Finals week checklist: caffeine, snacks, comfy clothes, scantrons, and — cats? Therapy Fluffies has been a UC Riverside finals week tradition for a decade, preventing countless week 10 wack-attacks and crash outs since 2015. As critical campus soothers, it’s only right that we share these therapy pets’ “professional” backgrounds. Animal rescuer...

A recently launched app is helping students and employees locate free food and supplies on the UCR campus. Scotty's Final Call, a Highlander Link app launched by UCR’s Health, Well-Being and Safety department in September, notifies subscribers about events offering leftover food and health supplies. Created by The Well and Basic Needs, the...

Rahul Almeida, a biology undergrad expected to graduate from UC Riverside in 2025, has been awarded $15,000 from the Donald A. Strauss Foundation to fund an educational intervention program he organized called, “Food for Thought.”