On Saturday June 15, a protest titled “Impeach Trump” was hosted in Riverside and took place on the sidewalk at Trautwein Road and Van Buren Boulevard. The protest was one of many planned throughout Southern California calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.
The protest began at approximately 1 p.m. and began with about 20 protestors. Throughout the duration...
During the ASUCR meeting on Wednesday May 29, the newly elected senate began their term after the conclusion of the 2018-19 senate members’ last meeting.
During new business, Abigail Cortes, the newly elected executive vice president, stated that ASUCR Constitutional Amendment Three, which was on the elections ballot this year and passed, increased the number of ASUCR senators by two....
On May 29 ASUCR held special elections in the ASUCR Senate Chambers beginning at 8:35 p.m. to fill the president pro tempore, marketing and promotions director and elections director positions vacancies.
After the ninth ASUCR senate meeting, the newly elected ASUCR senate members occupied their seats at the horseshoe. Positions for president pro tempore, marketing and promotions director and elections...
On May 29, the ninth ASUCR senate meeting of the quarter began at 6:35 p.m. This was the last meeting for senators who served in the 2018-2019 school year. The new senate-elect officially sat on the horseshoe after the conclusion of the meeting.
CNAS Senator Abigail Cortes invited Associate Professor of History Juliette Levy to discuss the plan to establish...
In an interview with the Highlander, Julian Gonzalez, the newly elected ASUCR president for the 2019-2020 school year discussed his hopes for his future as ASUCR president.
Gonzalez is currently a third-year political science major. He is 20 years old and is from San Jose, California. After college, Gonzalez hopes to go to law school and become involved in state...
WeHousing, a booking company that focuses on housing international students living in the U.S., has allegedly failed to pay rent for a number of students at UCR who do business with WeHousing.
Scott Talkov, the assistant director of the legal clinic at UCR and a real estate, business and media litigation attorney at the law firm of Reid & Hellyer,...
According to a UCR Reddit post by Justin Hsieh whose username on Reddit is u/Saber Sabre, multi-level marketing (MLM) advertisements are being shown at UC Riverside. The post was made on Feb. 20.
Hsieh, is a third-year material science and engineering major. During Hsieh’s sophomore year, a friend provided Hsieh with an opportunity for part-time work. According to Hsieh, the...
On May 29 ASUCR held a Ted Talk event about global perspectives at 6:30 p.m. in HUB 265. With the aid of ASUCR President Semi Cole, the event was hosted by the chair of the international student committee, Harrison Liang. The event consisted of seven international and domestic students who spoke about their global experiences of traveling throughout the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), a U.S. government agency that supports research and education in the non-medical fields of science and engineering, recently awarded UCR and the Riverside Unified School District a grant of $1.19 million in order to provide a high school curriculum that addresses air quality.
The grant will create the Riverside Air Monitoring Project (RAMP) which will...
UCR has received a $2.5 million grant from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to obtain equipment for the first wet lab incubator in the Inland Empire. The wet lab incubator is 3,000 square feet and is centrally located on the first floor of the Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB).
The wet lab incubator will be equipped to accommodate regional companies in...