As homelessness rises in Southern California, the Dean’s Brand Ambassadors and UCR’s School of Public Policy (SPP) hosted a panel of policy practitioners from various social services agencies across Southern California to discuss what can be done about the issue.
The panel, held on March 4, was comprised of Armando Gonzalez, a human services...
The UCR Inland Center for Sustainable Development (ISCD) hosted a Randall Lewis Seminar on Thursday, March 5 featuring Greg Deveraux, former chief executive officer (CEO) of San Bernardino County and former city manager of Ontario and Fontana. Devereaux spoke about his experience working in local government as well as the progress he has witnessed in regards to...
On Thursday, Feb. 27, New York Times op-ed columnist David Leonhardt presented on both the evolution of modern journalism as well as some of the obstacles modern journalists face for the 51st Hays Press-Enterprise lecture. The event was held at the UC Riverside Extension Center.
Leonhardt is the latest in a long line of...
On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the Los Angeles Times (LAT) published an Op-Ed written by UCR Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox in which Wilcox wrote that dropping the SATs could make UC admissions more biased.
In an interview with The Highlander, Wilcox stated that he believes eliminating the SATs from the admissions process would impact inequities...
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, ASUCR held their eighth senate meeting of the quarter.
During Public Forum, Amanda Riggle, a second-year English doctoral candidate, spoke in support of SR-W20-004 Solidarity for COLA and UC Graduate Students Act which would be presented during Committee Reports under LRC. The cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) movement is demanding an increase...
On Tuesday, Feb. 25, the Multidisciplinary Research Building (MRB) and the Office of Technology Partnerships hosted their first inaugural Lunch and Learn to discuss MRB’s Life Science’s incubator. The incubator's first tenant, Murrieta Genomics, is partnering with Beckman Coulter, to provide the free monthly series on the last Tuesday of each month in the MRB Seminar Room...
On Thursday, Feb. 27 at approximately 2:15 p.m., students in support of the cost-of-living adjustment movement (COLA) gathered in front of Hinderaker Hall with boxes of pizza, preparing to sit in the hallway of Hinderaker Hall’s fourth floor, the location of the chancellor’s office.
According to UAW 2865, the average salary of UC-employed graduate...
The Career Center and International Affairs hosted Negotiating Your Salary & The Gender Pay Gap in celebration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., in the Career Center. The workshop was focused on helping students grow their negotiation skills, evaluate job offers and included information about the gender pay gap.
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, ASUCR held their seventh meeting of the quarter. At the previous week’s meeting on Feb.12, the senate did not meet quorum so all legislation, meeting minutes and allocations that were supposed to be voted on the week prior were on this week's agenda.
During Public Forum, GSOE Senator Evelin Castaneda...
On Wednesday, Feb. 19, GSOE Senator Evelin Castaneda publicly announced that she was resigning from her position at the ASUCR meeting. In an interview with The Highlander, Castaneda further expanded on her experience in ASUCR and the reasoning behind her resignation. Castaneda’s resignation marks the sixth resignation from ASUCR this year.
At the meeting,...