UC president honors UC Haiti Initiative with leadership award
The UC Haiti Initiative (UCHI), a program started in response to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Caribbean country in 2010, was awarded the 2012 UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership during...
The Highlander speaks with Assemblyman Jose Medina
The Highlander spoke with Assemblyman Jose Medina this week about a variety of issues pertaining to the Inland Empire and university students in California. Medina, a Democrat, represents the 61st district which covers parts...
News in Brief
Study shows pollution killing off indigenous species in the Inland Empire
UCR Professor of Plant Ecology Edith Allen conducted a study displaying how high levels of nitrogen deposition caused by pollution have significantly decreased the...
Nikole Hannah-Jones encourages young journalists to dig deeper
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering racial injustice for the New York Times Magazine. In 2020, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her essay in the 1619 project, which traces the central...
Professor Spotlight: Kim Yi Dionne
Professor Kim Yi Dionne is an associate professor here at the University of California Riverside (UCR). Graduating from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a Bachelors, Masters and doctoral degree in political science,...
New Student Health Building
UC Riverside has seen a drastic growth in its student population, enrolling a record of 26,847. Seeking to expand its infrastructure, UCR funds the construction of a new Student Health and Counseling Center. The...
UCR hosts presentation on future of north campus
On May 3, 2016, UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox introduced his plan to develop new buildings and businesses on the northern end of campus. This new infrastructure will be located on the 50 acres that...
UCR student organizations partake in an action-packed Election Day
The 2020 presidential race between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden was the first time many UCR students were eligible to vote in a presidential election. UCR organizations and departments, such as the Civic...
UCR lecturer Rachelle Cruz wins 2018 American Book Award
On Oct. 28, the Before Columbus Foundation (BCF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting contemporary American multicultural literature, hosted their annual American Book Awards (ABA) ceremony at the San Francisco Jazz Center. UCR creative...
Highlander Newsroom 01/21/15
This week on the Highlander Newsroom, we discuss UC President Janet Napolitano's proposal to tie coaches' bonuses to student-athletes' academic performance, ways to simplify the 108-question FAFSA, and ways to avoid paying for textbooks...