On Sept. 30, a man posing as a UCR maintenance worker was spotted roaming the Falkirk apartment complex with a yellow construction vest, a stolen clipboard and UCR work order forms. The man was 20-year-old, Isaiah Wright.
According to UCPD, Wright, who is not a UCR student, had previously run into UCPD on Sept. 24 of this year, when he...
Statistics professor Jun Li, cell biology professor Prue Talbot and post-doctoral researcher Dr. Monique Williams found several harmful metals in six tank-style e-cigarettes. The study concluded that changes in tank-style e-cigarettes are created for higher voltage and power. As a result, the higher voltage was correlated with a higher frequency of metals such as lead and nickel. Six products...
In August, the UCR School of Medicine was granted $6.6 million by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to boost diversity in healthcare. This grant will be utilized to subsidize loans to students in the School of Medicine depending on their financial need.
In an email response to The Highlander, Dr. Emma Simmons, the senior associate dean of student...
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, ASUCR held their first meeting of the quarter. The meeting began with an official swearing in ceremony that all of the senators and executive cabinet members present participated in.
After the swearing in ceremony, the meeting moved on to ex-officio reports. During ex-officio reports, Vice President of Internal Affairs Jocelyn Ortiz, Vice President of External Affairs...
Emerbee’s, the new dining facility on campus, formally opened its doors to over 200 students on Thursday, Oct. 3, with a celebration event that lasted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The grand opening event featured free giveaways with purchase, bee-themed treats and finally, a ribbon cutting ceremony and speech from the chancellor.
In an interview with The Highlander, Benjamin...
On Friday, Oct. 4 at the North District Construction Site, UCR and American Campus Communities (ACC) held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the first phase of UCR’s largest building project to date. The ceremony for the North District Project began at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Linden Street and Aberdeen Drive. Among the speakers were Associate Vice Chancellor...
Over the summer, Devon Sakamoto, the director of The Well and R’Pantry at UCR, announced that Megan Harbert was hired for the newly created position of Basic Needs Coordinator.
This new position was created to assist with maintaining and expanding UCR’s basic needs initiatives and partnerships. In an interview with The Highlander, Harbert stated that UCR has the highest rates...
On Friday, Sept. 27, the University of California (UC) filed a brief in the Supreme Court challenging the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In September of 2017 the UC became the first university to sue the government after the administration announced it would end DACA.
In a statement made on Sept. 27,...
Beginning this quarter, the UCR police department will begin to use body worn cameras (BWC’s) and in-car video systems as a part of their patrol functions. The addition of BWC’s and in-car video systems is a part of a multiyear initiative across all University of California campuses to leverage a modern resource for law enforcement that is expected to...
Starting this fall quarter, Transportation and Parking Services will be offering undergraduates a carpool program that will allow groups of three that travel along the same route to purchase and split the price of a regular Gold parking permit. The program will be called the Undergraduate Carpool Program.
In an interview with The Highlander, Irma Henderson, the director of TAPS...