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The Highlander helped me get through quarantine

Incredibly, up until the middle of my sophomore year at UCR, I was unaware that we had a school newspaper. Perhaps I missed their...

News in Brief: Vaccination update for fall quarter

Spring quarter is rapidly drawing to a close, prompting UCR to inform incoming and continuing students about vaccination requirements for the fall. In an...

UC Riverside ecologists help tribal nations adapt to climate change

UC Riverside ecologists are working alongside researchers from San Diego State University and the Climate Science Alliance's Tribal Working Group in the California Strategic...

News in Brief: UCR is ranked in the top 1% of universities around the...

According to the World University Rankings of 2021, UCR has once again been listed among the top 1% of universities around the world. For...

NIB: Graduating students discuss their time at UCR

The official end of the 2020-2021 school year is drawing nearer, meaning a new cohort of graduates will soon be parting from UCR. Though...

ASUCR initiative asks that graduating students be allowed to bring guests to in-person commencement...

UCR is currently allowing for spring 2020 and 2021 graduates to participate in an in-person commencement ceremony if they so choose. However, in an...

UCR researchers seek to study the negative impacts of remote learning

A team of researchers at UCR have been awarded a grant by the National Institutes of Health and UCR’s Center for Health Disparities Research...

ASUCR elections see a rise in voter turnout

In light of continued COVID-19 closures and precautions, this year’s ASUCR elections were once again conducted entirely online. All students received a personalized ballot...

Fourth generation electronic cigarettes are just as harmful as older models

A new UCR study published in March of this year indicates that in spite of evolving differences in design aesthetics, fourth generation electronic cigarettes...

UCR breaks latest graduation rate records

According to Thomas Smith, interim executive vice chancellor and provost, in 2013 UCR began a concentrated effort to improve its graduation rates. Since then,...