More than 26,000 students returned to UC Riverside on Thursday, Sept. 26, for the start of the fall quarter. UC Riverside students return for the first day of the fall quarter Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) UC Riverside students return for the first day of the fall quarter Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) UC Riverside students move across campus Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, the first day of the fall quarter. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) UC Riverside students go to class Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, on the first day of the fall quarter. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) UC Riverside students walk near the Tomas Rivera Library on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, the first day of the fall quarter. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) UC Riverside students return Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, for the first day of the fall quarter. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Show Caption1 of 6UC Riverside students return for the first day of the fall quarter Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG) Expand UCR became the last of the Inland Empire’s large higher-education institutions to go back to school this year. Related Articles Education | UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox will retire after 12 years Education | UC president tells heads of UCLA, other campuses to enforce encampment ban Education | UC President Michael Drake to step down after more than 50 years in university system Education | Panelists discuss how to ‘strike back’ against hate in the Inland Empire Education | Two ex-UCR professors win $6 million in whistleblower lawsuit California Baptist University undergraduates started classes Tuesday, Sept. 3. La Sierra University began its fall quarter Sept. 23. The Riverside Community College District went back in August, as did the San Bernardino Community College District, much of the University of Redlands and Cal State San Bernardino. At UCR, a new building will be opening next quarter. On Friday, Oct. 18, UCR will host a ribbon cutting for its first building dedicated to business research and education in the School of Business. The four-story building, south of Anderson Hall, is expected to open for classes in the winter quarter, university spokesperson John Warren said.