UC Davis Professor of Enology Andrew Waterhouse presented a lecture about wine grapes entitled Vinifera: A Responsive Source of Secondary Products in the UCR Genomics auditorium last Wednesday, May 20. The hour-long lecture attracted a crowd that consisted primarily of graduate and botany students.
Waterhouse began his talk with a brief introduction on some of the variables that can have...
Let me preface this review by stating: this is a cruel and complex film, for a cruel and complex reality. "Sicario" which means “hitman” in Spanish, is Denis Villeneuve's fourth film and stars Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. The narrative focuses on a state agent, Kate Mercer (Emily Blunt) who is recruited by a federal task...
Professor at the UCR Graduate School of Education Rollanda O’Connor has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Educational Sciences to fund her ongoing research on how to improve reading, writing and language development in middle school children with learning disabilities.
The three-year project that O’Connor is currently working on titled, “Vocabulary CHAAOS:...
Science fiction is a hard genre to tackle. All the great sci-fi films from “Star Wars” to “Blade Runner” have envisioned futuristic settings with such acute sense of aesthetic and thematic weight that any new additions to the genre cannot help but seem derivative. Careful hands must come together to fabricate entire worlds filled with enough idiosyncrasies to provide...
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, UCR held its New Student Convocation on Pierce Lawn. This year’s convocation was the largest one ever held, with an estimated attendance of 4,600 students comprised of both incoming freshmen and transfer students.
Welcoming the students to the ceremony was the UCR Highlander Band conducted by Giovanni Mayoral. The UCR Pipe Band, which was a collection...
Residential complaints about disruptive noise levels, public indecencies and trash-filled lawns caused by out-of-control parties have spurred the Riverside City Council to pass a new housing measure that may potentially constrain student housing in the region.
Passed on Aug. 13 by a 5-2 majority, the new housing regulation requires homeowners to obtain a permit when leasing to more than two...
This week’s ASUCR senate meeting saw the continuation of discussion involving the judicial council’s ruling to not validate elections results. ASUCR also passed a resolution calling for the resignation or termination of a “sensitive individual” named Lorraine Jones from the Riverside Community College District because of her mishandling of a sexual assault case.
ASUCR Chief Justice Simon Ho, a fourth-year...
On Oct. 8, Chancellor Kim Wilcox hosted his first town hall meeting at the University Theatre to share his vision and plans for leading the university onwardwith the UCR community. He also engaged in open conversation with the public and humbly solicited advice from faculty, staff and students.
“As the new guy here, I need as much advice and orientation...
Reflecting on his diplomatic experiences in Italy, Vietnam and Iraq, Korean General Consul Hyun-myung Kim spoke of how South Korea transformed from being one of the poorest to richest nations over the past 50 years. His lecture was organized by the Young Kim Center for Korean American Studies (YOK) last Thursday in CHASS 1128.
Kim says that the “Korean wave,”...
Name: Analise Gay
Year: 3rd year
Major: English
Country: York, United Kingdom
Area of Study: English
Before leaving for the United Kingdom I told numerous friends that I thought I might cry when border officials finally stamped my passport. While no actual tears fell, the moment was still surreal as a Heathrow official welcomed me to the country. Now that I’ve been here at...