Noteworthy

UCR will host a Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture on April 15 with Esri founder Jack Dangermond, celebrating a 50-year partnership between the Redlands GIS giant and the university — with roughly 190 UCR alumni now working at Esri.

UCR researchers identified a two-stage stress response that allows plants to instantly pause growth during extreme heat or light — a breakthrough published in PNAS that could help scientists develop more drought- and heat-resilient crops.

Jen Spalding has been named RCC's new Dean of Kinesiology and Athletic Director, becoming the first woman to hold the title at a school where she once earned All-American honors as a water polo goalie.

A UCR bioengineering professor has developed a fake drug detector that could be manufactured for under $30, using a repurposed toy robot sensor to identify counterfeit medications by their unique dissolution "fingerprints," correctly identifying 90% of pills tested.

Riverside Police arrested a Perris man on two murder counts after two people were fatally stabbed in separate, unprovoked downtown attacks near 12th and Main streets in the early morning hours of March 12.

A UCR chemistry researcher's new study, published in PNAS Nexus, finds that amyloid beta and tau proteins compete for the same binding sites inside neurons — a discovery that could reframe Alzheimer's treatment beyond targeting protein clumps alone.

An RCC alumna's hand-painted animated short, selected for an Oscar-qualifying festival and a Japan animation festival, credits her gap-year studies at Riverside City College with laying the foundation for her international filmmaking debut.

RCC's women's softball team dropped the series finale to Santiago Canyon, 10-3, falling to 6-14 overall after the Hawks erupted for five runs in the third inning to erase an early Tigers lead.

UCR researchers have identified an overlooked brainstem pathway that helps control hand and arm movements, a discovery published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that could open new targets for stroke rehabilitation therapies.

Chances are, you learned about fire safety from him — Sparky the Fire Dog is turning 75, and the NFPA's beloved mascot is still teaching kids the same life-saving lessons he has for three generations.

Riverside City College's Women of Color in Administration panel brought together five campus leaders to discuss representation and resilience, reflecting a college workforce where women hold 53.7% of positions.

A UCR-led study found that surging AI and cloud computing demand could require up to $58 billion in new water infrastructure as data center cooling systems strain municipal water supplies during peak summer heat.