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Riverside is part of what some locals refer to as the “smog belt” because of its exceedingly high levels of air pollution<ref>{{cite web | title = LA Weekly (9/22/05): The Air That We Breathe| url=http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=8132&Itemid=| accessdate=April 22 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>. This pollution is so notorious that it has been thought to influence administration policy (see Biomedical Sciences Program). The associated brown haze can be seen in the Carillon Tower photo to the upper-left, where it obscures the bottom third of the sky. |
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Riverside is part of what some locals refer to as the “smog belt” because of its exceedingly high levels of air pollution<ref>{{cite web | title = LA Weekly (9/22/05): The Air That We Breathe| url=http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=8132&Itemid=| accessdate=April 22 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>. This pollution is so notorious that it has been thought to influence administration policy (see Biomedical Sciences Program). The associated brown haze can be seen in the Carillon Tower photo to the upper-left, where it obscures the bottom third of the sky. The American Lung Association ranked Riverside County first in its "Top 26 U.S. Counties Most Polluted by Annual Particle Pollution," with nearby San Bernardino County ranking second<ref>{{cite web | title = American Lung Association Rankings Air Quality| url=http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=50752#graph1=June 11 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>. According to the National Campaign Against Dirty Air Power (2003), the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area was one of the most polluted areas in comparison to other U.S. cities<ref>{{cite web | title= Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and California Cities Top List for Worst Dangerous Soot Pollution; DC Ranks 13th for Smog | url=http://www.cleartheair.org/proactive/newsroom/release.vtml?id=25781}}</ref>. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2004) found that levels of pollution in Riverside were among the highest in Southern California, and that the air in the region could damage the lungs of children<ref>{{cite web | title= Air pollution and lung development | url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/351/11/1057 | accessdate=Mar 17 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>. The Air Pollution Research Center (APRC) at UCR studies the effects of air pollution on the environment. |
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Seal of UC Riverside (Trademark of UC Regents) | |
Motto | Fiat lux (Let There Be Light) |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1954 |
Endowment | 153.7 million USNWR |
Chancellor | France A. Córdova |
Academic staff | 650 |
Undergraduates | 14,649 |
Postgraduates | 2,051 |
Location | , |
Campus | Suburban, 1,160 acres (4.7 km²) |
Mascot | Highlanders |
Website | www.ucr.edu |
The University of California, Riverside is a public, coeducational university located in Riverside, California. It is one of ten University of California (UC) campuses and is commonly known as "UCR" or "UC Riverside." Founded as the Citrus Experiment Station in 1907, it is the oldest research presence of the UC in Southern California and currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.
Academics
Colleges and schools
UC Riverside is a research-based university that offers 78 majors, 45 minors, 50 Master's degree programs, and 38 Ph.D programs. Academic programs are organized into five colleges and schools:
- UC Riverside College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- UC Riverside College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
- UC Riverside Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
- UC Riverside A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
- UC Riverside Graduate School of Education
UCR's University Extension program provides continuing education to community members of the Inland Empire.
Freshman Admissions
UC Riverside offers admission to all graduating high school seniors in California, so long as they satisfy minimum UC eligibility criteria and submit an application. [1] Out-of-state and international students are also considered for admission. UC Riverside and UC Merced are the only UC campuses that do not use Comprehensive Review to select applicants, which considers qualities and accomplishments that demonstrate leadership, intellectual curiosity, and initiative. [2]. Ordinarily, Comprehensive Review (which considers factors other than grades and test scores in assessing applicants) is used when there are more qualified applicants than available admissions slots. Because UCR does not have an excess of qualified applicants for admission, virtually any applicant from California with a weighted GPA greater than 3.45 and an SAT score above 1858 (similar to 1240 on the old scale) who meets the UC subject requirement by passing certain high school courses in English, science, mathematics and foreign language, will be offered admission to UCR[3][4] .
UCR has the second-highest acceptance rate of any campus in the UC system (79% for 2004-05), after the newly opened UC Merced. The average GPA and SAT scores are 3.48 and 1074, respectively. The percentage of students who are admitted to UC Riverside and decide to attend is the second lowest in the UC system after UC Merced -- 17.3%[5]. A large percentage of incoming freshmen arrive with inadequate preparation for college-level math and English— 70% of entering students are not ready for calculus (requiring remedial coursework in pre-calculus), and 50-60% are not able to read and write at what the University of California considers the college-level (requiring remediation in English)[6][7].
According to freshman admission data for 2003-05 published by the UC Office of the President (UC Merced excluded)[8], approximately 20% of UCR's freshman classes come from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds, the highest percentage in the UC system. Low SES was defined as having a family income below $30,000 per year and as belonging to the first generation to attend college. The same study reported that 28% of UCR students (the highest in the UC system) graduated from low-performing high schools, based on Academic Performance Index data[8].
Rankings and distinctions
According to US News and World Report (2006), UC Riverside ranks 85th among national universities and 37th among public institutions[9]. Its undergraduate business program ranks 77th (out of 141), and its undergraduate engineering program ranks 87th (out of 102)[10]. UCR's graduate programs (including those in engineering, business, biological sciences, computer science, mathematics, English, and political science) are not ranked in the US News and World Report's 2007 Best Graduate Schools[11].
Compared to other campuses in the University of California system, UCR ranks last overall and has the lowest overall score[9]. UCR's peer assessment score, which considers a school's academic excellence as rated by top academics, is also the lowest in the University of California[9].
According to The Princeton Review's Best 361 Colleges, 2006 guide (ISBN 0375764836) UCR is listed as one of the "Best Western Colleges"[12] and one of "America's Best Value Colleges"[13]. However, Princeton Review also ranks UCR as one of the worst 20 colleges in the nation for "Professors Get Low Marks [for Teaching]"[14], "Teaching Assistants Teach Too Many Upper-Level Courses"[15], and "Professors Make Themselves Scarce"[16].
Although UCR is one of only four UC campuses that do not have any faculty Nobel Laureates[17], it has had American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellows, along with other UC's[18][19], for the past decade.
Washington Monthly -- which assesses the quality of schools based on their contributions to the nation (in the areas of community service, research and social mobility) -- recently ranked UCR 22nd[20].
In order to attract greater numbers of qualified applicants, UCR began inviting home-schooled and other nontraditional students to apply for admission by submitting portfolios of their work in addition to test scores in 2005[21].
The Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences
The Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences offers a joint medical degree program with UCLA. The first two years of medical instruction are given on the UCR campus. Third and fourth year clerkships are served at UCLA and its affiliated hospitals, along with the rest of the UCLA medical school class. Students admitted to the program receive a B.S. in biomedical sciences from UCR and an M.D. degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. In the past, the UCR/UCLA program was an accelerated seven-year track offered exclusively to biomedical science majors. However, in 2002, the program was extended to eight years and opened to all qualified majors at UC Riverside. Up to 24 (David Geffen only has 121 seats/year) of each year's applicants are chosen to attend medical school at UCR and UCLA[22].
Campus
Main campus
UCR is bordered by California State Route 60, which passes over University Avenue. Painted on the eastern support wall of the overpass is the Gluck Gateway Mural, a 190 foot memorial of UCR history from the early days of the citrus experiment station to the year the mural was painted in 2000. University Avenue extends to downtown Riverside, about 10 minutes away by car[23]. On the other side of Route 60, the University Village (UV) provides several shops and restaurants. UV's movie theaters also serve as lecture halls during the day, with a shuttle taking students back and forth to campus every 15 minutes.
In the center of campus stands the UCR Carillon, also known as the Bell Tower, one of only four in California. Designed by A. Quincy Jones, the tower is 166 feet tall and contains 48 bells, specially cast in France, which cover four chromatic octaves and range in weight from 28 to 5,091 pounds. Its chimes were first heard in 1966 and were part of the initial broadcast of KUCR[24].
Directly northwest of the Carillon, the Commons student center includes study rooms and restaurants with benches for dining. Construction is underway to more than double the size of the Center from 65,000 square feet to 142,000 square feet[25]. The new 50 million dollar Student Commons (slated for completion in 2008) is expected to include large buildings containing expanded meeting rooms, dining, and places to study[26]. The university has introduced new instructional technologies such as online discussion groups,[citation needed] and its free wireless internet coverage has been praised by Intel[27].
Southeast of the Carillon is the Tomás Rivera Library, the main library on campus. Further southeast past the intersection of Citrus and Eucalyptus Avenues are the buildings that make up the instruction halls and research centers of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, including the relics of the original 1907 campus. The building currently occupied by the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management originally housed the historic UC Citrus Experimentation Station[28].
Forming the eastern border of UCR are the Botanic Gardens. The UCR Botanic Gardens occupy 40 acres of rugged terrain in the Box Springs foothills. Prominent natural features include two arroyos and a variety of plants native to the site including brittlebush (Encelia farinosa), California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum), California sagebrush (Artemisia californica) and deerweed (Lotus scoparius). More than four miles of hiking trails traverse the grounds[29].
In addition to supporting research and education at UCR, the Gardens offer a place of respite for students, visitors, and members of the community; in 2006 UCR Chancellor Cordova hosted a memorial service in the Botanic Gardens dedicated to members of the UCR community who passed away earlier that year, an event which is intended to become an annual tradition[30].
Though maintained separately, UCR’s campus grounds are also considered part of the Botanic Gardens, and are landscaped with plants that do well in Riverside's climate[29].
The Big “C”
A 132-by-70-foot concrete “C“ was constructed by students in 1957 on the eastern slope of the Box Springs Mountain. It can be seen easily from the campus approximately 1,500 feet below. Freshman classes have the responsibility of painting the letter gold and keeping it clean throughout the year[31].
UCR Palm Desert
UCR opened a new campus in Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley. Initially funded by a $6 million gift from a local entrepreneur, The Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management was founded in 2001 and was UCR's first institutional presence in the area. The campus currently focuses on providing masters' level instruction in management and the fine arts[32].
Student life
Enrollment
UC Riverside reached its peak undergraduate enrollment of 15,399 students in 2003, but the number of students has declined since then. The fall 2005 enrollment was 14,649[33]. The university has projected that the campus will grow to 17,250 students by fall 2006 and to 25,000 by 2015[34][35].
Diversity
The racial or ethnic distribution of UC Riverside's student body, as of 2005, was:
- 40% Asian or Asian American
- 22% Chicano and Latino
- 21% White
- 6% African American
- 2% Other ethnicity
- 0.4% Native American [36].
UCR was ranked fourth nationwide for campus diversity in 2006 by US News and World Report[37] and is the most racially diverse UC campus.
Intolerance and Hate
The communities surrounding UC Riverside that make up the so-called Inland Empire have had frequent incidents of racial violence. 148 hate crimes were reported in the Inland Empire (population over 1 million) in 2004 (one every 2-3 days), with 5 occurring on the UCR campus[38][39]. This may be an underestimate, because in 2000, a special report indicated that UCR (along with UC Irvine and many other college and university campuses) failed to compile detailed crime statistics as mandated by the federal Clery Act[40]. The most recent and notorious hate crime was the murder of a man outside a gay bar in downtown Riverside[41]. In addition, the Highlander, UCR's campus newspaper, has been criticized for publishing racist and homophobic comic strips [42][43]. One cartoon published in 2003 depicted an Asian grad student exclaiming, "Welcohm to mikoheekuhnummick," (a corruption of "welcome to microeconomics) while two UCR students mocked him: "Where did all the English-speaking grad students go?"[44][45]
Housing
UCR's Residence Halls consist of three structures: Aberdeen-Inverness, Lothian, and Pentland Hills, which house over 3,000 students (including 75% of the freshman class) in triple and double rooms on campus. Reflecting UCR's diversity, there are a number of traditional academic as well as student-initiated ethnic and gender-oriented theme floors located among the residence halls. These include a hall for students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CHASS); a hall for students in the University Honors program; combined halls for majors in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) and the Bournes College of Engineering (BCOE); and a hall for transfer students. Student-initiated theme halls include Unete A Mundo, established for students seeking to support Latino/Chicano peers in acclimating to life at UCR; the Pan African Theme Hall for students interested in developing consciousness of Pan African culture in relation to other cultures of the world; and Stonewall Hall, dedicated to students of all gender identities and sexual orientations who wish live in a gender-neutral community[46].
According to the 2005 College Board profile, 28% of all undergraduates live on campus. Housing is available to all students for their first year, and 76% of all first-year students live on campus[47]. Only 30% of students remain on campus for the weekend, contributing to UCR's "commuter school" reputation[47].
ASPB and ASUCR
The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) is a thirteen-member student organization responsible for booking entertainment for the UCR student body. Overseeing an annual budget of approximately $500,000, ASPB books popular artists for annual music festivals such as the Block Party and Spring Splash. It also supports the annual Homecoming and World Fest celebrations[48]. The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) is the official representative body of UCR undergraduates. The senate is composed of 20 elected officers representing three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment. [49].
Environment and community
Air Pollution - Worst in Nation and Hazardous
Riverside is part of what some locals refer to as the “smog belt” because of its exceedingly high levels of air pollution[50]. This pollution is so notorious that it has been thought to influence administration policy (see Biomedical Sciences Program). The associated brown haze can be seen in the Carillon Tower photo to the upper-left, where it obscures the bottom third of the sky. The American Lung Association ranked Riverside County first in its "Top 26 U.S. Counties Most Polluted by Annual Particle Pollution," with nearby San Bernardino County ranking second[51]. According to the National Campaign Against Dirty Air Power (2003), the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area was one of the most polluted areas in comparison to other U.S. cities[52]. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2004) found that levels of pollution in Riverside were among the highest in Southern California, and that the air in the region could damage the lungs of children[53]. The Air Pollution Research Center (APRC) at UCR studies the effects of air pollution on the environment.
Student media and industry
UCR hosts KUCR, a student and community-programmed radio station, which broadcasts at 88.3 FM from a tower in the Box Springs Mountains[54].
UCR is a primary partner in the Riverside Regional Technology Park, which includes the City of Riverside and the County of Riverside. The park is intended to assist entrepreneurs in developing new products[55].
Libraries and collections
UCR's library system is divided into general collections, music, media, and science. General collections are housed in the Tomás Rivera Library. The Science Library houses collections in the physical, natural and agricultural sciences; biomedical sciences; and engineering and computer sciences. There is no separate dedicated medical library for UCR's 48 medical students.
UCR is host to the world's largest academic collection of Star Trek material[56], and houses the 80,000-volume Eaton Collection of science fiction, horror, fantasy, and utopian literature - the world's largest such compilation available to the general public. In addition to its libraries, UCR has various special research collections and museums, including an Herbarium[57], one of the world's most important citrus variety collections[58], and one of the largest entomological museums in the United States[59].
UCR administers the UCR/California Museum of Photography in downtown Riverside. With over 500,000 photographic images and related materials, CMP constitutes the most comprehensive photographic collection in the West, including Amsel Adams' Fiat Lux 1965 archive containing photos of UC campuses. Much of the museum's collection is viewable online; its website receives 3.5 million visitors a year and is the most visited photography museum website in the world[60] [61].
Athletics
UCR is in the NCAA Division I of the Big West Conference. Programs include women's volleyball, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball, softball, tennis and golf, all for both men and women. Football was played until 1975, then discontinued. The cost of a football program, coupled with the legal necessity of allocating an equivalent sum of money to women's sports, makes it unlikely that football will be restored, Athletic Director Stan Morrison has written. [62].
The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the Student Recreation Center, which seats 3,168. Attendance is minimal. The baseball team competes at the Riverside Sports Complex, just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, adjacent to the UCR Soccer Stadium on the Lower Fields.
Construction of a 12,000-seat arena for basketball and volleyball has been proposed, although UCR athletic attendance does not justify the need unlike other Big West schools, according to an editorial in the student newspaper[63].
UC Riverside does not have a marching band, but it does assemble a rock band with horns, a guitar player, and a drummer. Because of NCAA restrictions against amplified instruments like those used in rock music, UCR is sometimes forced to rent a traditional marching band from other colleges such as UCI and UCSB for Big West Tournament games[64][65]. For the women's basketball team's appearance at the NCAA Tournament against North Carolina in March 2006, UCR brought a "rented band of bagpipers and drummers," according to wire reports posted by the NCAA at http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/womens/gamecenter/recap/NCAAW_20060318_CARIV@NC.
The official UCR mascot is Scotty, a tartan-wearing bear.
History
The University of California Citrus Experiment Station
On February 14, 1907, the University of California Board of Regents established an experiment/research station on 23 acres of land on the east slope of Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside, California. The purpose of the research station was to conduct agricultural experiments in techniques of fertilization, irrigation, improvement of crops, and air pollution mitigation. It was here that the navel orange was introduced to the United States[66]. In 1917, the laboratory was moved to the west slope of the Box Springs Mountains.
From a Liberal Arts College to a Research University, the Early Years of UCR
In the late 1940s, a local group of citrus growers and civic and business leaders lobbied the state legislature for the creation of a small liberal arts college attached to the UC Citrus Experiment Station. The UC system was experiencing a massive influx of students as former servicemen took advantage of the 1945 GI Bill, and a state education committee was scouting out locations for a new campus. In 1949, California Governor Earl Warren signed legislation approving the establishment of a UC College of Letters and Science in Riverside. $6 million was initially allocated for construction. This was later reduced to $4 million[67].
University President Robert Gordon Sproul asked Gordon S. Watkins, former dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, to organize the College of Letters and Science at Riverside. Watkins became provost of the campus and presided over its opening with 65 faculty members and 131 students in February, 1954[68].
In 1958, the Regents designated Riverside a general UC campus. Herman Theodore Spieth, UCR's first Chancellor, was charged with overseeing UCR's transition to full university status in accordance with the developing California Master Plan for Higher Education [69].
The Hinderaker Administration: UCR in the 1960s and 70s
Ivan Hinderaker became UCR's second chancellor on Sept 29, 1964 -- the same year the Free Speech Movement took place at UC Berkeley. While there were confrontations between student activists and the campus administration at UCR in the 1960s, they did not occur on the dramatic scale of political protests at larger UC campuses. Hinderaker cooperated with student activists throughout his administration[70].
It fell to Hinderaker to complete the task of turning UCR into a full-fledged research university. He had to contend with Letters and Science faculty Watkins had recruited on the assumption that UCR would remain a small, liberal arts college. A majority of the faculty, who had achieved tenure without having to do research, resisted the research obligations that would necessarily accompany the transformation of UCR into a research university. Hinderaker bided his time, waiting for these faculty members to retire before appointing faculty with strong research interests. The one exception to this difficulty in transitioning from liberal arts college to research university was in the natural sciences. UCR always had a science faculty committed to research[71].
Growth towards full university status was unexpectedly hindered when Riverside Mayor Lewis asked Governor Ronald Reagan to declare the south coast air basin a disaster area in 1972. Riverside thereupon became notorious for its air pollution, which hampered recruitment of both students and faculty. For a while, rumors circulated that the campus would close. Chancellor Hinderaker developed UCR’s innovative biomedical program and popular business administration program partly in order to mitigate the enrollment problems created by Riverside's air quality[72]. He also established UCR’s graduate schools of education and administration and streamlined UCR’s departmental structure during this period.
The 1980s
As a result of the 1978 passage of Prop 13, which drastically reduced the state’s ability to fund higher education, funding was reduced for UCR as well as for all public education institutions in California. After Chancellor Hinderacker retired in 1979, a series of chancellors served relatively brief appointments through the 1980s.
While enrollment began to make modest but sustained annual gains through the 1980s, more than doubling by 1991, [73] no single chancellor at Riverside during this period was in office long enough to strategically direct UCR’s overall development.
The 90s to Today: Riding Tidal Wave II
A state-wide recession in the early nineties brought drastic cuts to student services and financial aid programs as well as significant increases in fees, which caused a reduction in enrollment throughout the UC and Cal State systems. When the economy began to improve in 1994, the UC campuses immediately started receiving more applications than they had been anticipating[74]. This surge became known as "Tidal Wave II", the first tidal wave of students having been the Baby Boom generation born in the post-World War II era. To help the UC system accommodate this growth, the Regents targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent, the fastest in the UC system, and anticipated 19,900 students enrolled at UCR by 2010[75].
As enrollment increased at UC Riverside, so did the diversity of its student body. By 1995, fully 30 percent of UCR students were members of underrepresented minority groups, the highest proportion of any campus in the UC system. The 1997 implementation of Proposition 209 -- which banned the use of race and ethnicity as criteria for admissions, hiring, promotions and contracting by state agencies (including the University of California) -- had the effect of increasing ethnic diversity at UCR while reducing it at Berkeley and UCLA. The latter two campuses -- the most selective in the UC system -- redirected many of their minority applicants to UCR, which had fewer applicants competing for admission.[76].
Recent budget cuts to UCR made because of California's unresolved state deficit have allegedly impaired the ability of the campus to effectively address the educational needs of its students. The current administration has attempted to mitigate this problem by lowering standards for graduation, prompting the chair of the English Department to resign in protest[77].
Future Professional, Law and Medical Schools
With UCR scheduled for dramatic growth, a push has been made to increase both its popular and academic reputation. In 1998, students voted to increase fees to move UCR athletics into NCAA Division I standing. Plans to establish both a law school and a medical school at UCR have been in progress since Chancellor Orbach’s administration in the nineties, with the medical school proposal attracting substantial support from industry as well as the local community[78] [79] [80] [81]. The Regents are expected to make their decision regarding UCR’s medical school proposal in November, 2006.
Organization
Chancellors and chief campus officers
- Gordon S. Watkins (Provost 1949-1956)
- Herman Spieth (Provost 1956-1958/ Chancellor 1958-1964)
- Ivan Hinderaker (Chancellor 1964-1979)
- Tomás Rivera (Chancellor 1979-1984) First Minority UC Chancellor
- Daniel G. Aldrich (Acting Chancellor 1984-1985)
- Theodore L. Hullar (Chancellor 1985-1987)
- Rosemary S.J. Schraer (Chancellor 1987-1992) First Female UC Chancellor
- Raymond L. Orbach (Chancellor 1992-2002)
- France A. Córdova (Chancellor 2002-present)
Notable faculty
- Bir Bhanu - Ph.D., Director of the Center for Research and Intelligent Systems, Expert in Intelligent Systems, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Learning
- Donna Hoffman - Ph.D., Chancellor's Chair and Professor of Marketing, Co-Director, Sloan Center for Internet Retailing and eLab 2.0, A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management.
- Tom Novak - Ph.D., Albert O. Steffey Professor of Marketing and Co-Director, Sloan Center for Internet Retailing and eLab 2.0, A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management.
- Jorge Silva-Risso - Ph.D., Professor of Marketing and Director at marketing research firm J.D. Power and Associates.
- Ivan Strenski - Ph.D., Holstein Family and Community Professor of Religious Studies
- Antony Norman - Ph.D., Biochemistry a world renowned vitamin D expert.
- David Pion-Berlin - Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Specialty in Latin American Studies
- John V. Tunney - Professor of Business Law, former United States Senator and Representative
- Carl Cranor - Ph.D., Professor of Legal Philosophy, Philosophic Issues in Science and the Law, Moral Philosophy, Regulatory Policy, Political Philosophy, and Pioneer of toxic tort litigation, serving as reference to Federal Judges, elected to U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, the Collegium Ramazzini (International Headquarters in Carpi, Italy), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Paul Hoffman - Ph.D., Professor of Early Modern Philosophy, Moral Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, and considered to be one of the most prominent leading scholars on the Metaphysics of Descartes in the philosophy community
- Richard Cardullo - Professor of Biology, Expert on mammalian fertilization, biophysicist
- Umar Mohideen - Professor of Physics, measured the Casimir Effect
- George Edgar Slusser - Professor of Comparative Literature, science fiction expert
- John Baez - Professor of Mathematics, mathematical physicist
- Victor Rodgers - Professor of Bioengineering
- Susan Straight - Writer and Professor of Creative Writing
- Clifford Trafzer - Writer and Lecturer of Native American Studies and History Departments.
- Austin Turk - Noted Criminologist and Professor of Sociology.
- Emory Elliott - Noted American Literature scholar and Professor of English
- Frank Vahid - Noted Computer Scientist and Professor of Computer Science
- Walid A Najjar - Noted Researcher in the field of Compilers and Reconfigurable Computing and Professor of Computer Science
- Bob Toledo - Former UCR football coach; 13th head coach of UCLA
Notable alumni
Academia, science, and technology
- Neil Campbell - American scientist known best for his popular "Biology" textbook.
- Dr. Richard R. Schrock - Chemistry, 2005 and MIT professor
- Tim White - Professor, Integrative Biology and Research Paleo-Anthropologist. Internationally recognized expert in the field of paleo-anthropology.
- Charles E. Young - First UCR student body president and former chancellor at University of California, Los Angeles.
Arts, film, and literature
- Mark Andrus - Writer for Oscar-nominated As Good As It Gets.
- Stephen Breen - 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.
- Jamie Chung - Cast, MTV's The Real World: San Diego.
- Billy Collins - The eleventh U.S. Poet Laureate
- Nona Colorado - Actress for Save The Last Dance and Blue Crush films.
- Susan Elizabeth George - Internationally acclaimed mystery writer.
Athletics
- Butch Johnson-Former professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos
- Gary McCord - Professional golfer/CBS announcer and analyst.
- Troy Percival - Professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
- Eric Show - Former professional baseball player for the San Diego Padres and Oakland Athletics.
Business and politics
- Ruben Barrales - Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House.
- John W. Henry - Money manager and principal owner of the Boston Red Sox.
- Ronald Neumann - Former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria.
- Rod Pacheco - California Assembly Member, 64th district.
- Byron H. Pollitt, Jr - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Gap Inc..
- Gloria Romero - California Assembly Member, 49th district.
- Judith Valles - Mayor of San Bernardino, California.
External links
- Main UCR site
- UCR Athletics
- Campus map
- Web tour
- Digital History Archive of UCR
- UCR Facts and Impacts
- StudentsReview.com UC Riverside reviews
- Sloan Center for Internet Retailing
- eLab 2.0
References
- ^ "MSNBC/Newsweek: UC Yourself in California?".
- ^ "Comprehensive Review".
- ^ "UC Eligibility Index for 2006-2007".
- ^ "MSNBC/Newsweek: UC Yourself in California?".
- ^ "UC Merced freshmen class shrinks by 50 percent".
- ^ "University of California Committee on Preparatory Education" (PDF).
- ^ "How Can the State Better Prepare Students for College?".
- ^ a b "California Freshman Admit Profile" (PDF).
- ^ a b c "Best Colleges". Retrieved May 07.
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