UC Riverside is offering four online courses, ranging from computer science to dance, through UC Online — a Web-based module that just unveiled 16 other online courses. Through cross-campus and simultaneous enrollment, UCR students may take online classes from another UC for credit, but UC Online is also available to the public.
For the 2014 winter quarter, UCR is offering...
UCR engineers showcased an energy conversion system at the UC’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), which can turn agricultural or human waste into a form of clean energy. The system uses a process called “steam hydro-gasification,” which cleanly burns the waste in a pressurized reactor at nearly 1,400 degrees.
Through the , system, carbon-based materials, such as garden...
Amazon will begin Sunday deliveries
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos seeks to cement ties with the U.S. Postal Service by launching Sunday deliveries for Amazon, one of the largest online retail stores in the country.
“As online shopping continues to increase, the Postal Service is very happy to offer shippers like Amazon the option of having packages delivered on Sunday,” said Patrick...
A “college-aged” woman was robbed of her backpack and cell phone on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 6:15 p.m., according to a mass campus email sent by the UC Police Department (UCPD).
The victim was walking by the west side of the Barn when a female suspect tugged at her backpack. After a brief confrontation between the two, the suspect fled...
The U.S. Senate voted in favor of a bill entitled Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Nov. 7, which prohibits employers from making employment decisions, such as hiring, firing, promoting or compensating an employee, based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. This bill extends workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees.
In a televised speech, President...
UC President Janet Napolitano announced her intent to freeze tuition for the 2014-15 academic year, as part of a long-term strategy she presented during her first UC Board of Regents meeting, from Nov. 12-14. This would be the third consecutive year of tuition freezes in nearly a decade of state divestment from the 10 UC campuses during poor economic...
Opponents of AB 1266 are gearing up to repeal the state law regarding transgender students, — planned for implementation in Jan. 2014 — which will allow K-12 students to participate in athletic programs and use facilities such as locker rooms and restrooms of another gender. The law sparked both outrage and support throughout the nation, particularly from church organizations...
A new computer model created by UCR Sociologist Robert Nash Parker and Indio Police Chief Richard P. Twiss will allow law enforcement agencies to better predict where a crime is likely to occur by analyzing data of hotspot crime locations.
The Indio Police Department (IPD) has addressed burglary and other crime-related activities within the city, based on the data found....
UC President Janet Napolitano continued her month-long tour of each of the 10 UC campuses this past Monday, Nov. 4 with a trip to UC Riverside. It proved to be an eventful visit full of meetings and discussions with administrators, faculty members and student leaders, in addition to protests by some of her fiercest critics.
Campus meetings
The sky was cloudy...
Beginning Jan. 2, 2014, UCR will implement the campus-wide policy of maintaining a nicotine-free environment, which will apply to all students, faculty members, staff, contractors and visitors.
The new policy bans the use of cigarettes, tobacco, electronic-cigarettes, unregulated nicotine and other smokeless tobacco products such as chewing tobacco on campus. Partial exemptions to the policy will be granted for research,...