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• UCR Students to Dance the Night Away in Marathon Fundraiser
  (January 27, 2012) A six-hour dance marathon at the Student Recreation Center on Feb. 25 will raise funds for the UCR Guardian Scholars Program
• Does Antimatter Weigh More Than Matter?
  (January 26, 2012) Physicists David Cassidy and Allen Mills have set up an experiment to determine if antimatter and matter weigh differently. The result they find could explain why the universe seems to have no antimatter and why it is expanding at an ever increasing rate.
• Geneva Overholser to Discuss Journalism Upheaval, Future on Feb. 13
  (January 25, 2012) Geneva Overholser, director of the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California, will deliver the 44th Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture on Feb. 13.
• Bilayer Graphene Works as an Insulator
  (January 24, 2012) Jeanie Lau's lab has identified a property of bilayer graphene that she says is analogous to finding the Higgs boson in particle physics.
• Sustainability Lecture Series Continues Jan. 24
  (January 23, 2012) A yearlong series of lectures that address various aspects of sustainability continues on Tuesday, Jan. 24, with a discussion of water resources at 2:15 p.m.
• Wasp Found in Upstate New York Shows Up in Southern California
  (January 23, 2012) Discovery by entomologist Serguei Triapitsyn strongly suggests the wasp is well established in the country.
• UCR Faculty to Go Back to the Classroom to Improve the Educational Experience
  (January 20, 2012) As class sizes grow, colloquium series to help UC Riverside faculty members learn skills to keep students engaged and focused in larger classrooms.
• UC Regents Able to Meet at UC Riverside Despite Protests
  (January 20, 2012) UC Riverside police detained three people during protests Thursday, Jan. 19, outside the UC Board of Regents meeting taking place on campus. One protester was released without charge. Two were arrested and booked on suspicion of felony assault on a police officer: Kenneth Ehrlich, 39, of Los Angeles, and Humberto Rivera, 25, of Corona.

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