UCR Highlander Union

The Highlander Union Building is a space where UCR students can relax, study, eat, and play. We've got great dining options, lounges, and event spaces. The Highlander Union Programs team creates cool events and competitions on campus to make sure students get the most of their time at UCR. Welcome to the HUB!

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ONE week away from our BEAUTIFUL sidewalk art competition! Sign up at: http://bit.ly/SPRINGCTW17 🌸🌷🌼🌹

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Sign up at: bit.ly/SPRINGCTW17 April 24th-27th we will be chalking the walk with beautiful spring art!😁

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…because it’s #NATLPancakeDay!

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it’s 🍊 season by ucrpeerconnections http://ift.tt/1mDcFb9

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Happy International Women Day!

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Make a wish…

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Happy National Pizza Day!

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We’re looking for stories of “That’s funny…” moments in science! Submit yours here for a chance to win this trophy:

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Today is your last chance to enter! -Emily

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Hope everyone is enjoying #MLKDay! Photo from @leslieapease 📷👌🏻 by sterling_highlander http://ift.tt/1WUjJ08

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How multitasking could be stressing you out

You’re furiously typing away on your term paper, and then the next thing you see in the corner of your screen is an email notification. You can’t help but check it. 

Minutes later, you get a text from your project partner asking about the progress on your presentation, and because you want to be a responsive collaborator, you immediately respond with an update. 

This multitasking scenario might seem familiar to all of us. It seems harmless; after all, you’re not exactly watching cat videos on Youtube. But just how detrimental are these work-related interruptions? 

Well for one thing, they’re making you more stressed. 

According to a study by Gloria Mark, professor of informatics at UC Irvine, people compensate for task-related and non-task-related interruptions by working faster, but in doing so, they create more stress. 

Marks says that emails are an especially huge culprit in the added disruptions.

She says that people check on average 77 times a day in the work place (in an 8 hour workday, that’s nearly once every 6 minutes). And in her soon-to-be published paper, she found that the longer people spent on their email, the higher their stress levels and the lower their self-assessed productivity (after controlling for baseline stress and job characteristics.)

Another interesting bit is that your multitasking could also be the reason why you can’t stop distracting yourself with endless cat videos. 

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🎒✏️📚#Motivationalmonday #UCRiverside #TLC (at University of California, Riverside)

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Sensory Processing Disorder, or SPD, is a condition that makes it hard for people to process sensory input, like sounds and tactile sensations. This happens because parts of the brain can’t interpret sensory information correctly. Child neurologist Elysa Marco of the University of California, San Francisco describes a common scenario in a child with this disorder.

“Usually it’s an auditory input, a sound. So the top three are vacuum cleaners, blenders, automatic-flushing toilets. Kids between the age of six months and five years will, as soon as they can move themselves, run screaming from the room, hands over their ears when one these kinds of sounds gets into their world. I do think there probably is something about the low pitch hum that seems to hit a particular neural frequency, but we have no idea. The research in this field, really in some ways is just beginning.”

Marco was part of a groundbreaking study showing that kids with SPD have measurable brain differences that were distinct from other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Learn more about their research.

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#UCR trees finally change color in January ;) #ucriverside #ucralumni #lifeatucr #thatcalilife by ucralumni http://ift.tt/1WUjKkT

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At The Last Bookstore in LA. These Two Showed Up To Read Books Rockin’ The Same Look. 📷 X David Gonzalez-Rojas

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It’s Chalk the Walk time! UCR’s biggest art competition is a great place to show off your sidewalk chalk skills and earn cool prizes!

This student art competition will take place from November 9th - 12th on the HUB Upper Plaza. The three themes for this quarter's competition will be: Tartan Art: The masters - with Tartan flair! Celebrate classic artwork and Tartan pride in adaptations of your favorite pieces of art. Scotty on the Silver Screen: Scotty's taken the starring role in your favorite films! How does he look in an Indiana Jones hat? Will Scotty resist the Dark Side? Show off your cinematic favorites with a Scotty twist! R'World: How do Highlanders take their UCR spirit into the world? Whether abroad or at home, Highlanders celebrate their R'pride wherever they go! Make sure to check out the art work in progess during Homecoming week on the HUB upper plaza! Winners will be announced Thursday, November 12th at 12:30 pm. 

Sign up now at: bit.ly/ctw-hc15

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Looking to learn some tips on creating posters? You’re in luck. We are hosting a workshop about clean cut designs on Nov. 4th from 1p-2pm. We hope to see you there! 

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Happy Monday Highlanders! Here's a list of events we're holding for this upcoming week. We hope to see some of you there!

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Can you spot the squint this week? You have until Friday to snap a photo of where you think this image is from. Don't forget to #ucrhubsquints, it's our only way to track your submissions :) Have an awesome day Highlanders! Don't forget to squint 👀