“Zoombombing,” also known as the unwanted disruption of Zoom online classes, has been occurring at schools across the country. At UCR, classes have been interrupted by people who hack into these spaces from outside of campus and other students who have received virtual classroom links.These individuals then spread racist, sexist, homophobic or other discriminatory language and interrupt...
In winter quarter of 2018, UCR rolled out a new requirement for students to promise to pay their tuition along with other campus charges. Since then, students have been required annually to sign the Financial Responsibility Agreement (FRA) that appears in a pop-up window when they log into their R’Web. The purpose of the agreement is for...
On Thursday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Education, in accordance with provisions within the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, released a distribution plan that states the exact allocations each higher institution will receive to support students financially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020 by...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCR Economic Crisis Response Team (ECRT) has increased its case-based basic needs support for students who have been impacted by externalities resulting from the pandemic. Formed in January of 2019, the ECRT, according to the UCR Basic Needs website, is a cross-campus collaboration with representatives from Financial Aid, Housing,...
ASUCR held their third meeting of the quarter on April 15 via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the UCR campus closure.
ASUCR passed SB-S20-001: ASUCR Highlander Spirit during Committee Reports. This senate bill would change the name of the Highlander Pride committee to Highlander Spirit. The Highlander Pride is a committee...
UCR along with universities throughout the country have transformed into completely remote institutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an exclusive email interview with The Highlander, Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox discussed UCR’s handling of the campus closure.
Wilcox stated that over the past weeks, UCR has collectively transformed the...
The second ASUCR meeting of spring quarter took place on April 8 via Zoom.
During Committee Reports, ASUCR Elections Director Dyanna Castaneda proposed changes to the ASUCR 2020 Elections. Voting week, which was originally scheduled to begin April 20 and end April 24, would be pushed back to begin on April 27 and end...
The coronavirus pandemic has left many questions unanswered surrounding the long term effects it will carry with it. UCR researchers have been working to analyze these effects and inform the Riverside community about the potential future of the pandemic.
In an interview with The Highlander, Epidemiologist Brandon Brown and Research Manager for the Center...
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Information Technology Solutions (ITS) has announced UCR’s latest virtual computer lab (VLab) service run through Apporto. The VLab gives students access to common classroom software that they may not have access to given the campus closures and will be available following the closures as well. A campuswide email...