In protest of future tuition increases, student demonstrators temporarily halted the UC Board of Regents meeting which took place from Nov.13-15—just one week after voters approved Proposition 30. Convening at the UCSF Mission Bay, the regents passed the 2013-2014 fiscal budget, which included a request of $267 million in additional state funding, meant to prevent a 24 percent increase...
On Nov 5. it was announced that the UC Path Center, the University of California’s consolidated payroll and human resources operations, will be established at an unoccupied three-story office building in the city of Riverside.
Built with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) features, the building also known as the Intellicenter-Riverside is located in the Meridian Business Park. First...
ASUCR held its weekly Senate meeting on Nov. 8 following Tuesday night’s decisive election results. At the forefront of discussion was the successful passage of Proposition 30 and collaborative efforts for voter registration. During the Legislative Review Committee (LRC) report, ASPB sought passage of various constitutional alterations and a stipend increase, amounting to 82 percent dating back to the...
With post-election fervor running high, UC student regents Jonathan Stein and Cinthia Flores held a presentation at the UCR on Nov.8. As part of a systemwide tour, the student regents met students and discussed Governor Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30, which passed with a 54 to 46 percent margin just two days prior.
“It was the beginning of meaningful reinvestment of...
Chemists at UCR have found that red-haired, fair-skinned individuals contain a skin pigment that may in itself cause the production of UV-independent melanoma. Through experimentation on strains of albino and red-haired mince, findings suggest that the use of sunscreen may not reduce the risk of skin cancer for red-hair individuals.
“We provide a very key piece of evidence to support...
As one of many ongoing projects this year, the Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) program will replace 244 toilets in the OBAN Student Apartment Complex with new, high-efficiency models. The UCR Office of Housing, Dining & Residential Services collaborated with WMWD and other local agencies on the program as part of the continuing effort to improve sustainability.
“UCR has a...
UC Berkeley selects new chancellor
Last March, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau announced that he would step down as chancellor of UC Berkeley. After his announcement, an advisory committee consisting of UC faculty, students, regents, alumni and foundation representatives began the search for potential applicants. Columbia University’s Executive Vice President Nicholas B. Dirks was selected to be the 10th chancellor of...
From Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, delegates from the UCR Model United Nations (UN) team were stranded in Washington, D.C. due to Hurricane Sandy–a treacherous extratropical storm which plowed through the East Coast in late October.
Nearly 500 student delegates from all over the world attended the Model United Nations conference, which took place from Oct. 26-29 in Washington, D.C.....
Professor of theatre Tiffany Ana López has been named the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair—a title named in honor of UCR’s first Latino chancellor. López shares a similar background to Rivera’s in that they are both descendants of migrant farm workers, and went on to achieve reputations as prominent scholars.
As the newly-elected endowed chair, Lopez will financially assist a senior...
Two UC researchers to receive 2012 Nobel Prize
On Oct. 15, Lloyd S. Shapley, a UCLA professor of mathematics and economics, and Shinya Yamanaka, a senior investigator at UCSF, were honored with the 2012 Nobel Prize. Each award is shared with two previously-recognized researchers: John B. Gurdon of the Gurdon Institute in Cambridge and Alvin E. Roth from Harvard...