A recent study of federal data has revealed that UC Riverside students receive more Pell Grant aid than their counterparts at any other major public institution. This report, titled The Pell Divide: How Four-Year Institutions are Failing to Graduate Low- and Moderate-Income Students, was released by Washington D.C.-based think tank Third Way. It focused on the success of Pell...
Over this summer, UCR’s Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) plans to implement cloud printing kiosks across campus to allow students to print from their devices from any location using software developed by WEPA. ITS also plans to test a virtual computer lab through which students could check out laptops from portable stations.
The project is headed by Danna Gianforte, Associate...
The new ASUCR senators held a special election on Tuesday May, 22 in order to determine the unfilled CNAS senatorial seat. After all 17 candidates gave two and half minute speeches and responded to questions, a vote decided the top two. Current Executive Vice President Carisha Moore and newcomer Wajeha Mahmoud made it through, and then closed deliberations took...
ASUCR held its weekly meeting last Wednesday, May 23. Here are the highlights:
Acknowledgement of indigenous lands … CHASS senator Grant Nakaoka proposed that a statement be made at every meeting that recognizes and shows respect to the Native American tribes that once lived on the land that UCR was built on. CNAS Senator Matt Shashaty did not...
A study released on May 18 by the UCR School of Business revealed that the housing market in the Inland Empire is set to experience a prosperous year in 2018. This is largely due to the current state of both the supply and demand of housing.
Robert Kleinhenz, Executive Director of Research at the UC Riverside School of Business...
The coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research fellowship was awarded to 11 UCR students. Over 2,000 applicants this year were selected to receive the award out of the 12,000 students within the United States. The government agency recognizes those who are pursuing research-based graduate and doctoral degrees within the science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields .
The four undergraduate...
Jennifer Brown, former vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at Oregon State University, has been named to lead UCR’s Office of Undergraduate Education and will join UCR on August 1.
Brown received her doctorate in horticulture from Michigan State University in 2004 and was previously associate dean of the Graduate School at OSU since June 2015. She will...
At a Legislative Review Committee (LRC) meeting Wednesday, May 16, a subcommittee in ASUCR that reviews and edits bills before they are debated on the senate floor, killed a bill that would have reduced ASUCR Executive Cabinet (ECAB) stipends by about 60 percent. CHASS Senator Mariam Alkhalili’s bill would also set the standard stipend for all other officials to...
By: Amani Mahmoud, CW and Mark Bertumen, CW
UCR hosted a debate between the four candidates for California’s Office of Attorney General (AG) on the evening of Tuesday, May 15 at the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts.
The event brought together Democrat incumbent Xavier Becerra and his three competing candidates: Steven Bailey, a Republican former superior court...
The topic of fake news in modern America once again took the stage in academic discourse, as New York Times opinion columnist Frank Bruni discussed the issues surrounding journalism during the presidency of Donald Trump. Bruni argued that news media, encouraged by the unusual character of the Trump presidency, has lost sight of its responsibility to maintain professionalism and...