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 this year, UCR was ranked at no. 242 of the...

Fire erupts at the Human Resources Building

The University Human Resources (HR) building, located on University Avenue by the 215 Freeway, caught on fire at approximately 7:25 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The building was evacuated and no one was harmed. According...

ASUCR reveals lineup for third annual food truck festival

UCR’s third annual food truck festival, featuring a variety of culinary options for hungry UCR students, will be bigger and longer than ever before. With food trucks ranging from Me So Hungry Truck to...
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Protesters occupy Bell Tower; show statement against Trump’s immigration policy

From 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, over 300 protesters rallied at UC Riverside’s Bell Tower for the “No Ban No Wall” protest in opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s temporary...

Co-founder of UCR’s Eaton Collection dies

George Slusser, a co-founder of UCR’s Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, died Nov. 4 in his house in Highland, Calif. As a professor emeritus in comparative literature and the curator emeritus of...

UC student protesters shut down second day of UC Regents meeting

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California is facing a significant transitional period come Jan. 1, 2017. That day, as of time of writing, is expected to mark the first time in six years...

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Visible brush fire from campus A brush fire started on Feb. 28 in the Santa Ana River bottom severely burned several victims and forced evacuations in the Riverside community. The fire, which was reported around 4:30...

Campus closure extended to June 19; Remote instruction to continue for summer sessions

In a campuswide email, UCR Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Smith and Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education Jennifer Brown announced that after consulting...

Food Week gives students a taste of healthy food

On Tuesday, October 20, the walkway between The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and Rivera Library bustled with activity as students lined up for free samples of new products such as roasted agave sriracha...

UC Riverside students condemn mass incarceration

Highlanders and members of the Riverside community observed a national day of action against mass incarceration and police brutality during an ASUCR-led event on Oct. 22. The overall movement picked up momentum after Michael...