Two males allegedly committed a cell phone robbery on the south side of Rustin Avenue on Jan. 11, about four blocks from campus.
The suspects, one of whom was holding a baseball bat, approached the victim as he was walking on the sidewalk. They struck him in the leg with a basketball and took his cell phone from his sweatshirt...
ZyBooks, an educational company— founded by Frank Vahid, a UCR professor of computer science and engineering, and its CEO Smita Bakshi — received a $4 million investment from Bialla Venture Partners (BVP). The investment will help develop the sales, marketing and technology aspects of the company.
ZyBooks is a type of learning material used for science, technology, engineering and...
A campus committee on safety has been proposed after a student was injured in an attempted armed robbery near the Arts Building on Monday, April 13.
At around 8:20 p.m., a student was walking toward University Avenue from Canyon Crest Drive when he was followed by two suspects in a vehicle. One of the suspects then exited the vehicle and...
Two different robberies occurred at the intersection adjacent to and on Lot 30 on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, respectively.
The first robbery happened last Thursday at the intersection of Martin Luther King Blvd and Canyon Crest Drive. The victim was approached by a man armed with a handgun who demanded the victim’s property while he was waiting in his...
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have recently reported their findings on how sleep assists in the forming of long-term memories, the first mechanistic explanation for this process, in The Journal of Neuroscience.
It is believed that sleep affects learning and the formation of long-term memories, but the reasoning behind it was not identifiably clear. A team of...
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, at approximately 11:45 p.m., a hoverboard robbery occurred by the University Village. The Riverside Police Department is currently investigating the theft.
Two women were travelling on the northeast corner of University and Iowa avenues when a black sedan approached them. The woman riding the hoverboard, was asked a question about the board by the front passenger....
Federal research funding for UCR increased by $19 million for the fiscal year, Oct. 1, 2014 through Sept. 30, 2015 — totaling $97 million in research grants and setting a new a UCR record. While grants have increased for the campus, it falls behind other UC institutions such as UCLA which received approximately $1 billion in research grants last...
Two male individuals are suspected of stealing $40 worth of pizza and products from a Domino’s delivery driver on Jan. 20. The robbery occurred in the south Bannockburn parking lot on Canyon Crest Drive, where the perpetrators are said to have fled the scene in a silver Honda Civic.
Riverside Police Department Sergeant Celeste Neiman stated that the Domino’s store...
A series of four robberies — including two home invasions — occurred near campus on the night of Feb. 17. The first incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. near Spruce Street and Watkins Drive when a suspect approached a victim who was seated in a car, and, brandishing a handgun, demanded the victim’s money. The suspect took the money and...
University of California, Riverside graduate student Shirin Oskui recently tested 3-D printing materials for toxicity as part of a National Science Foundation grant. Along with adviser William Grover — biological engineer and assistant professor at UCR — Oskui and accompanying students are the first in the world to assess these types of toxic products and their possible effects on...