Highlander Staff
Under the RADAR: Issue 03
Artist: Ka
A cross between Earl Sweatshirt and Ghostface Killah, Ka is a Brooklyn-based FDNY Captain turned rapper who’s been on the scene since the...
Block Party undercards shine while headliner lacks flair
You would likely struggle to find a resounding reaction to this year’s Block Party lineup because, well, there wasn’t one. Sure, the lineup’s release...
UCR professor creates tunable catalyst
UCR Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Phillip Christopher has recently uncovered a method to tune chemical reactions to favor specific products through...
UCR Convocation ceremony welcomes historic class
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, UCR held its New Student Convocation on Pierce Lawn. This year’s convocation was the largest one ever held, with an...
Highlander Diaries: First-year Fears
In Highlander Diaries, a new section hosted by Features, Highlanders get to share their college experiences within a Dear Diary format. This is to...
News-in-brief
UCR ranked highly among the most environmentally friendly campuses
Sierra Club’s Cool School Rankings, in collaboration with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability...
UCR professor discovers bacterial connection between wild bees and flowers
Quinn McFrederick, assistant professor of entomology at UCR, recently uncovered a close relationship between wild bee and flower microbiomes, as well as the importance...
Mechanism of toxoplasmosis uncovered in the brain
Emma Wilson, associate professor of biomedical sciences, along with several other UCR School of Medicine researchers, have recently uncovered the effects of a parasitic...
Year-in-Review Radar!
This year over at RADAR we wanted to shift the focus of the section, and take it into a stronger creative direction — instead...
Summer Reading Suggestions
Have an infinite summer
David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus, “Infinite Jest,” is regarded as one of the most important books to have come out of...