TAPS directors shines light on UCR’s parking situation
Frustration with parking amongst UCR students has been no secret since the start of the 2016-2017 school year. With UCR welcoming its largest incoming freshman class in the university’s history in fall 2016, the...
UCR hosts water symposium to discuss water scarcity and climate change
On Thursday, May 12, UCR held an interdisciplinary water symposium, “Turbulent Futures: Water and Climate Change in Times of Crisis” from 4:15-6 p.m. in Winston Chung Hall 205. The conference was hosted by the...
ASUCR discusses electronic voting, housing assistance for students
The second to last ASUCR meeting of the quarter was held Wednesday, Nov. 28 in HUB 221 at 6:30 p.m. and focused on plans for next quarter including the election coming up which will...
Highlander Exclusive: An interview with Senator Kevin de Leon
Nearly 100 students and guests packed the Alumni and Visitors Center’s Redmond Dining Room for a chance to personally interact with California State Senator Kevin de Leon (D-Los Angeles) in a town hall-style event....
CALPIRG begins “Affordable Textbook” campaign
On Thursday, Nov. 29, The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) at UCR launched their Affordable Textbooks Campaign. The campaign calls for increased affordability and accessibility of course materials.
According to Noe Torres, campaign coordinator...
UC Riverside plant geneticist elected to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Science (NAS) has granted membership to University of California, Riverside genetics professor, Julia Bailey-Serres, in recognition of her research on the flood tolerance of rice plants.
In 2011, Bailey-Serres, alongside...
University of California patents prove to be profitable throughout system schools
Patents on developments such as the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, the nicotine patch used to help cigarette-smokers crush their habit and the Camarosa strawberry have all helped to bring in revenue into the UC...
California colleges may begin gauging size of LGBT community
California state colleges and universities may soon be asking students about their sexual orientation on application forms as part of an effort to determine whether campuses are thoroughly servings its student populations. The move
has...
UCR physics and astronomy department educates public on lunar eclipses
A lecture on lunar eclipses was held in Bourns Hall Room A265 Friday, September 25, before the super moon total lunar eclipse that took place Sunday night. The talk was conducted by Mario De...
UCR researchers use DNA splicing to prevent Zika virus, dengue fever
On Oct. 1, 2018, Distinguished Professor of Entomology Alexander Raikhel and Lin Ling, a postdoctoral scholar at UCR, published their research on the genetic foundation for chemical receptors responsible for the growth, metabolism and...