After a quarter-long delay, the university’s new bike share program has been launched and will provide students, faculty and staff the opportunity to rent a bike for free or little cost for up to a day.
The bike share program, hosted by Zagster, allows UCR community members to access its bikes through the download of its mobile application on...
Session two of the Turbulent Futures symposium was titled “Responses to Climate Change” and featured three speakers who each offered their perspectives on the intersection between water conservation and combating climate change.
Paul Steinberg, professor of political science and environmental policy at Harvey Mudd College, presented his thoughts about institutions and their roles in determining environmental policy. Drawing on years...
In protest of plans to build a Whole Foods Market and senior housing facility on a portion of UC Berkeley-owned land, members of the Occupy movement have established numerous tent encampments on the property. On Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day), about 200 protesters marched onto the undeveloped tract of land and began to plow, de-weed and plant thousands of...
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the preservation and expansion of academic knowledge in literature and art, recently awarded a grant of $405,000 to UC Riverside’s Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR). The grant will fund the development of new software that will be used to update and revise the English Short-Title Catalog (ESTC)....
The unplugging of a freezer in the Genomics Building that occurred on May 1 is the latest incident in a series of events that have taken place in the research building since last month. Another incident occurred on April 3, when the Genomics Building was evacuated due to a low-level radioactive spill.
Estimated damage of the research material in the...
This week’s ASUCR senate meeting saw the appointment of Melina Reyes as the new ASUCR elections director for the 2015-2016 school year.
Mahera Khan, a fourth-year sociology major, was also selected as the first director of transfer and nontraditional students for the first time in ASUCR history. This position was created after the student body voted to include the position...
On Monday, Sept. 26, at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump shared the stage for the first of three debates before the election on Nov. 8. The debate was moderated by “NBC Nightly News” anchor, Lester Holt and was split into six segments.
The debate started with Clinton discussing her plans for creating new jobs,...
The University of California recently announced their new system-wide Title IX coordinator, Kathleen Salvaty. Salvaty will now be working closely with UC President Janet Napolitano as she works with chancellors and other coordinators across the UC system to ensure safety and equality for all students.
As a former Title IX coordinator at UCLA, Salvaty has extensive knowledge of the requirements...
On Friday, Feb. 21, UCR Psychology Professor Kate Sweeny and fourth-year psychology graduate student Mike Dooley published a review study on the benefits to worrying. In their research, Sweeny and Dooley emphasize the two main benefits of worrying: Worry as a motivator and worry as a buffer.
The research was conducted by looking over decades of previous studies. In...
From 7 p.m. to about 9 p.m. on Monday, May 15 in the Alumni and Visitors Center, the World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California, Global Issues Forum, Glocally Connected and UCR Undergraduate Education sponsored an event to discuss the current refugee crisis in Syria and Afghanistan and community involvement. The event, titled, “Re-envisioning Refugees: Empowerment Through Education,” was...