Noteworthy

RCC animation students and alumni screened short films and fielded audience Q&As at the 24th Annual Riverside Film Festival, with alumni Sarah Ruyle and Annika Maganua among the honored selections in the Student Animation Shorts program.

A UCR business professor has developed an AI tool that corrects "retrospective bias" in genre classification, helping films, music, and other creative works be understood as audiences experienced them at release — not through today's cultural lens.

Riverside invites the public to shape the city's land use future at a free General Plan Update and Climate Action workshop this Saturday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army Corps on 1st Street.

UCR School of Medicine researchers have discovered previously unrecognized immune "sentinel" cells inside hair follicles that may explain how skin monitors microbial threats despite its thick, multi-layered structure.

No. 7 RCC baseball erupted for 21 runs in a 21-3 blowout of Fullerton College at Evans Sports Complex, with sophomore Grant Gray going 4-for-6 with six RBIs as the Tigers improved to 29-10 overall.

Sherman Indian High School's 40th Annual Youth Pow Wow returned to Riverside on April 18 after a year's absence, drawing Native American tribal members from across North America for dancing, drumming, and cultural competition on the school's football field.

With Chief Mark DiMaggio's contract concluded, Sgt. Octavio Rojas has stepped in as RCC's acting police chief for the third time in his 20-plus-year career while the district searches for a permanent replacement.

RCC's Student Equity Committee has named sociology professor Tim Gutierrez, PhD, its latest Faculty Equity Spotlight honoree, recognizing his decade of work supporting incarcerated, undocumented, LGBTQ, and other underserved students.

A UC Riverside-led study of 2,459 emergency department patients found widespread MMR vaccine knowledge gaps and under-vaccination tied to race, language, and insurance status, as California reports its highest measles case count in seven years.

UCR entomologist Erin Wilson Rankin led the first quantified study of nest-material theft among Hawaiian forest birds, finding the behavior affected over 200 observed nests and caused roughly 5% to fail — a concern for species already threatened by habitat loss and disease.

A six-run sixth inning powered No. 8 RCC to a 9-6 series-opening win over No. 11 Cypress, with freshman Aiden Erlandsen's three-run homer providing the decisive blow as the Tigers improve to 12-4 in Orange Empire Conference play.

Two RCC administrators — VP of Business Services Elia Blount and Dean of College Equity Lorena Newson — were selected for the competitive 2026 Global Executive Leadership Program, which culminates in a graduation gala in Los Angeles later this year.