Saturday, April 20, 2024

UCOP Report identifies former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs James Sandoval’s history of sexual...

James Sandoval, the former vice chancellor of student affairs who abruptly retired from UCR in Dec. 2017 shortly after being placed on administrative leave, has had an extensive pattern of sexual harassment exposed by...

WELL Director & R’Pantry Coordinator discuss food insecurity at UCR

Recent ASUCR senate resolutions, UCR student studies and proposed referendums have called attention to the prevalence of food insecurity at UCR. In 2015, the Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), a UC research group which studies...

Grant enables UCR to continue community outreach

The Educational Talent Search (ETS) program at UC Riverside has been selected to receive a five year, $1.15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. This educational program, first implemented at UC Riverside...

UCR’s waste-to-energy system reduces harmful pollutants

UCR engineers showcased an energy conversion system at the UC’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT), which can turn agricultural or human waste into a form of clean energy. The system uses a...

Ivan’s at Hinderaker reopens, offers expanded menu

On Monday, Oct. 15, Ivan’s at Hinderaker, once a walk-up window cafe in front of Hinderaker Hall, was reopened as a barista-style kiosk inside of the building. Ivan’s manager, Julie Ann Zeno, spoke with the...

Unearthing UCR’s construction projects

The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is currently undergoing two “transformative” projects which will provide hundreds of new beds of on-campus housing and thousands of square feet of classroom and administrative space. These projects,...

ASUCR: Election conflicts boil over, result in censure

This week’s more than six-hour-long ASUCR senate meeting was rife with controversy as spectators overflowing from the room expressed both support for and opposition to recent actions taken by ASUCR, including the disqualification of...

UCR joins college group to improve graduation rates

UC Riverside has joined the University Innovation Alliance (UIA), a consortium of 11 universities dedicated to helping a greater number of low-income and minority students graduate by using effective practices already administered at each...

ASUCR: Galvan pushes for greater student voter registration

Members of ASUCR held their first senate meeting of the new academic year last Wednesday in the Senate Chambers at 6:30 p.m. to deliver past summer reports with specific focus falling on the topic...

SJP leads procession for International Day of Action for Palestine

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) led a procession on Wednesday of around 20-25 Highlanders that started under the Rivera archways and wrapped around the Bell Tower to honor the International Day of Action...