University of California, Riverside

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The University of California, Riverside is a public, coeducational university situated in Riverside, California beside Box Springs Mountain. It is one of ten University of California campuses and is popularly known as UCR or UC Riverside. As of 2003, UCR was the fastest growing UC campus in terms of enrollment and endowment.

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1 Academics 2 Organization 2.1 Chancellors 2.2 Colleges and Schools 3 Athletics 4 Notable faculty 5 Notable alumni and students 6 External links

Academics

UCR was originally established in 1907 as the Citrus Experiment Station (which introduced the navel orange to the United States) and significant agricultural research still takes place there. Today, UCR is oriented towards undergraduates, and offers 78 majors and 45 minors. It is the only UC campus to offer an undergraduate degree in creative writing and one of only two UC campuses to offer an undergraduate degree in business administration. UCR features a unique biomedical sciences program which allows students can earn both BS and MD degrees in seven years instead of eight.

UCR is also a primary partner in the Riverside Regional Technology Park, which also includes the City of Riverside, the County of Riverside, and various private industry members. The park is intended to assist entrepreneurs in developing new products and help move UCR discoveries into the marketplace.

UCR is host to the world's largest academic collection of Star Trek material.

Organization

Chancellors

• Gordon Watkins (1949-1956)
• Herman Spieth (1956-1964)
• Ivan Hinderaker (1964-1979)
• Tomás Rivera (1979-1984) First Minority UC Chancellor
• Daniel Aldrich (1984, acting)
• Ted Hullar (1985-1987)
• Rosemary Schraer (1987-1992) First Female UC Chancellor
• Raymond Orbach (1992-2002)
• David H. Warren (2002, acting)
• France A. Córdova (2002-present)

Colleges and Schools

UCR's academic departments and programs are organized into 5 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.

Athletics

UCR competes as an NCAA Division I school in the Big West Conference. The official UCR mascot is the Highlander.

Notable faculty

• Umar Mohideen - Professor of Physics, measured the Casimir Effect
• George Edgar Slusser - Professor of Comparative Literature, science fiction expert
• John V. Tunney - Professor of Business Law, former United States Senator and Representative

Notable alumni and students

• Mike Char - Played the piano teacher's illegitimate nephew in The Joy Luck Club; was Jackie Chan's body double in Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2
• Jamie Chung - Cast member in Real World San Diego
• Billy Collins (PhD 1971) - The eleventh U.S. Poet Laureate
• Troy Percival - Professional Baseball Pitcher
• Lindsay Ridgeway - "Morgan Matthews" in the TV series Boy Meets World
• Charles Young (1954) - First UCR student body president and former UCLA chancellor

External links

• Main UCR site (http://www.ucr.edu)
• UCR Athletics (http://www.athletics.ucr.edu)
• Campus map (http://www.campusmap.ucr.edu)
• Web tour (http://www.tour.ucr.edu)

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