UCR neuroscience alumni James Eagan Holmes appeared in Arapahoe County Court last week, where his mental cognizance is being questioned in the case of what is being referred to as the “Colorado massacre.” Holmes, who originally identified himself as “The Joker,” is accused of murdering 12 people and injuring 59 others during the midnight screening of “The Dark Knight...
UC President Mark Yudof and the UC Board of Regents, along with dozens of other universities across the nation, have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the University of Texas in a court decision on affirmative action. In the case of Fisher v. the University of Texas at Austin, challenges have been made...
The Middle Class Scholarship Act, a measure that would have cut UC and CSU fees by two-thirds for middle-class students, failed to pass the Senate on Aug 31. Authored by John A. Perez, D-Los Angeles, the legislative bill had passed the Assembly but failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds in bipartisan votes. During the final hours of the Senate...
In response to the 2011-2012 systemwide campus protests, University of California President Mark Yudof asked UC Vice President and General Counsel Charles Robinson and Berkeley Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr. for a finalized review of UC policies to demonstrations and protests. The collaborative analysis sought to improve, as well as clarify UC police and campus regulation in preventing violent...
UCR and City Recognized in Rankings
Over the summer of 2012, the University of California, Riverside was honored with several awards.
In recognition of culture, diversity and community awareness, UCR was named in the top 10 Trans-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Campus Pride, the leading national organization for LGBT, ally students and campus groups. In the fight for greater veteran accessibility...
During his quarterly town hall meeting on June 5, Chancellor White presented an overview of the current state of UCR, investments toward UC institutions and accompanying initiatives in the area of social reform. Chancellor White opened his meeting, which took place in the University Theater, by recognizing faculty achievements and the graduating class of 2012, consisting of over 5,000...
On June 8, 2012, the Intelligence Community Forum (ICF) named Riverside as the Intelligent Community of 2012 at Steiner Film Studios in Brooklyn, New York. Riverside is the first city in the U.S. to receive the award in over 10 years, in recognition of its thriving sector of technology. “You are an example of yet another community many left...
On June 4, the UCR Task Force on Speech and Assembly convened for their second meeting of the year to discuss the draft of the UC Protest Guidelines and statements from accompanying UC campuses. Another document that circulated throughout the room was the Academic Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) letter entitled “Establishing Principles to Guide University Responses to Protest,” which...
UC Board of Regents Appoint UC Provost
The former dean of UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information Studies Aimee Dorr will be serving as the next University of California provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. A special meeting by the Board of Regents on June 19 consisted of a 15-member committee and ended a national search to...
UCLA's Faculty Legislative Assembly has voted in favor of a proposal which would eliminate state funding for the Anderson School of Management program. Approval from UC President Mark G. Yudof and the Academic Senate are needed to finalize passage of the proposal. If endorsed, approximately $8 million of existing state funds would be redistributed from the Anderson School of...