Published in the New Phytologist Trust journal on Feb. 19, a paper titled “Coordination and trade-offs among hydraulic safety, efficiency and drought avoidance traits in Amazonian rainforest canopy tree species” takes a closer look at how Amazonian tropical trees handle droughts. Conducted by a team including UC Riverside Professor of Physiological Ecology Louis S. Santiago and a team including...
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, former UCR student and current UC Irvine sociology doctorate candidate Arman Azedi gave a lecture at UC Riverside focused on the cause of the Arab Spring. The lecture, sponsored by the Middle Eastern Student Center (MESC), took place inside HUB 260 with about 30 students in attendance.
The term Arab Spring refers to the beginning of...
Marvel Studios’ latest film “Black Panther” has seen significant success since its release on Feb. 16, netting $292 million in its first week in North America. UCR Metallurgist and Assistant Professor Suveen Mathaudhu spoke with The Highlander about the science behind Black Panther’s armor. Vibranium is an imaginary metal that is present in Black Panther’s armor, as well as...
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, two UCR professors held an open conversation at the UCR Extension Center about the risks of worrying and its mental consequences. Kate Sweeny, associate professor from the Department of Psychology, and Emily Rapp Black, assistant professor from the Department of Creative Writing, led the discussion, hosted by the UCR Center for Ideas and Society, under...
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21, ASUCR held their twelfth senate meeting of the academic year in the senate chambers, HUB 221.
ASUCR President Aram Ayra presented his nomination for chief justice of the ASUCR Judicial Council, Jo Gbujama, a fourth-year philosophy law and society and ethnic studies double major.
Gbujama, who served as chief justice last year,...
On the weekend of Jan. 26-28, UC Riverside, in conjunction with the University of California Students’ Association (UCSA), hosted the 30th Annual UC Students of Color Conference (SoCC), bringing together students from a variety of backgrounds to discuss issues faced by minority students across the UC system. The three-day event, consisting of workshops and presentations by student and leaders...
On Friday, Feb. 9, at the Riverside Art Museum, a launch event was held for the Center for Social Innovation, a research center that aims to highlight the potential of Inland California as a focal point for innovation and intends to spark investment in the area.
This research center intends to dispel the image of Inland California as an...
On Wednesday, Feb. 14, ASUCR held their 11th senate meeting of the academic year in HUB 221.
Elections Director Taylor Brown announced the names of those set to run for an ASUCR position in the 2018 elections. The candidates announced during the meeting had permitted Brown to release their names publicly and may not represent all of the candidates that...
On Thursday, Feb. 15, Sociology Professor Arthur S. Alderson of Indiana University delivered a seminar in HMNSS 1500 on the effects of globalization in the US under the title “Urban Development and the World City System: Inter-City Relations and the Fate of U.S. Cities.”
Professor Alderson was introduced by Matthew Mahutga, a sociology professor at UCR and a co-organizer...
On Thursday, Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bell Tower, the Armenian Student Association (ASA) protested Turkey and the United States’ refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide. ASA students covered their mouths with duct tape while sitting down and holding signs that “spread awareness on Turkey’s and the United States’ denial of the Armenian Genocide,”...