In light of recent crimes occurring on or near campus, Chancellor Conoley announced the formation of a task force designed to improve safety at UC Riverside.
In an email sent out to UC Riverside students on Feb. 14, Conoley said that she wants the task force to examine current activities in order to make recommendations about further measures that will...
UCR researchers identify pathological trigger of Ireland’s potato famine
The Phytophthora devastated potato crops in Ireland almost 150 years ago. Since then, scientists have long wondered why these pathogens were so destructive. Recently, UCR researchers managed to answer that very question.
UCR Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology Wenbo Ma and her research team have identified how the pathogen can...
The UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) is expected to accrue a deficit of $57.4 million by the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year. According to the UCR Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), this may lead to increased student health care premiums of $63 for undergraduate and $161 for graduate students per quarter.
UCOP once worked with the actuary...
Senators delivered reports on the upcoming ASUCR spring elections and systemwide campus climate survey on Feb. 13 in the Senate Chambers. Other notable topics included loosening restrictions to allow student organizations to schedule finance and budget hearings.
The Student Recreation Center is one of many locations that ASUCR has often used as a polling site for their spring elections. Due...
In an endeavor to develop international education techniques for both itself and UCR, Tohoku University of Japan is using a $10 million grant to institute the Tohoku Center at UCR Extension. President of Tohoku University Susumu Satomi was present at the grand opening of the program on Feb. 11.
The grant money would be used to develop what officials call...
ASUCR’s Feb. 6 senate meeting witnessed a series of reports ranging from the upcoming spring elections, a resolution to support a statewide student association and wrapping a “crumbling C” in green vinyl wrap for Earth day.
Due to sediment erosion over the next five years, the “C” on the Box Springs Mountains is expected to fall apart, according to ASUCR...
Update: Authorities have a "reasonable belief" that Dorner died in a cabin fire after a police standoff in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Former LAPD officer and Navy reservist Christopher Jordan Dorner is suspected of murdering three people last week, including one Riverside police officer in a shooting rampage throughout the Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange Counties.
In an 18-page manifesto released...
The organization also celebrated its distinction as the first LGBT center in the University of California system.
The event began with a brunch and was followed by a speech by a number of coordinators and directors, including UCR Chancellor Jane Conoley. The conference then broke out into individual sessions throughout the Highlander Union Building. Amongst these breakout sessions included roundtable...
ASUCR unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 6 that condemned the ruling in the Citizens United Supreme Court case. Senators welcomed passage of the resolution, hoping to mobilize other UC campuses to follow suit and support greater transparency within campaign financing.
The 2010 ruling allows unions and corporations the right to donate an unrestricted amount of money for the sole purpose...
The Center for Spintronic Materials, Interfaces and Novel Architectures (C-SPIN) is a new nationwide research center seeking to unearth the future of microelectronics. Headquartered at the University of Minnesota, C-SPIN will focus on the development of spin-based computing and memory system technologies.
On Jan. 17, three UCR scientists and engineers—who are members of C-SPIN—received $3 million of a $28 million...