UC Riverside researchers’ discovery of a relationship between a protein and short-term memory could lead to new treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease. The link between the beta-arrestin protein to learning and memory functions has never been identified prior to this groundbreaking research.Professor Iryna M. Ethell and Crystal Pontrello, a postdoctoral researcher in Ethell’s lab, made the discovery...
Members of Occupy UC Riverside have disbanded their tent encampment within a week of Chancellor White’s call for the removal of the tents. The tents, which were initially located next to the Bell Tower but then moved to the lawns in front of the Humanities Building, had maintained their presence on campus for nearly a month after the UC...
The process of reforming UC San Francisco’s (UCSF) business model has begun with the appointment of 13 leaders to serve in the “Future of UCSF” committee. The initiative, which was first announced by UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann during the UC regents meetings at UC Riverside, will seek to reevaluate the graduate school’s relationship with the University of California. Desmond-Hellmann...
In an effort to prevent future tuition increases in the UC system, UC Berkeley Professor Brian Barsky and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader have worked towards creating a tuition-limiting initiative to put on the November state ballot. “The key idea is to use the tool of direct democracy — the initiatives that we can put on the California ballot....
With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), UC Riverside has bestowed a $30,000 stipend and a full-ride scholarship to nine UC Riverside graduate students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. The goal of the funds is to promote involvement and attract more underrepresented minority students to STEM fields. The funds are part of a two-year, $988,000...
According to a UC San Francisco (UCSF) study, a new statewide ballot initiative which aims to increase the cigarette tax may lead to a creation of 12,000 jobs and $1.9 billion in new economic growth for California. The research on the bill, called the California Cancer Research Act (CCRA), was conducted by UC San Francisco (UCSF) Professor Stanton Glantz.
If...
UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White has called for the removal of the Occupy Movement’s on-campus tent encampment. “The encampment on our campus is not sustainable, for reasons of public safety, health, practicality, and law,” stated White in a campus-wide email sent out on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The campsite, which was set up prior to last month’s UC regents meeting,...
Assembly Speaker John Pérez (D-Los Angeles) announced legislation to the state Capitol Feb. 8 that would provide for University of California and California State University students with annual household incomes not exceeding $150,000 a grant that, combined with other financial aid, would cover 60 percent of fees.
This bill, AB 1501, hinges on the passing of AB 1500, which would...
As worldwide rates of obesity and diabetes diagnoses increase, researchers at the UC San Francisco (UCSF) say that sugar intake should now be regulated, much like alcohol and tobacco. The researchers suggest that sugar may be responsible for nearly 35 million deaths related to diabetes, heart disease and cancer—all of which are exacerbated by obesity.
UCSF colleagues Robert Lustig, Laura...
The ASUCR Senate meeting on Feb. 9 witnessed the passage of a resolution that bans the use of laptops during ASUCR senator elections and the selection of a new elections chair. The use of laptop campaigning had been widely used during past elections in which laptop-bearing candidates would approach students and ask for a vote—a practice that had been allowed...