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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...
Police investigating UCR student’s death as possible result of hazing
20 year-old UCR student Tyler Hilliard died on Sept. 15 after collapsing during a fraternity outing to Mt. Rubidoux. Hilliard was a pledge of...
Student worker union bargains for Title IX reforms, wage increases
The United Automobile Workers Local 2865, which represents student employees, is currently in the process of contract bargaining with the University of California across...
The Year in Review: Highlights of the 2017-2018 Academic Year
September
On Sept. 26, 2017, freshman convocation occurred with speakers such as Chancellor Kim Wilcox, President of the UCR Alumni Association Kenneth Noeller, Executive...