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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Action-packed short film is UCR students' production -

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RIVERSIDE - Downtown Riverside became the scene of a massive gun battle Sunday as part of an elaborate heist -- all in the name of the movies, that is. Read Full Artice...

Saturday, August 16, 2008

New group to raise money and fan base for UCR's athletics program -

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UC Riverside has created a new organization to raise money and cultivate fans for the university's Division 1 athletics program. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

San Bernardino Valley College gets health emphasis -

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SAN BERNARDINO - San Bernardino Valley College students have something new this month -- the campus's first dedicated Student Health Services building. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Colleges reach out to vets - Inland campuses expect ranks to swell soon

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California colleges and universities are gearing up for an expected influx of veterans and active-duty military personnel next year by offering priority enrollment, dedicated Web sites and concierge-style service. Read Full Artice...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Riverside County, Cal State San Marcos, sign agreement to help foster kids at college -

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Public colleges in the region are creating new programs to recruit and nurture former foster children, often left with little or no financial or family support once they reach 18 years old. Read Full Artice...

Monday, August 11, 2008

5 challengers join 2 incumbents in race for RCC board seats -

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Riverside Community College District board members Mary Figueroa and Mark Takano will face five challengers for two open seats in November's election. Read Full Artice...

Sunday, August 10, 2008

UCR not ranked high in survey's happiness category -

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UC Riverside's marketing campaign probably won't include the latest survey from the Princeton Review. According to "The Best 368 Colleges: 2009 edition," UCR ranks sixth worst among the top 10 schools with the least-happy students. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Gluck Foundation awards $1 million to UCR arts programming -

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A grant of $1 million has been awarded to the Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts at UC Riverside. The grant will fund two more years of programs through the university, which has received a total of $6 million from the Maxwell H. Read Full Artice...

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

To recruit top students, use personal touch, says UCR sciences dean -

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It takes more than billboards and banners to recruit top students to a research university. Thomas O. Baldwin, UC Riverside's new dean of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, says he believes the personal touch is much more effective. Read Full Artice...

Monday, August 04, 2008

UCR student to teach former child laborers in India to become community leaders -

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Going to college is not even a dream for many children in India, who were raised in poverty and forced to work at a young age. Samantha Wilson and a growing team of supporters hope to change that a little bit at a time. Read Full Artice...

Monday, August 04, 2008

RCC students might get to ride RTA buses free -

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Students at Riverside Community College may ride free of charge on public buses starting this month thanks to a planned yearlong pilot program aimed at reducing car emissions and traffic. Read Full Artice...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

UCR grad student helps create soil database to help solve crimes -

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Patricia Menchaca dishes dirt to help solve crimes. For the last four months, the doctoral student in geology at UC Riverside has painstakingly dug, collected, analyzed and catalogued 255 soil samples to create a database for forensic sleuths. Read Full Artice...

Monday, July 28, 2008

First 5 San Bernardino, Riverside invest in child care providers -

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Reduced tuition and other financial assistance are available for qualified child care providers and child development students through UCR Extension's Early Childhood and Family Studies program. The SBC-Connections and SBC-Cares grants totaling $1. Read Full Artice...

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Education Notebook: Cal State San Bernardino's advice on recruiting employees is matter of focusing on positives -

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Selling the Inland area to prospective employees can be a challenge, especially for colleges and universities seeking to recruit top faculty. Read Full Artice...

Sunday, July 27, 2008

UCR puts thrust of marketing campaign on its research -

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UC Riverside has launched a regional marketing campaign to coincide with a redesigned Web page promoting the institution as a research university. Read Full Artice...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

University of Redlands students participate in summer research program -

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Some University of Redlands students are spending their summers getting to the bottom of several scientific research projects. Read Full Artice...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Decision on Loma Linda University's compromise plan for parking lot postponed -

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LOMA LINDA - The City Council warmed Tuesday night to a compromise plan by Loma Linda's largest employer to expand its parking. Read Full Artice...

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Loma Linda health sciences president, CEO brings international perspective to job -

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Named in February to take over as president and chief executive officer of Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center, Dr. Richard H. Hart shuttles between his new office and the one he had as chancellor and CEO of Loma Linda University. Read Full Artice...

Saturday, July 19, 2008

UCR's child care services bursting at seams, hampering the ability to attract faculty, especially women -

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The shortage of spaces at UC Riverside's Child Development Center, where 400 children are on the waiting list and the average wait is two years, has been a major headache for faculty members. Read Full Artice...

Friday, July 18, 2008

High school debuts college-level courses -

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TEMECULA - Over the summer, Farid Howard took a college-readiness course -- a year early. This fall, Howard, 17, will start his senior year at Chaparral High School but will also take a handful of courses at Mt. San Jacinto College. Read Full Artice...

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