Tag: UCR
UC Riverside to address the influx of electric scooters
(Update 10/10/18: Richard Rycraw, UC Riverside's Liability Program Manager, contacted the Highlander with additional information on the campus's scooter policies, as well as other...
Nobel prize-winning chemist Richard Schrock joins UCR faculty
The production of fuel, detergents and pharmaceutical medications all owe their environmentally friendly production processes to the work of UCR incoming Professor of Chemistry...
Strike Two: bargaining at impasse between UC and patient care workers
Last May, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3622, the union which represents the service sector employees across all...
Our favorite summer sports moments
While the Highlanders were enjoying their summer and time off from school, the sports universe just kept on moving and we saw some great...
UCR women’s soccer proves plenty of people wrong on their way...
UCR’s women’s soccer team has kicked off its 2018-19 season in historical fashion. Through 10 games the team is yet to lose and still...
Distinguished UCR African-American history professor passes away
Dr. Sterling Stuckey, historian, professor emeritus in the Department of History and author of numerous African American historical research articles, passed away on Aug....
UCR projected to enroll 1,950 new transfer students this year
UC Riverside Undergraduate Admissions carried out numerous action plans in an effort to raise UCR’s transfer student population this year. This is in response...
UCR welcomes Nobel prize winner Barry C. Barish
UC Riverside has signalled its ambition in expanding its award-winning faculty by hiring the 2017 Physics Nobel Prize winner, Barry C. Barish. On Sept....
UCR makes largest gains in college rankings
In an “America’s Best Colleges Report” by the U.S. News and World Report (USNWR), UC Riverside made larger gains than any other university in...
STEM high school to be built on campus
UCR plans on constructing a new STEM-focused magnet high school on its campus in conjunction with the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) which will...