terms such as capitalism and socialism should be studied...
Three UC chancellors and UC President Janet Napolitano met with President Barack Obama on Thursday, Jan. 16 to participate in an education summit designed to address education accessibility for low-income students. Over 100 college and university presidents joined UC Merced, San Diego and Berkeley chancellors at the summit.
In his speech to the university leaders, President Obama stated that he...
A state law affecting the rights of transgender students was implemented on Jan. 1, 2014, despite attempts from opposing groups to place a proposed referendum on this year’s state ballot; the referendum would give California voters the power to decide whether or not to overturn the School Success and Opportunity Act (SSOA).
The SSOA allows K-12 students to participate in...
UCR has announced that a 10.92-acre solar farm — the largest at any UC campus — will provide three megawatts of renewable energy to the campus starting in July 2014.
“It fulfills the vision of the university,” Director of Sustainability John Cook said in an interview. “It helps us with our sustainability efforts, it gives us an opportunity for research,...
Gov. Jerry Brown recently released his state budget proposal for the 2014-15 year, outlining a plan to allocate $12.8 billion to higher education. According to the budget, the University of California (UC) system would receive an increase of $142.2 million next year in state funding — an addition to the $2.8 billion that the university has been allocated in...