News in Brief: UCR Alumni Association implements new online student mentorship program
The UCR Alumni Association has recently launched the UCR Career Network, a new online platform powered by PeopleGrove. The site is designed for students and alumni with the ultimate goal of helping Highlanders build...
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Psychology professor finds that children learn better from “clever” characters
UCR Psychology Professor Rebekah Richert was one of the researchers involved in a study that found that preschool-aged children are more likely to grasp new...
UCR study shows home and rent pricing affected by presence of colleges and hospitals
The findings of a UCR research study were published last Jan. 31, which discovered that colleges and hospitals will raise and drop housing price at an above average rate.
The study was led by Vagelis...
News in brief for the week of June 6, 2017
UC Riverside and Korea Institute of Materials Science partner to form new research center
By: Evan Ismail, Senior Staff Writer
UC Riverside and the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS) in Changwon, South Korea have partnered...
News in Brief: Free parking during finals
Lot 30, lot 26, lot 32 and lot 50 will be available for complimentary gold parking Monday through Thursday of finals week. Students will be able to register their license plates and information through...
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ASUCR
The first ASUCR senate meeting of winter quarter commenced at 6:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, and saw the passage of amendments to a senate bill.
During public forum, second-year public policy major Julia Schemmer...
News in Brief – 1/16/17
Compiled by: Evan Ismail, SSW and Andreas Rauch, SSW
UCR carjacking suspect arrested
On Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 3:05 p.m., UCPD sent a mass text message to UCR students warning of two attempted carjackings by a...
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UC to decide to adopt State Department’s definition of anti-semitism
On May 25, over 57 rabbis and 104 UC faculty members wrote a public letter to administrators to adopt the controversial U.S. State Department’s definition...
ASUCR Parliamentarian dismissed, circumstances unclear
ASUCR’s Parliamentarian Jose Rodriguez, who joined the organization this academic year and was responsible for advising the senate on proper procedure (i.e. Robert’s Rules of Order) and on following the bylaws correctly, was dismissed...
Technical difficulties cause University of California to extend fall 2021 application deadline
The University of California extended the deadline for incoming applications after the website experienced technical difficulties on Sunday, Nov. 29, the day before all applications were due. The outage issues were reportedly caused by...