Hide Upcoming Events from the WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget

hide-wp-upcoming-events.php

// Hide Upcoming Events from Dashboard Widget
// Basically just CSS; a display: none and then some personal choice
// formatting for the news items ~mj

function hide_wp_upcoming_events() {
    ?>
    <style>
        #community-events {
            display: none;
        }
        .wordpress-news {
            padding: 10px 0;
        }

        .wordpress-news .rss-widget ul li {
            border-bottom: 1px #eee solid;
        }
    </style>
<?php 
}
add_action('admin_head', 'hide_wp_upcoming_events');