Noteworthy

UC Riverside's four-story Undergraduate Teaching and Learning Facility is now open for fall classes, adding seating for about 1,700 students, new biology and chemistry labs, and a dance studio that spills onto an outdoor performance pavilion.

Donuts & Dialogue on Wednesday, Oct. 7, gives residents a chance to share ideas with County Supervisors José Medina and Karen Spiegel from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Eddie D. Smith Senior Center on Mission Boulevard.

Walk side by side in support of suicide prevention at the Out of the Darkness Riverside County Walk on Saturday, Oct. 3, at Ryan Bonaminio Park, with free registration, 9 a.m. check-in and complimentary honor beads for every participant.

GoGo Bird at Farm House Collective closed its doors this past weekend, inviting customers in for one last bite and bidding a heartfelt farewell to the community it says it loved being part of.

UCR biomedical scientists have identified a brain protein that drives HIV-related brain injury and memory problems, called neuroHIV, pointing toward a possible new treatment target.

Riverside Plaza's free Halloween Spooktacular runs October 10 from 12–2 p.m., with trick-or-treating store to store, music, and character meet-and-greets for costumed families.

RCC's Viewpoints Managing Editor Marissa Lievanos was the only community college student chosen for the New York Times Corps journalism mentorship program's 2026-27 cohort of 21 participants.

UCR kicks off the school year with nearly 100 Welcome Week events, including a bookstore giveaway offering four $100 gift cards to enrolled students.

Junior running back Cruz Cuba rushed for 105 yards and four touchdowns as King High School beat Poly 37-6 in the Battle for the Propeller on Sept. 11, extending King's rivalry win streak to six.

Seventeen RCC students toured UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and Sacramento State as part of a Black Excellence college trip strengthening transfer partnerships and connecting them with Black student support communities.

UCR's $3.5 million NIH grant will fund biomedical researcher Erica Heinrich's five-year effort to build a machine-learning tool detecting shortness of breath in ICU and COPD patients unable to communicate it.

New UC Riverside research led by astrophysicist Stephen Kane finds Venus likely swallowed its own moon, as the planet's slow 243-day rotation would cause a moon to spiral inward and crash into the surface rather than drift away like Earth's.