UCR: BCOE students participate the most in faculty-mentored research
Approximately 12.5 percent of the undergraduate student body participated in faculty-mentored research during the 2011-2012 school year, according to a study conducted by UCR Office of Undergraduate Education (UE). The results revealed that student participation in research differs between colleges, with BCOE at 21 percent, SOBA at 15 percent, CNAS at...
The UC preliminary freshman admissions data for the fall of the 2013-2014 school year was released on the morning of April 18. The acceptance rate for the fall applicants has surpassed previous records with an outstanding 82,850 incoming students. While California residents hold the majority of this total with nearly 60,089 admitted students, a significant decline has been reflected...
In a recent college survey conducted by Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands, UCR ranked No. 36 in overall performance among the world’s top 500 universities. UCR’s natural science and engineering departments placed into the top 10 alongside MIT, UC Santa Barbara, Harvard and Stanford.
“I am delighted that our school’s brilliant faculties...
During the ASUCR senate meeting April 24, fourteen senators unanimously passed the Armenian Genocide Commemoration Resolution thereby establishing that day as the official Remembrance Day of Armenian Genocide on campus. In hopes of increasing public transparency, the Judicial Branch has enacted a series of changes within the ASUCR elections processes and legislative voting procedures.
Addressing the Armenian Genocide
Students from the...
Student group Healing Highlanders win prestigious UC President's award
Healing Highlanders, a UCR student-run collegiate recovery community (CRC) that promotes student recovery from addiction, has been awarded the UC President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership. They are one of two campus-based organizations that was awarded a $2,000 grant to support multi-campus partnerships in teaching, research and public service. Founded in the...
After ten months of negotiations, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299—a union consisting of 13,000 Patient Care Technical Workers—will hold a vote to go on strike from April 30 to May 2, according to a press release.
Union members, consisting of UC frontline patient care and service workers, are opposed to the systemwide two-tier...
UC Riverside students were put on high alert on Thursday, April 25 after receiving word of an attempted sexual assault at the Bannockburn apartments.
The attack occurred Thursday morning after a suspect allegedly grabbed a Bannockburn staff member from behind and attempted to knock her down to the floor. According to the UCPD, the staff member, whose name is undisclosed...
UCR: Male moths use ratio-based attraction through pheromones
Thanks to some of UCR's own alumni and faculty, several questions regarding the mating patterns of moths have been answered. Distinguished Professor of Entomology and A.M. Boyce Chair Ring Cardé and former graduate student Teun Dekker both participated in international research that focused on how male moths use pheromones to find mates.
Female...
“The Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), along with the Graduate Student Association (GSA), have voted in favor of opting out of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) and choosing to go with a local, fully-insured UCR Plan,” reported Jorgelina Marin. She is one of five undergraduate representatives on the UCR Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), which assesses the...
Senate Bill 21, which requests $15 million in state funding for UCR’s School of Medicine, received unanimous, bipartisan accreditation at the Senate Education Committee last Wednesday, April 17. The bill is now being passed unto the Appropriation Committee for a comprehensive review and analysis before it can be voted on.
State funding of the School of Medicine is critical for...