UCR research links anti-immigrant sentiment to higher mortality
Brittany Morey, a UC chancellor’s postdoctoral fellow in the School of Public Policy at UCR, published an article in the journal Social Science and Medicine, that links populations with anti-immigrant sentiment to the mortality...
Prestigious STEM fellowship awarded to eleven UCR students
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...
Special election fills vacant CNAS senatorial seat
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...
Riverside housing market headed for a strong 2018, says UCR School of Business
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...
Jennifer Brown to lead Undergraduate Education at UCR
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...
News in Brief
UCR alumnus Tony Kim, 59, was among three U.S. citizens who returned on Wednesday, May 9 after being being imprisoned in North Korea during April 2017.
Kim was detained at Pyongyang airport on April...
ASUCR shows support for on-campus communities, removes stipend limit for ASPB
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...
STEM high school to be built on campus
UCR plans on constructing a new STEM-focused magnet high school on its campus in conjunction with the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) which will allow about 800 high school students to utilize UC facilities...
AFSCME strikes again after 20 months of bargaining with UC
At 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23, Service workers from all 10 UC campuses joined Patient Care Technical workers in striking for safe staffing, wage increases, benefit protections, job security, racial equality and the...
ASUCR passes resolution to house victims of the California wildfires
On Wed. Jan. 9, ASUCR passed the senate resolution “Providing Assistance to Wildfire Victims” which calls on the UCR administration to house victims of the recent California wildfires.
In an interview with the Highlander,...