$50 million withheld from UC in revised California budget plan
On Thursday, May 11, Gov. Jerry Brown released a revised budget plan for California. This budget plan will see state expenditure increase by over $3.3 billion with state agencies increasing the amount of jobs...
ASUCR highlights limited food options for commuters and Muslim students
The third ASUCR senate meeting of the quarter promptly began at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Following ex-officio reports, the Finance committee’s allocation of $7,678 overall to campus student organizations was approved 16-0-0. The...
Supreme Court hears affirmative action case
Issue 5 Correction: UCR Assistant Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP) WIlliam Kidder did not co-author the AERA brief. Kidder is part of the writing team that drafted the brief signed by 444 American Social...
Red-haired individuals prone to melanoma without sunlight exposure, UCR chemists find
Chemists at UCR have found that red-haired, fair-skinned individuals contain a skin pigment that may in itself cause the production of UV-independent melanoma. Through experimentation on strains of albino and red-haired mince, findings suggest...
CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
Student group Healing Highlanders win prestigious UC President's award
Healing Highlanders, a UCR student-run collegiate recovery community (CRC) that promotes student recovery from addiction, has been awarded the UC President’s Award for Outstanding Leadership. They...
Construction equipment stolen from UCR
About $20,000 worth of equipment was stolen from a contractor at UCR last week.
The theft took place sometime between April 12-14 at the Agricultural Operations facilities on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
As of presstime, no...
Southern Californian committee to reduce nitrogen oxide pollution
On Friday, October 16, a Southern Californian regional air district committee met with the South Coast Air Quality Management District to discuss plans concerning nitrogen oxide emission reduction.
Both nitrous acid and nitric acid are...
Highlander Newsroom 03/04/15
This week in the Highlander Newsroom, we talk about Riverside potentially legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries this summer, the laughs at Comedy Apocalypse XII and more about ASUCR's R'Gear sweatshirt giveaways.
Be sure to catch the...
UCR study explores mentality of non-tenure faculty
There is a growing dissatisfaction among full-time non-tenure track (FTNT) faculty members at colleges and universities, according to a recent study co-authored by UC Riverside Graduate School of Education Professor John S. Levin. The...
UC Davis task force report critical of police, campus officials
The much-anticipated UC Davis task force report was released last week in an evaluation that is highly critical of the UC Davis administration and police authorities. The report, led by former California Supreme Court...