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{{Short description|Public university in Riverside, California}}
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|campus =], 1,160 acres (4.7 km²) in Riverside; ] in Palm Desert
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| provost = Elizabeth Watkins<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of the Provost |url=http://provost.ucr.edu |publisher=University of California, Riverside |access-date=November 17, 2020}}</ref>
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The '''University of California, Riverside,''' is a public ] ] which is located at 900 University Avenue, ], ], 90521. Its 1,200-acre main campus is in a suburban district of ], with a branch campus in ]. Founded in 1907 as the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside research pioneered ], the use of natural predators to reduce pest populations, and the use of ] responsible for extending the ] growing season in California from 4 months to 9 months.<ref>{{cite web | title = California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture | url = http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf}}</ref> With the fastest student population growth in the UC system, projected at 6% annually through 2010, Riverside currently enrolls the most diverse student body of all the UC campuses.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref><ref name=LAT011507>Richard C. Paddock, , ''Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2007.</ref> The '''University of California, Riverside''' ('''UCR''' or '''UC Riverside''') is a ] ] ] in ], United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the ] system. The main campus sits on {{convert|1900|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} in a suburban district of Riverside with a branch campus of {{convert|20|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} in ]. In 1907, the predecessor to UCR was founded as the ], Riverside which pioneered research in ] and the use of ].
==History==
{{main|History of the University of California, Riverside}}
===The Citrus Experiment Station===
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On February 14, 1907, the University of California Board of Regents established a citrus experiment and research station on 23 acres of land on the east slope of Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside. Citrus experimentation in Riverside had been carried on for many decades before; for example, the navel orange was first grown in the United States from cuttings imported from Brazil and planted in Riverside in the 1870s. The purpose of the new station was to conduct experiments in fertilization, irrigation and crop improvement. In 1917, the laboratory was moved to the west slope of the Box Springs Mountains.


UCR's undergraduate ] opened in 1954. The ] declared UCR a general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961. To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730&nbsp;million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999.<ref name="UCR factsheet">{{cite web|title=UCR Factsheet|url=https://www.ucr.edu/about/factsheet.html|publisher= University of California, Riverside|access-date=August 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820032842/https://www.ucr.edu/about/factsheet.html|archive-date=August 20, 2007}}</ref><ref name="UCRFacts2007">{{cite web|title=UCR Facts and Impacts 2007|url=https://www.ucr.edu/about/facts.html|publisher= University of California, Riverside |access-date= August 20, 2007}}</ref>{{needs update|date=August 2020}} UCR plans to have 35,000 students by 2035.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UCR has the most California admitted students of any UC campus {{!}} UCR News {{!}} UC Riverside |url=https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/07/31/ucr-has-most-california-admitted-students-any-uc-campus |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=news.ucr.edu |language=en}}</ref> Preliminary accreditation of the ] was granted in October 2012 and the first class of 50 students was enrolled in August 2013. It is the first new research-based public ] in 40 years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Muckenfuss|first=Mark|title=Medical school receives preliminary accreditation|url=http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20121002-riverside-medical-school-receives-preliminary-accreditation.ece|work=]|date=October 2, 2012|access-date=October 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116135812/http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20121002-riverside-medical-school-receives-preliminary-accreditation.ece|archive-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> UCR is a member of the ].
===Founding of a liberal arts college===

In the late 1940s, the UC system was experiencing a massive influx of students as former servicemen took advantage of the 1945 ], and a state education committee was scouting out locations for a new campus. A local group of citrus growers and civic and business leaders successfully lobbied the state legislature for the establishment of a small liberal arts college in Riverside. In 1949, California Governor ] signed legislation approving the establishment of a College of Letters and Science attached to the Citrus Experiment Station.<ref>{{cite web | title=Oral History transcript, Gabbert | url=http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/gabbert.htm}}</ref>
In 2000, UC Riverside was ] as an "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity."<ref>{{Cite report |date=2001 |title=The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education |edition=2000 |publisher=The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=63bd8901d8c5b771e0fdb2d7bb4891a5211be515 |access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=110671 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref> UCR's sports teams are known as the Highlanders and play in the ] of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ]. Their nickname was inspired by the high altitude of the campus, which lies on the foothills of ].

==History==
{{Main|History of the University of California, Riverside}}
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] at the ]|alt=Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management]]


At the turn of the 20th century, ] was a major producer of citrus, the region's primary ]. The industry developed from the country's first ] trees, planted in ] in 1873. Lobbied by the citrus industry, the UC Regents established the UC ] (CES) on February 14, 1907, on {{convert|23|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} of land on the east slope of ] in Riverside. The station conducted experiments in ], ] and ] improvement. In 1917, the station was moved to a larger site, {{convert|475|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} near Box Springs Mountain.<ref name="citrus">{{cite book|last=Ruther |first=Walter |author2=E. Clair Calavan |author3=Glen E. Carman |title=The Citrus Industry, Volume V, Chapter Five: The Origins of Citrus Research in California |publisher=Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California |year=1989 |url=http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/citrus_history.pdf |location=] |access-date=August 21, 2007 |isbn=0-931876-87-7 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175051/http://lib.ucr.edu/agnic/webber/citrus_history.pdf |archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref>
Gordon S. Watkins, dean of the College of Letters and Science at UCLA, organized the new college at Riverside. He became UCR's first provost, or administrative head. On a February day of 1954, 127 students and 65 professors trudged through rain and mud to launch the new school at what is now University Avenue and Canyon Crest Drive. <ref></ref> The first buildings of the new campus included: the library, Webber Hall, Physical Sciences, Physical Education, and Social Sciences.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005| url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP%2011-2005%20-%20Final/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf}}</ref>


The 1944 passage of the ] during ] set in motion a rise in college enrollments that necessitated an expansion of the state university system in California. A local group of citrus growers and civic leaders, including many ] alumni, lobbied aggressively for a UC-administered ] next to the CES. State Senator ] authored Senate Bill 512 (1949) which former Assemblyman ] and Assemblyman John Babbage (both of Riverside) were instrumental in shepherding through the State Legislature.<ref name="Timeline">{{cite press release|title=University of California, Riverside Campus Timeline|url=http://www.info.ucr.edu/announce/20020722timeline.html|year=2002|publisher=UCR News|access-date=January 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20021017025918/http://www.info.ucr.edu/announce/20020722timeline.html|archive-date=October 17, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gabbert Oral History transcript|url=http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/pdf/gabbert.pdf|publisher=University of California, Riverside, Oral History Project|date=April 2, 1998 |access-date=August 22, 2007}}</ref> Governor ] signed the bill in 1949, allocating $2&nbsp;million for initial campus construction.<ref name="Lovekin">{{cite journal|last=Lovekin|first=Kris|title=Enjoying Our Past|journal=Fiat Lux|volume=14|issue=2|pages=14–17|publisher=University of California, Riverside|date=February 2004|url=http://www.fiatlux.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=583|access-date=August 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213184533/http://www.fiatlux.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=583|archive-date=February 13, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===A comprehensive university===
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], dean of the ], became the first ] of the new college at Riverside. Initially conceived of as a small college devoted to the liberal arts, he ordered the campus built for a maximum of 1,500&nbsp;students and recruited many young junior faculty to fill teaching positions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adrian Oral History Transcript|url= http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/pdf/adrian.pdf|date=July 2, 1998|publisher=University of California, Riverside Oral History Project|access-date=January 10, 2007}}</ref> He presided at its opening with 65&nbsp;faculty and 127&nbsp;students on February 14, 1954, remarking, "Never have so few been taught by so many."<ref>{{cite news|last= Agha|first= Marisa|title= UCR's half-century of progress Celebration: The university is marking its 50th anniversary with a variety of events.|work= ]|date= January 19, 2004|url= http://www.belltower.ucr.edu/subpage.php?content=news/ucr_half_century011904.html|access-date= August 20, 2007}}</ref>
In 1958, the Regents designated Riverside as a general UC campus. Herman Theodore Spieth, UCR's first chancellor, oversaw the beginnings of the school's transition to full university status in accordance with the developing ].<ref>{{cite web | title=Riverside: Administrative Officers| url=http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/campuses/ucr/officers.html}}</ref>


UCR's enrollment exceeded 1,000&nbsp;students by the time ] became president of the UC system in 1958.<ref name="Stadtman">{{cite web|last=Stadtman|first=Verne A.|title=The Centennial Record of the University of California|year=1967|publisher=Office of the Regents of the University of California, Office of the Secretary
Ivan Hinderaker, UCR's second chancellor, was installed on ] ], the same year the ] erupted at UC Berkeley. Hinderaker was credited with cooperating with student activists throughout his administration so that political confrontations did not occur on the dramatic scale of political protests at larger UC campuses in the 1960s. <ref name=hinderaker>{{cite web | title=Hinderaker Oral History Transcript| url=http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/pdf/hinderakeri.pdf}}</ref>
|url=http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb4v19n9zb&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00792&toc.depth=1&toc.id=div00792&brand=calisphere|access-date= August 10, 2007}}</ref> Anticipating a "tidal wave" in enrollment growth required by the ] generation, Kerr developed the ] and the Regents designated Riverside a general ] campus in 1959.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kerr|first=Clark|title=The Gold and the Blue: A Personal Memoir of the University of California, 1949–1967 Volume I: Academic Triumphs|year=2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jMEZ_47vXkAC&pg=RA1-PA153|location=]|publisher=]|access-date=January 10, 2007|isbn=0-520-22367-5}}</ref> UCR's first ], ], oversaw the beginnings of the school's transition to a full university and its expansion to a capacity of 5,000&nbsp;students. UCR's second chancellor, ] led the campus through the era of the ] and kept student protests peaceful in Riverside.<ref name="Hinderaker">{{cite web|title=Hinderaker Oral History Transcript|url=http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/pdf/hinderakeri.pdf|publisher=University of California, Riverside Oral History Project|date=May 5, 1998|access-date=January 10, 2008}}</ref> According to a 1998 interview with Hinderaker, the city of Riverside received negative press coverage for ] after the mayor asked Governor ] to declare the ] a ] in 1971; subsequent student enrollment declined by up to 25% through 1979.<ref name="Timeline" /><ref name="Hinderaker" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucrapb.ucr.edu/institutional_planning/trend/yearavgenr.shtml|title=Academic Planning and Budget: Year-Avg Headcount Enrollment|publisher=Institutional Planning, Office of Planning and Budget, University of California, Riverside|access-date=March 22, 2008}}</ref> Hinderaker's development of innovative programs in business administration and ] created incentive for enough students to enroll at Riverside to keep the campus open.<ref name="Hinderaker" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Parsavand |first=Shirin |title=Former UCR chancellor Ivan Hinderaker dies at 91 |date=September 25, 2007 |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_D_hinderaker25.4033be3.html |work=] |access-date=September 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215160026/http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_D_hinderaker25.4033be3.html |archive-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref>
According to an 1998 interview with Hinderaker, in 1972 Riverside gained a reputation for severe air pollution when the mayor of Riverside asked Governor Ronald Reagan to declare the South Coast air basin a ] disaster area, a condition that significantly hampered recruitment of both students and faculty. Hinderaker said he developed UCR’s innovative biomedical program and popular business administration program partly to lessen the enrollment problems created by Riverside's air quality.<ref name=hinderaker>{{cite web | title=Hinderaker Oral History Transcript| url=http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/pdf/hinderakeri.pdf}}</ref> He also established UCR’s graduate schools of education and administration and streamlined UCR’s departmental structure during this period.


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The 1978 passage of ], a California ballot measure that cut property taxes, further reduced budgets for UCR as well as all other public education institutions in California through the 1980s. After Hinderaker retired in 1979, a series of four chancellors served relatively brief appointments throughout the decade. Enrollment began to make modest but sustained annual gains, more than doubling by 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR New Freshmen Retention And Graduation Rates| url=http://asp.ucr.edu/statistics/read2.php}}</ref>


In the 1990s, UC experienced a new surge of enrollment applications, now known as "Tidal Wave II".<ref>{{cite web |title=Tidal Wave II Revisited, A Review of Earlier Enrollment Projections For CA Higher Education|last1= Hayward|first1= Gerald C.|last2= Brenman|first2= David W.|last3= Estrada|first3= Leobardo F.|publisher= National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education|location=] and ] |date=September 1998|url=http://www.highereducation.org/reports/tidalwave/wave.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818201500/http://www.highereducation.org/reports/tidalwave/wave.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |access-date= August 21, 2007}}</ref> The Regents targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3%, the fastest in the UC system, and anticipated 19,900&nbsp;students at UCR by 2010.<ref name="enrollment rate">{{cite press release|title=UC Enrollment Growth|publisher=News and Communications, University of California, Office of the President|url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf|access-date=August 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175051/http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf|archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref> By 1995, African American, American Indian, and Latino student enrollments accounted for 30% of the UCR student body, the highest proportion of any UC campus at the time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Robinson|first=Nina|title=Undergraduate Access to the University of California After the Elimination of Race Conscious Policies|location=Oakland|publisher=UC Office of the President|date=March 2003|url=http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/aa_final2.pdf|access-date=August 21, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175053/http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/aa_final2.pdf|archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref> The 1997 implementation of ]—which banned the use of ] by state agencies—reduced the ethnic diversity at the more selective UC campuses but further increased it at UCR.<ref name="Diversity in the affirmative">{{cite news|title=Diversity in the affirmative, Some point to UCR as an example of why race-based policies are not necessary.|last=Knott Ahern|first=Louise|work=]|date=May 5, 2003|url=http://www.inthenews.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=3472|access-date=August 21, 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
===Tidal Wave II to present===
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A reduction in enrollment throughout the UC and ] systems in the early nineties was attributed to statewide recession. With the improvement of the economy in 1994, the UC campuses began receiving more applications than anticipated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tidal Wave II Revisited| url=http://www.highereducation.org/reports/tidalwave/wave1.shtml}}</ref> This surge became known as "Tidal Wave II" (the first "tidal wave" of students having been the ] generation born in the post-World War II era). To help the UC system accommodate this growth, planners targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent, the fastest in the UC system and anticipated that 19,900 students enrolled at UCR by 2010.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Enrollment Growth| url=http://www.ucop.edu/ucophome/commserv/FS000302Enroll.pdf}}</ref>


With UCR scheduled for dramatic population growth, efforts have been made to increase its popular and academic recognition.<ref name="LongRangePlan2005">{{cite web |title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan|date=October 2005 |url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf |publisher=University of California, Riverside, Office of Academic Planning & Budget, Capital & Physical Planning |access-date=August 10, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816173859/http://lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf|archive-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> The students voted for a fee increase to move UCR athletics into ] standing in 1998.<ref name="Division I">{{cite press release |title=UCR Invited to Join Big West Conference, Clearing Major Hurdle in Division I Bid|date=October 1, 1999 |url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/pressreleasearchives/9900prarchives.html |publisher=UC Riverside Athletics |access-date=February 6, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112115315/http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/pressreleasearchives/9900prarchives.html|archive-date=January 12, 2008}}</ref> In the 1990s, proposals were made to establish a law school, a medical school, and a school of public policy at UCR, with the UCR School of Medicine and the School of Public Policy becoming reality in 2012.<ref>{{cite press release|title=UC Riverside Updates Plan for Future Law School, Campus has long-range plans for a medical school, a law school and a school of public policy|publisher=University of California, Riverside, Office of Strategic Communications|date=May 19, 2006 |url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1347|access-date=August 21, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622051903/http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1347}}</ref> In June 2006, UCR received its largest gift, 15.5&nbsp;million from two local couples, in trust towards building its medical school.<ref>{{cite news |last=Agha |first=Marisa |author2=Quan, Douglas |title=UC Riverside receives its largest gift, $15.5&nbsp;million |work=] |date=June 16, 2006 |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_donor17.1d1979b.html |access-date=August 21, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070526062228/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_donor17.1d1979b.html <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date= May 26, 2007}}</ref> The Regents formally approved ] proposal in 2006. Upon its completion in 2013, it was the first new medical school built in California in 40&nbsp;years.<ref>{{cite news |last=Agha|first=Marisa|title=Regent's ratify Med School |work=] |date=November 16, 2006 |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_ucrmed17.371bb52.html |access-date=August 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528112003/http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_ucrmed17.371bb52.html |archive-date=May 28, 2007}}</ref><ref name="UC Riverside taking final steps in planning medical school">{{cite news|last=Regus |first=Elaine |title=UC Riverside taking final steps in planning medical school |work=] |date=October 29, 2007 |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_medskl23.368812d.html |access-date=October 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213202355/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_medskl23.368812d.html |archive-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref>
As enrollment increased, so did the ethnic diversity of the students. By 1995, fully 30 percent of UCR students were members of non-Caucasian groups, the highest proportion of any campus in the UC system at the time. The 1997 implementation of ] — 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 further increasing ethnic diversity at UCR while reducing it at the most selective campuses in the system.<ref>{{cite web | title=Undergraduate Access to the University of California After the Elimination of Race Conscious Policies| url=http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/aa_final2.pdf}}</ref>


==Campus== ==Campus==
{{Main|University of California, Riverside campus}}
] ] is the dominant landmark in the center of the main campus.|alt=Carillon Bell Tower]]


{{wide image|View of Riverside from Box Springs(cropped).jpg|800px|align-cap=center|''Panoramic view of campus from the Box Springs Mountains (north to the right). Student housing is to the far lower right, west of which are the athletic facilities. The dense vegetation to the lower left constitutes the ]. The agricultural fields in the central left are designated for future campus development. (2007)''|alt=Panoramic aerial image of UC Riverside}}
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UCR's main campus sits at an elevation of {{cvt|1100|ft|m}} to {{cvt|1450|ft|m}} near Box Springs Mountain, 3&nbsp;miles (5&nbsp;km) east of downtown Riverside, 3&nbsp;miles (5&nbsp;km) south of neighboring ], and comprises {{convert|1112|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} divided into eastern and western areas by the ] freeway.<ref name="LongRangePlan2005"/><ref>{{cite web|title=University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens: The Physical Site |publisher=University of California, Riverside, Center for Visual Computing |url=http://www.gardens.ucr.edu/gardens/thesite.html|access-date=August 22, 2007|archive-date=August 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814080523/http://www.gardens.ucr.edu/gardens/thesite.html}}</ref>
===Main campus===
The UCR main campus is located within the ] in western ], three miles east of downtown, and comprises 1,112 acres divided into eastern and western portions by the ] freeway. Nearly half of the total acreage is devoted to agricultural teaching and research fields, most of which are located west of the freeway.


East Campus, occupying approximately {{convert|600|acre|ha|0|sp=us}}, hosts the core cluster of academic buildings and services. The original buildings that formed the earliest kernel of the campus included the UC Citrus Experiment Station, residential buildings, and barn, all of which are still in use. They were designed by Lester H. Hibbard, in association with H.B. Cody. Built by 1917 at a cost of $165,000, the ] of the major buildings followed the ] style suggesting the Spanish colonial heritage of Southern California.<ref name="LongRangePlan2005" />
The University Avenue underpass of Route 60 forms a "gateway" between UCR and the City of Riverside. Painted on the support walls of the underpass is the Gluck Gateway Mural, a 190-foot memorial of UCR history from the early days of the Citrus Experiment Station through 2000, the year the mural was painted.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Story Behind the Gateway Mural| url=http://www.fiatlux.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=368}}</ref>


Further major construction largely ceased on the site until the groundbreaking for the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) in April 1951. A group of five buildings designed by different architects in a decidedly more ] style were completed by 1954: the Rivera Library, Webber Hall, Geology Building, Physical Education Building and Watkins Hall. After the Regents declared UCR a "general campus" of the UC system in 1958, many new buildings and additions were laid out over the following decade. Following an east–west axis, new student residence halls and athletic facilities were developed along the southeastern quadrant of the main campus, while academic and research facilities were built along the central campus area closer to the freeway.<ref name="LongRangePlan2005" /> The Bell Tower, one of only five ]s in California, was built in this period. Designed by ], the tower is {{convert|161|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall and contains 48&nbsp;bells, each weighing from {{convert|28|lb|kg}} to {{convert|5091|lb|kg}}, covering four chromatic ]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Time and Tone at UCR |work=] |date=January 10, 1966 |page=20}}</ref>
;West Campus
Of the 511 acres of UCR property comprising the West Campus, approximately 295 acres are citrus groves and row crops used primarily by the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. University Extension, the USDA Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), a parking lot, office buildings (Human Resources and Highlander Hall), and other small facilities are also located on the West Campus. University Village, a ] development located across from University Avenue adjacent to the freeway, provides a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, an apartment complex, as well as a parking structure and surface parking. The movie theaters serve as lecture halls during the day, with a shuttle taking students to and from campus every 15 minutes.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR's Long Range Development Plan, October 2005| url=http://www.lrdp.ucr.edu/LRDP%2011-2005%20-%20Final/LRDP05-Oct2005.pdf}}</ref>


]
;East Campus
]
The East Campus, comprising approximately 600.8 acres, provides the setting for the core cluster of academic buildings. Devoted primarily to teaching and research, it includes student and administrative services, the Student Commons and the Rivera and Science Libraries. Student housing is provided in its northernmost portion near the Box Spring Mountains, with residence halls, family housing, apartment housing, and recreation facilities. Wide grassy pedestrian malls run throughout the center and outlying portions.


After the drop in enrollment and subsequent restructuring of academic programs in the 1970s, little capacity construction was undertaken over the next two decades. However, enrollment growth in the late 1980s justified considerable further campus expansion over the 1990s. Major additions built in the period include: ], completed in 1995; the Humanities & Social Science building, completed in 1996; and the Science Library, completed in 1998. The Pentland and Stonehaven residence halls were completed in 2000, and the Arts building was completed in 2001.<ref name="LongRangePlan2005" /> Active construction projects include the "Multidisciplinary Research Building," new residence halls located east of A-I and ongoing renovations to Pierce Hall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Building for the Future|publisher= University of California, Riverside, Office of Design and Construction|url= http://pdc.ucr.edu/pdf_files/Construction_Progress.pdf|access-date= January 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627154733/http://pdc.ucr.edu/pdf_files/Construction_Progress.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=June 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last= Forgey|first= Mary|title= UC Riverside Plays 'Catch-Up'|journal= California Construction|date= May 2004|url= http://california.construction.com/features/archive/0405_Feature11.asp|access-date= August 22, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040620194350/http://california.construction.com/features/archive/0405_Feature11.asp|archive-date= June 20, 2004|url-status= dead}}</ref> The first phase of a new Commons was completed in 2007, and phase II is in development. Other ongoing projects include a new CHASS Instructional and Research Center and Students Academic Support Services Building.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commons|url=http://www.commons.ucr.edu/default.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205054720/http://www.commons.ucr.edu/default.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 5, 1998|publisher=University of California, Riverside|access-date=October 10, 2007}}</ref> Since 1999, more than $730&nbsp;million has been invested in construction projects.<ref name="UCRFacts2007" />
In the center of the main campus stands the UCR Carillon Bell Tower, one of only four in California. It was given as a gift by former UC regent Philip Boyd and his wife Dorothy. The dedication of the ] and tower took place on October 2, 1966. <ref> </ref> Designed by ] - Jones & Emmons of Los Angeles, the tower is 49 meters (161 feet) tall and contains 48 bells, cast in France. The bells cover four chromatic octaves and weigh from 28 to 5,091 pounds. They were first heard in 1966 and were part of the initial broadcast of the campus radio station, KUCR.<ref name=History101>{{cite web | title=UCR History 101| url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=1540}}</ref>In the beginning visitors were allowed to go inside the tower and climb to the top, however the tower was closed to most visitors in late 1990's. During the academic year there are weekly live performances, with an occasional weekend performance.


] in front of the ] Sciences Building on the UCR campus (2007)|alt=Xeriscaping in front of the Biological Sciences Building]]
The Commons student center was previously located directly northwest of the Bell tower. The four-decades old building was demolished at the end of 2005, and construction is under way to more than double the size of the center from 65,000 to 142,000 square feet. Currently the cafeteria is host to the "Temporary Student Commons" containing student dining, study areas, as well as pool tables and arcade games that used to be located in the demolished student Commons. <ref>{{cite web | title=Student Commons Fact Sheet | url=http://commonsexpansion.ucr.edu/facts.html}}</ref> The new $50 million Commons (slated for completion in 2008) will include meeting rooms, dining areas and places to study.<ref>{{cite web | title=UC Riverside Plays 'Catch-Up' | url=http://california.construction.com/features/archive/0405_Feature11.asp}}</ref>


Of the {{convert|511|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} of UCR property constituting West Campus, approximately {{convert|216|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} along University Avenue have been developed. These include facilities such as University Extension, the ] (USDA) Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), Human Resources and Highlander Hall. University Village, a ] commercial development, features a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, and an apartment complex, along with a parking structure and ]. Citrus groves and row crops occupy the remaining {{convert|295|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} stretching northwest to the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Le Conte Drive. Plans for future expansion include converting a portion of these fields into new UCR infrastructure.<ref name="LongRangePlan2005" />
Southeast of the Bell tower is the ] Library, the main library. 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 some of the original 1917 buildings.<ref name=History101>{{cite web | title=UCR History 101| url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=1540}}</ref>


The University of California, Riverside has recently united its three downtown arts presentation venues under the umbrella name of the UCR ARTSblock. The ARTSblock is composed of the UCR/California Museum of Photography, The Sweeney Art Gallery, and the Culver Center of the Arts, a media lab and presentation facility. The three institutions reside side by side in the heart of downtown Riverside's historic ].<ref>{{cite web|title=UCR/ARTSblock|publisher= University of California, Riverside, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences|url=http://artsblock.ucr.edu/about_mission.lasso |access-date= August 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070425081247/http://www.artsblock.ucr.edu/about_mission.lasso|archive-date=April 25, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last= Haberman|first= Doug|title= Riverside colleges to bring arts schools downtown|url= http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_H_arts24.39f70e1.html|work= ]|date= October 23, 2007|access-date=October 23, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071026054103/http://www.pe.com/localnews/rivcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_H_arts24.39f70e1.html|archive-date= October 26, 2007}}</ref>
;Botanic Gardens


===Palm Desert Graduate Center===
Forming the eastern border of the Riverside campus are the ], which 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.<ref name="UCRBG">{{cite web | title=UCRBG| url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=4618}}</ref>
The Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management was founded in ] in 2001. After the {{convert|540|acre|ha|0|sp=us|adj=on}} ], it is UCR's second institutional presence in the ]. Initially by a $6&nbsp;million gift from Richard J. Heckmann, a ] entrepreneur, the institution was planned as a teaching and research center of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the UCR School of Business. The center encourages local ] through the Coachella Valley Angel Network, an ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tucker|first=Darla Martin|title=Angels seek startups to shepherd|url=http://cvangelnetwork.com/bizpress112606.html|work=The Business Press|date=November 26, 2006|access-date=August 23, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717055113/http://cvangelnetwork.com/bizpress112606.html|archive-date=July 17, 2012}}</ref> A further investment of $10&nbsp;million from the State of California and a donation of {{convert|20|acre|ha|0|sp=us}} of land from the City of Palm Desert allowed for the opening of an expanded graduate center on April 15, 2005, adjacent to the ]. The center is also home to university researchers in ], ] and ]. Master's level instruction in ] and ] is available at the center.<ref>{{cite web|title=UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center|publisher=University of California, Riverside|url=http://www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/index.php?content=/about/index.html|access-date=August 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612114206/http://palmdesert.ucr.edu/index.php?content=%2Fabout%2Findex.html|archive-date=June 12, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Academics==
In addition to supporting research and education at UCR, the gardens offer a place of respite for students, visitors, and members of the community. Though maintained separately from the Botanic Gardens, UCR’s campus grounds are also landscaped with plants that thrive in Riverside's climate.<ref name="UCRBG" />
{{Main|University of California, Riverside academics}}
]
;Active Construction Projects
*Alumni and Vistors Center<br>
*New campus commons expansion<br>
*Engineering Unit 3 and Materials Science Building<br>
*Psychology Research Building<br>
*Genomics Building<br>
*'Glen Mor' Arroyo Student Housing Apartments<br>
*CHASS Instructional and Research Center<br>
*Students Academic Support Services Building <ref></ref>


]
===UCR Palm Desert===
In fall 2005, UCR opened a new graduate center in ] in the ]. 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 school encourages Entrepreneurship through an Angel Network, called the Coachella Valley Angel Network (CVAN).<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Palm Desert | url=http://www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/index.php?content=/about/index.html}}</ref> The campus focuses on providing master's level instruction in management and in the fine arts.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Palm Desert | url=http://www.palmdesert.ucr.edu/index.php?content=/about/index.html}}</ref>


As a campus of the University of California system, UCR is governed by a ] and administered by a president. The current president is ], and the current ] of the university is ]. UCR's academic policies are set by its Academic Senate, a legislative body composed of all UCR faculty members.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Duties and Structure of the Academic Senate: A Brief Review, Academic Senate Office|publisher=University of California, Riverside|url=http://www.senate.ucr.edu/senate_site/cms.php?node=duties_and_structure|access-date=January 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106102624/http://www.senate.ucr.edu/senate_site/cms.php?node=duties_and_structure|archive-date=November 6, 2007}}</ref>
==Administration==


UCR is organized into three academic colleges, two professional schools, and two graduate schools. UCR's liberal arts college, the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, was founded in 1954, and began accepting graduate students in 1960. The ], founded in 1958, incorporated the CES as part of the first research-oriented institution at UCR; it eventually also incorporated the natural science departments formerly associated with the liberal arts college to form its present structure in 1974.<ref name="Hinderaker" /> UCR's newest academic unit, the Bourns College of Engineering, was founded in 1989.<ref>{{cite press release|title=UC Riverside College of Engineering Hires Thirteen New Faculty Members|url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=717|date=December 22, 2003|publisher=University of California, Riverside|access-date=December 7, 2007|archive-date=February 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211133112/http://newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=717|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnas.ucr.edu/about/history.html|title=UCR College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, History|publisher=University of California, Riverside|access-date=March 12, 2008
As a campus of the ] system, UCR is governed by a Board of Regents and administered by a president. The current president is ] and the administrative head of UCR is Chancellor ].
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709031510/http://cnas.ucr.edu/about/history.html|archive-date=July 9, 2007}}</ref> Comprising the professional schools are the ], founded in 1968, and the ], founded in 1970.<ref name="Hinderaker" /> These units collectively provide 81&nbsp;] and 52&nbsp;minors, 48&nbsp;] programs, and 42&nbsp;] (PhD) programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.ucr.edu/UCR_Catalog_0708.pdf|title=2007–08 UCR General Catalog|publisher=University of California, Riverside|access-date=August 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025141609/http://catalog.ucr.edu/UCR_Catalog_0708.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> UCR is the only UC campus to offer undergraduate degrees in creative writing and ] and one of three UCs (along with ] and ]) to offer an undergraduate degree in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/ITU.pdf|title=Introducing the University, 08–09|publisher=University of California, Office of the President, Student Affairs|date=April 2007|access-date=August 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222133915/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/ITU.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=February 22, 2007}}</ref> Through its Division of Biomedical Sciences, founded in 1974, UCR offers the Thomas Haider medical degree program in collaboration with ].<ref name="Hinderaker" /> UCR's doctoral program in the emerging field of ], founded in 1992, was the first program of its kind in the United States, and UCR's minor in ], established in 1996, was the first undergraduate program of its kind in the UC system.<ref>{{cite news|last= La Rocco|first= Cynthia|title= DANCE; Mind And Body At Yale |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E5DE1738F930A1575AC0A9619C8B63|work=] |date= September 23, 2007|access-date= October 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9800E3D61631F93BA15751C1A961958260|title=Study of Sex Experiencing 2d Revolution|work=]|access-date=February 3, 2008
|last=Bronner|first=Ethan|date=December 28, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://out.ucr.edu/campus/studies_article2001.htm|title=New Schools of Thought|journal=]|volume=20|issue=3|year=2001|access-date=February 3, 2008|last=Catrone|first=Vince|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703194954/http://out.ucr.edu/campus/studies_article2001.htm|archive-date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> A new BA program in ] was inaugurated in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_bagpipes11.3ab535f.html |title=UCR's unique bagpipes and drum degree program beckons with top-notch directors |work=] |date=April 10, 2008 |access-date=April 12, 2008 |last=Regus |first=Elaine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517002201/http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_bagpipes11.3ab535f.html |archive-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref>


===Rankings===
{| class="wikitable"
{{See also|University of California#Campuses and rankings}}
!
{{col-begin}}
! Chancellors of UC Riverside
{{col-break}}
! Years as Chancellor
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- National rankings -->
| Forbes_NU = 97
| USNWR_NU = 76 <small>(tie)</small>
| Wamo_NU = 79
| WSJ_NU = 108
<!-- Global rankings -->
| QS_W = 497 <small>(tie)</small>
| THE_W = 251–300
| USNWR_W = 223 <small>(tie)</small>
| ARWU_W= 201–300
}}
{{col-break}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|- |-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Riverside Highlanders|color=white}}" |National program rankings<ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=University of California Riverside – U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 10, 2024|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/university-of-california-riverside-110671/overall-rankings}}</ref>
| 1 || ] || (1949&ndash;1956, provost)
|- |-
! Program
| 2 || ] || (1956&ndash;1964)
! Ranking
|- |-
|] ||39
| 3 || ] || (1964&ndash;1979)
|- |-
|] ||46
| 4 || ] || (1979&ndash;1984) First minority UC chancellor
|- |-
|] ||48
| 5 || ] || (1984&ndash;1985, acting)
|- |-
|] ||55
| 6 || ] || (1985&ndash;1987)
|- |-
|] ||49
| 7 || ] || (1987&ndash;1992) First female UC Chancellor
|- |-
|] ||74
| 8 || ] || (1992&ndash;2002)
|- |-
|] ||56
| 9 || ] || (2002&ndash;present)
|-
|] ||57
|-
|] ||68
|-
|] ||66
|-
|] ||74
|-
|] ||44
|-
|] ||54
|-
|] ||86
|-
|] ||83
|-
|]: ] ||Tier 3
|-
|Medicine: ] ||Tier 4
|-
|] ||90
|-
|] ||76
|} |}
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="float:right; text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|UC Riverside Highlanders|color=white}}" |Global subject rankings<ref name="USNWR Global Univ Rankings">{{cite magazine|title=University of California Riverside – U.S. News Best Global University Rankings|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 10, 2024|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-california-riverside-110671}}</ref>
|-
! Program
! Ranking
|-
|Agricultural Sciences ||280
|-
|Plant & Animal Science ||32
|-
|Chemistry ||171
|-
|Computer Science ||303
|-
|Condensed Matter Physics ||171
|-
|Geosciences ||151
|-
|Environment/Ecology ||149
|-
|Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ||223
|-
|Nanoscience & Nanotechnology ||200
|-
|Engineering ||263
|-
|Space Science ||128
|-
|Psychiatry/Psychology ||208
|-
|Materials Science ||339
|-
|Mathematics ||383
|-
|Electrical & Electronic Engineering ||256
|-
|Molecular Biology & Genetics ||222
|-
|Physics ||156
|-
|Biology & Biochemistry ||212
|-
|Neuroscience & Behavior ||466
|-
|Social Sciences & Public Health ||376
|-
|Clinical Medicine ||580
|}
{{col-end}}


] of UC Riverside vary widely, depending on the criteria of the publication. For instance, ''U.S. News & World Report'' has named UC Riverside the top university in the nation for social mobility in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2021/09/12/its-three-peat-ucr-again-tops-social-mobility-ranking|title=It's a three-peat: UCR again tops social mobility ranking|publisher=UCR|access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref> In the 2025 edition of '']'''s "America's Best Colleges", UCR was ranked tied for 76th among national universities, 36th among public schools, and 1st for social mobility (5th year in a row); criteria include professor peer assessment, student selectivity and retention, as well as faculty resources, financial resources, and alumni giving.<ref name="USNews">{{cite magazine |title=University of California-Riverside |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-california-riverside-1316/overall-rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> In the 2020 edition of the '']'' college rankings, UCR ranked 27th among national universities. ''Washington Monthly'' assesses the quality of schools based on social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country). In the 2021 edition of ''Webometrics Ranking of World Universities'' based in Spain, UCR was ranked 67th among national universities and 132nd among world universities. ''Money'' magazine ranked UC Riverside 48th in the country out of the nearly 1500 schools it evaluated for its 2020 Best Colleges ranking.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Mulhere |first=Kaitlin |date=August 25, 2020 |title=Money's Best Colleges |url=https://money.com/best-25-colleges-for-your-money/ |url-status=live |magazine=Money.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601153826/https://money.com/best-25-colleges-for-your-money/ |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |access-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref> According to the ] published by ''Academic Analytics'' in 2006, UCR as an institution ranked 46th among top research universities considering such criteria as faculty publications, citations, research funding and other honors.<ref name="A New Standard for Measuring Doctoral Programs">{{cite journal|last=Fogg|first=Piper|title=A New Standard for Measuring Doctoral Programs|journal=]|date=January 12, 2007|url=http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i19/19a00801.htm|access-date=August 22, 2007}}</ref> Since 1997, more than 110 UCR faculty members have been elected fellows of the ]. Over the course of UCR's history, seven current or former faculty members have been elected to the ], and more than 50 have received ]s.<ref name="UCRFacts2007" /> UCR currently has two Nobel laureates on its faculty.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/55018|title=Nobel Laureate Barry Barish Joins UC Riverside Faculty|work=UCR Today|access-date=August 27, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Academics==
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=== Historical rankings ===
===Academic colleges, divisions, and schools===
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*]
|+US national
*]
!Organization
*College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
!2025
*College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
!2024
*Division of Biomedical Sciences
!2023
*Graduate Division
!2022
*Graduate School of Education
!2021
*Thomas Haider; current Medical School program which awards M.D. from UCLA
!2020
*, In November 2006, the UC Regents approved the plan.
!2019
*University Extension
|-
|''ARWU''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com|title=Academic Ranking of World Universities}}</ref>
|60–78
|62–82
|63–85
|63–89
|66–94
|59–66
|59–60
|-
|''Forbes''
|97
|75
|84
|101
| -
| -
| 199
|-
|''Money''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://money.com/money/best-colleges/|title=Best Colleges for your Money}}</ref>
|5.0/5.0
|4.5/5.0
|40
|48
|12
|32
|29
|-
|''U.S. News & World Report''
|76
|76
|89
|83
|88
|91
|85
|-
|''Wall Street Journal''
|108
|181
|184
|192
|192
|189
|272
|-
|''Washington Monthly''
|79
|64
|69
|53
|27
|27
|28
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===Research and economic impact===
UCR operated under a $727&nbsp;million budget in fiscal year 2014–15.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ucr.edu/sites/g/files/rcwecm986/files/2018-03/15_16_budget_overview.pdf|title=UCR Budget Overview|date=October 13, 2015|website=www.ucr.edu|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> The state government provided $214&nbsp;million, student fees accounted for $224&nbsp;million and $100 million came from contracts and grants.<ref name=":1" /> Private support and other sources accounted for the remaining $189&nbsp;million. Overall, monies spent at UCR have an economic impact of nearly $1&nbsp;billion in California.<ref name="UCRFacts2007" /> UCR research expenditure in FY 2018 totaled $167.8&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=ncsesdata.nsf.gov |publisher=] |access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apb.ucr.edu/documents/budget/UCR_Spending.pdf|title=UCR Spending|date=2012|website=ucr.edu|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Sponsored Programs Activity, Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Summary Report|publisher= University of California, Riverside, Office of Research|year= 2006|url= http://or.ucr.edu/Files/pdf/annual2006.pdf|access-date= August 22, 2007|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070808175051/http://or.ucr.edu/Files/pdf/annual2006.pdf|archive-date= August 8, 2007}}</ref> Total research ]s at Riverside are significantly concentrated in ], accounting for 53% of total research expenditures spent by the university in 2002.<ref name="California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture">{{cite web|last=ICF Consulting|url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030530034047/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 30, 2003|title=California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture|date=March 2003|publisher=University of California, Office of the President|access-date=August 10, 2007}}</ref> Top research centers by expenditure, as measured in 2002, include the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Center for Environmental Research and Technology, the Center for Bibliographical Studies, the Air Pollution Research Center, and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.<ref name="California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture" />


Throughout UCR's history, researchers have developed more than 40&nbsp;new citrus varieties and invented new techniques to help the $960&nbsp;million-a-year California ] fight pests and diseases.<ref name="UCRFacts2007" /> In 1927, ]s at the CES introduced two ]s from ] as natural enemies of a major citrus pest, the citrophilus ], saving growers in Orange County $1&nbsp;million in annual losses. This event was pivotal in establishing ] as a practical means of reducing pest populations.<ref name="California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Sawyer|first= Richard C.|title=To Make a Spotless Orange: Biological Control in California|location=]|publisher=]|year= 1996|isbn=1-55753-285-0}}</ref> In 1963, plant physiologist Charles Coggins proved that application of ] allows fruit to remain on citrus trees for extended periods. The ultimate result of his work, which continued through the 1980s, was the extension of the citrus-growing season in California from four to nine months.<ref name="California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture" /> In 1980, UC Riverside released the Oroblanco ], its first ]ed citrus variety. Since then, the citrus breeding program has released other varieties such as the Melogold grapefruit, the Gold Nugget mandarin (or ]), and others that have yet to be given ] names.<ref name="California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture" />
===Faculty demographics and distinctions===


To assist entrepreneurs in developing new products, UCR is a primary partner in the Riverside Regional Technology Park, which includes the City of Riverside and the ].<ref>
The sex and ethnic breakdown of the full-time faculty in 2004 was:
{{cite news|url=http://www.inthenews.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=12520|title=Incubators hatch fledgling firms|work=The Business Press|access-date=March 9, 2008|date=June 19, 2006|last=Tucker|first=Darla Martin}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> It also administers six reserves of the ]. UCR recently announced a partnership with ] to launch a new center in ], which will study ways to respond to the country's growing environmental issues.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowles |first=Jennifer |title=UCR joins in China venture |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/environment/stories/PE_News_Local_S_china17.3e41f93.html |work=] |date=October 17, 2007 |access-date=October 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214121034/http://www.pe.com/localnews/environment/stories/PE_News_Local_S_china17.3e41f93.html |archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref> UCR can also boast the birthplace of two name reactions in organic chemistry, the ] and the ].


===Admissions and enrollment===
*Male — 74.7%
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Between 1995 and 2002, among all institutions in the country, UC Riverside has had either the largest or second-largest number of faculty members named as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A total of 69 UCR faculty members had been elected as fellows through 2002
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For the incoming freshman class of Fall 2006, the average High School GPA was 3.59, the average SAT Reasoning score was 1674, and the average ACT Composite score was 23. Additionally, 43.4% were first generation college students, 38.7% had a low family income, and 24% came from a high school with a low API score. Also, 5.6% of admits came from rural areas, 40.2% came from urban areas, and 54.2% came from suburban areas.<ref>{{cite web | title=California Freshman Admit Profile Fall 2004, 2005, 2006 |
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===Rankings===
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In the 2007 issue of ]'s "America's Best College", UC Riverside was ranked 88th among national universities and 39th among public institutions.<ref></ref>
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Its undergraduate business program was ranked 77th (of 141), and its undergraduate engineering program was 87th (out of 102).<ref>{{cite web | title=University of California-Riverside Rankings | url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/premium/drrank_1316.php}}</ref>

In 2006, the ], which assesses the quality of schools based on social mobility (e.g., percentage of Pell Grant recipients who graduate), academic quality (e.g., percentage of graduates who go on to earn Ph.D.s), and community service ranked UCR 22nd among National Universities.<ref></ref>

In the ''Princeton Review's'' "Best 361 Colleges, 2006'" guide (ISBN) UCR was listed as one of the "Best Western Colleges"<ref>{{cite web | title=The Princeton Review: The Best Western Colleges (Page 4 of 5) | url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/regional/regional_results.asp?type=all&region=WE&page=4 | accessdate=April 27 | accessyear=2006}} (registration required)</ref> and one of "America's Best Value Colleges".<ref>{{cite web | title=The Princeton Review: America's Best Value Colleges (Page 5 of 7) | url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/bestvalue/results.asp?page=5 | accessdate=April 27 | accessyear=2006}} (registration required)</ref> However, the ''Princeton Review'' also ranked UCR as one of the worst 20 colleges in the nation for "Professors Get Low Marks ",<ref>{{cite web | title=The Princeton Review: Professors Get Low Marks | url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=1&topicID=2 | accessdate=April 27 | accessyear=2006}} (registration required)</ref> "Teaching Assistants Teach Too Many Upper-Level Courses"<ref>{{cite web | title=The Princeton Review: Teaching Assistants Teach Too Many Upper-Level Courses | url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=1&topicID=11 | accessdate=April 27 | accessyear=2006}} (registration required)</ref> and "Professors Make Themselves Scarce."<ref>{{cite web | title=The Princeton Review: Professors Make Themselves Scarce | url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/rankings/rankingDetails.asp?categoryID=1&topicID=6 | accessdate=April 27 | accessyear=2006}} (registration required)</ref>

===Research areas===
UCR hosts over 40 distinct research centers, groups and projects spanning the fields of the humanities, social sciences, management, education, engineering, and natural sciences. Total research expenditures at Riverside are significantly concentrated in agriculture. Of statewide economic and fiscal impacts measured in 2002, Riverside spent an upper limit of $329 million on research, with a Real Gross Regional Product (GRP) impact of $615 million, and supported 10,828 jobs in the area. 200 million in expenditures were funded by federal dollars. Top research centers at Riverside by expenditure include:


Admission to UC Riverside is rated as "more selective" by '']''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-california-riverside-1316|title=University of California-Riverside|year=2019|magazine=]|access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>
* Agricultural Experiment Station


For Fall 2018, UCR received 49,079 freshmen applications; 24,820 were admitted (50.6%).<ref name=Profile>{{cite web |url=http://sara.ucr.edu/main_menu.html?id=profile |title=Student Profiles |publisher=University of California, Riverside – Strategic Academic Research and Analysis |date=October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030124155/http://sara.ucr.edu/main_menu.html?id=profile |archive-date=October 30, 2014}}</ref> The average ] of the enrolled freshmen was 3.83, while the average ] scores were 620 for reading & writing and 635 for math.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses/riverside/freshman-profile/index.html|title=UC Riverside freshman admission profile|access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>
* Center for Environmental Research and Technology


In 2006, 43.4 percent of admitted students were first generation college students, 38.7 percent came from low family income backgrounds, and 24 percent graduated from low-performing high schools as measured by ] (API) scores.<ref>{{cite web |title=California Freshman Admit Profile Fall 2004, 2005, 2006 |publisher=University of California |url-status=dead |url=http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf |access-date=August 22, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906040309/http://www.ucop.edu/news/factsheets/2006/freshman_admit_profile_2006.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2006}}</ref> In 2007, '']'' ranked UCR as the third most ethnically diverse and, by the number of undergraduates receiving ] (42&nbsp;percent), the 15th most economically diverse student body in the nation.<ref name="ethnic diversity">{{cite web |title=Ethnic Diversity: National Universities |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc_campdiv_brief.php |access-date=August 10, 2007 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="economic diversity">{{cite web |title=Economic Diversity Among All National Universities |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/natudoc_ecodiv_brief.php |access-date=August 10, 2007 |work=]}}</ref>
* Center for Bibliographical Studies


According to statistics released by the Education Trust, a national nonprofit, in 2005 UC Riverside graduated 65.3 percent of its students in six years, a figure consistent with national averages but behind the average set by the top five public research universities by as much as 22 percent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Measuring Up 2006, The National Report Card on Higher Education |url=http://measuringup.highereducation.org/_docs/2006/NationalReport_2006.pdf|publisher=The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education|access-date=August 10, 2007|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913185403/http://measuringup.highereducation.org/_docs/2006/NationalReport_2006.pdf|archive-date=September 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=University of California, Riverside, Graduation Rates |url=http://www.collegeresults.org/search1a.aspx?InstitutionID=110671|publisher=The Education Trust|access-date= August 10, 2007}}</ref> However, UCR's consistency with the national average is well above the median of 39 percent for low-income-serving institutions as calculated in 2006 by the ], making the campus a model for successful approaches to ] in higher education.<ref name="Hebel">{{cite news |last=Hebel |first=Sara |date=March 19, 2007 |title=In California, a Public Research University Succeeds Because Its Low-Income Students Do |work=] |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/In-California-a-Public/29577 |access-date=August 24, 2007}}</ref>
* Air Pollution Research Center

* Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

* Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice

* Center for Ideas and Society

* Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences

* Center for Research in Intelligent Systems

* Center for Nanoscience and Engineering<ref>{{cite web | title = California's Future: It Starts Here, UC's Contributions to Growth, Health, and Culture | url = http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/itstartshere/report/fullreport.pdf}}</ref>


Some notable research centers include:
====Air Pollution Research Center====
In 1961, the Air Pollution Research Center was established at UCR, due to air pollution having been recognized a decade earlier as a leading cause of crop injury in the Los Angeles Basin. Recently, 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> Faculty from the environmental sciences, plant sciences and chemistry departments, as well as the Center for Environmental Research and Technology of the College of Engineering are assigned to the center.

====Center for California Native Nations====
UCR hosts the Center for California Native Nations, an interdisiplinary research institute dedicated to supporting research for and about the Native Nations of California. This center is supported by the Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs and the Costo Archive of materials relating to American Indian Studies. UCR's History Department grants a master of arts degree as well as a doctorate in American Indian history, and the Ethnic Studies Dept grants a bachelor of arts in ] studies. Over 30 federally recognized Indian nations reside in Riverside County.
====UC Mexus====
UCR hosts the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States, an interdisiplinary research institute dedicated to developing and coordinating a university-wide approach to Mexico-related studies. UCR's Department of Hispanic Studies grants degrees in Spanish, while a BA degree in Chicano/a Studies is offered through the Ethnic Studies Department.

====Riverside Regional Technology Park====
UCR is a primary partner in the ], which includes the ] and the ]. The park is intended to assist entrepreneurs in developing new products.

===Educational Programs===
====Thomas Haider Program in Biomedical Sciences====
This program offers a joint medical degree program with ]. 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 medical centers. Students completing the program receive a bachelor of science degree in biomedical sciences from UCR and an M.D. degree from the ].

Before 2002 the joint program was an accelerated seven-year track offered exclusively to biomedical science majors. In that year, however, the program was lengthened to eight years and opened to all qualified majors at UC Riverside. Up to 24 of each year's applicants are chosen to attend medical school at UCR and UCLA.<ref>{{cite web | title=UCR Biomed Prospective Medical Students page | url=http://biomed.ucr.edu/content/view/25/49/}}</ref>

====Proposed professional schools====
Plans to establish both a law school and a medical school have been in progress since Chancellor Orbach’s administration in the 1990s, with the medical school proposal attracting substantial support from industry as well as the local community.<ref>{{cite web | title= Major Step Toward Law School (5/19/06): UCR Law School| url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1347| accessdate=May | accessyear=2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Press Enterprise (3/7/06): Panel to hone pitch for medical school| url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_C_ucrmed08.3dc2ebe.html | accessdate=Mar 31 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Press Enterprise (5/16/06): UC Riverside receives its largest gift, $15.5 million| url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_donor17.1d1979b.html | accessdate=Mar 31 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= LA Times (7/27/06): UnitedHealth Donates to Planned Medical Schools| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-doctors27jul27,1,3974745.story?coll=la-headlines-business | accessdate=Mar 31 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref> The Regents approved UCR's med school proposal on November 16, 2006, and plans to enroll the first four-year medical students in fall 2012.<ref>{{cite web | title= Press Enterprise (11/16/06): Regents ratify med school| url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_D_ucrmed17.371bb52.html | accessdate=Nov 16 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>

====International programs====
UCR operates International Education Centers in ], ], ] and ], ]. As well as professional English language training, the centers also offer programs in teacher training, management and economics. Students can transfer credits to UCR and are encouraged to continue their studies in California.


==Libraries and collections== ==Libraries and collections==
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UCR's library system is divided into general collections, music, media, and science. General collections are housed in the ] Library which has four floors. The current Science Library which was finished in 1999 includes collections in the physical, natural and agricultural sciences, biomedical sciences, and engineering and computer sciences. The original science library only had about eight computers and two floors of book collections.
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Total ] collections at UCR comprise more than 2&nbsp;million volumes, 14,017&nbsp;electronic journals, 23,000&nbsp;serial subscriptions, and 1.7&nbsp;million microformats.<ref name="The UCR Libraries">{{cite web|title=The UCR Libraries|publisher=University of California, Riverside|url=http://library.ucr.edu/content/lfmp/fact-sheet.pdf|access-date=August 22, 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Two large, four-story libraries house most of the physical collections. The {{convert|179595|ft|m|abbr=on}} Rivera library was constructed in 1954 and named after ] in 1985. It seats a capacity of 956 and houses general humanities and social science collections, as well as special collections, including the world's largest collection of ], ] and ] literature, the 110,000-volume ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Conway|first=Melissa|title=J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Utopian Literature, Special Collections|url=http://www.celebratingresearch.org/libraries/riverside/eaton.shtml|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908062652/http://www.celebratingresearch.org/libraries/riverside/eaton.shtml|archive-date=September 8, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Rivera Library also hosts the only ] based on a UC campus.<ref>{{cite news|last=Regus |first=Elaine |title=UC Riverside becomes an official U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository |url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_patent27.1834716.html |work=] |date=December 26, 2007 |access-date=December 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214112740/http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_patent27.1834716.html |archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref> The {{convert|125752|ft|m|abbr=on}} Raymond L. Orbach Science Library, built in 1998, seats a capacity of 1,360 and houses 533,000&nbsp;volumes in the physical, natural, agricultural, biomedical, engineering and computer sciences, with special strengths in the areas of citrus and sub-tropical horticulture, entomology, and arid lands agriculture.<ref>{{cite web|title= Science Library|publisher=UCR Libraries|url=http://library.ucr.edu/?view=libraries/science|access-date=August 22, 2007}}</ref> On November 3, 2009, the Science library was officially renamed the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library in honor of former Chancellor Raymond L. Orbach. Smaller libraries include the Media and Cultural Library, the Music Library, and a branch digital library in Palm Desert.<ref>{{cite web|title= UCR Campus Libraries and Collections|publisher=UCR Libraries|url=http://library.ucr.edu/?view=libraries|access-date=August 22, 2007}}</ref> The UCR Library is one of 116&nbsp;members of the ], and is ranked 93rd in this group.<ref name="The UCR Libraries" />


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Prior to 2000, there were no wireless Internet service on campus. The only computer lab with internet access which was open to all students was inside the Watkins' building across the Tomas Rivera library, on second floor. The university's free wireless internet coverage has been praised by Intel.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Newsroom release | url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=900 }}</ref>


UCR's academic colleges administer significant ] in the arts and sciences. The ] constitutes 1,800&nbsp;trees representing two of each of the 640&nbsp;types of citrus and 28&nbsp;other related genera in the family ], the largest such collection in the world.<ref>{{cite conference|last=Kahn|first= T.L. |author2=Bier, O.J. |author3=Roose, M. |author4=Kruger, R. |author5=Gumpf, D.J. |title=The UC Riverside Citrus Variety Collection: Cornerstone of the California Citrus Genetic Resources Conservation and Utilization System|url=http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=148853|book-title= International Citrus Congress|pages= 162–163|location=]|publisher=International Society of Citriculture|year=2000|access-date=February 8, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Sheeran |first=Owen |title=UCR Grows Citrus Treasures |url=http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_dbltrk1128.1e28499.html |work=] |date=November 27, 2007 |access-date=November 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215162213/http://www.pe.com/lifestyles/stories/PE_Fea_Daily_D_dbltrk1128.1e28499.html |archive-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref> The ] houses more than 110,000&nbsp;dried plant specimens from across the Western hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web|title= UCR Herbarium|url= http://herbarium.ucr.edu/Herbarium.html|publisher= University of California, Riverside|access-date= November 7, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last= Holt|first= Jodie|title= UC Riverside: Botanical and Related Pest Management Programs|journal= Noxious Times|publisher= California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee|volume=3|issue= 3|date=Winter 2001|url=http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/noxioustimes/pdfs/2001winter.pdf|access-date= November 7, 2007}}</ref> UCR is also home to {{convert|40|acre|ha}} of botanical gardens containing more than 3,500 plant species from around the world. The Gardens are located in the eastern foothills of the Box Springs Mountain on the University of California, Riverside campus. Over four miles (6&nbsp;km) of trails wind through many microclimates and hilly terrain.
The university has special research collections and museums, including an herbarium,<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Herbarium | url=http://herbarium.ucr.edu/UCR.html}}</ref> one of the world's most important citrus variety collections,<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Citrus Variety Collection|url=http://www.plantbiology.ucr.edu/about_us/?citrus_variety}}</ref> and one of the largest ] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Entomological Research Museum | url=http://entmuseum.ucr.edu}}</ref>


The ] contains more than three million insect specimens, with particular strengths in ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name="UCR Entomological Research Museum">{{cite web|title= UCR Entomological Research Museum|url=http://entmuseum.ucr.edu|publisher= University of California, Riverside, College of Natural and Agricultural Resources|access-date= August 10, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
Other features:
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|publisher=Aphytis Project, University of California, Riverside|access-date=March 22, 2008|last1=Hearty|first1=J.|author2=J. Pinto |author3=S. Triapitsyn}}</ref> The ] and Sweeney Art Gallery house UCR's primary art collections. The UCR/CMP includes the world's largest holding of vintage ]s, one of the three great public collections of photographic apparatus in the US, and the University Print Collection of contemporary and historical images by over 1000 photographers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inthenews.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=9155|title=Museum of Photography: It's all there in black and white|work=]|access-date=March 8, 2008|date=April 29, 2005|last=Dobbs|first=Jennifer M.}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Located adjacent to the UCR/CMP, the Sweeney Art Gallery holds approximately 650&nbsp;unique works, with especially strong collections from the ] to ] periods, including pieces by ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|title= UCR/Sweeny Art Gallery|publisher= University of California, Riverside, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences|url= http://sweeney.ucr.edu/col_topic.lasso|access-date= November 5, 2007|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071106102628/http://sweeney.ucr.edu/col_topic.lasso|archive-date= November 6, 2007}}</ref>


==Student life==
*UCR is host to the world's largest academic collection of ] material,<ref>{{cite web | title= J. Lloyd Eaton Collection | url=http://library.ucr.edu/view=collections/spcol/eaton.html | accessdate=November 23 | accessyear=2005 }}</ref> and it 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.
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Riverside enrolls the highest percentage of African American students of any of the 10 UC campuses and the second highest percentage of Latino students after Merced, prompting the '']'' and '']'' to run stories stating that UCR is a "campus of choice" for minority students.<ref name="LAT011507">{{cite news |last=Paddock |first=Richard C. |date=January 15, 2007 |title=Diversity works at UC Riverside |work=] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-15-me-riverside15-story.html |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Traub">{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DE2DA163DF931A35756C0A96F958260 |title=The Class of Prop. 209|work=]|access-date=January 29, 2008|last=Traub|first=James|author-link=James Traub|date=May 2, 1998}}</ref> UCR was the first college in California to open a staffed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) resource center in 1993, the first UC campus to offer an LGBT minor studies program in 1996, and the first campus in the nation to offer a ] option in 2005.<ref name="LGBT ranking">{{cite press release |url=http://out.ucr.edu/campus/100best.htm |title=LGBT Resource Center UC Riverside Named Among 100 Best for LGBT Students |publisher=University of California, Riverside |access-date=February 3, 2008 |date=August 11, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703195130/http://out.ucr.edu/campus/100best.htm |archive-date=July 3, 2008}}</ref> In recognition of this, '']'' recognized UCR as one of the nation's best campuses for LGBT students in 2006, although it did not make the top 20.<ref>{{cite book|last=Windmeyer|first=Shane L.|title=The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students|publisher=Alyson Publications, Inc.|year=2006|isbn=1-55583-857-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/advocatecollegeg00wind}}</ref> The '']'' listed UCR as a "Best Western College."<ref name="unhappy students">{{cite news|url=http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_S_hiednotes11.468022b.html |title=UCR not ranked high in survey's happiness category |last=Regus |first=Elaine |date=August 10, 2008 |work=] |publisher=] |access-date=April 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615054559/http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_S_hiednotes11.468022b.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name="PR">{{cite web|title=University of California-Riverside's Best 366 College Rankings|work= ]|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/generalinfo.asp?listing=1023545&LTID=1|access-date= August 22, 2007}} (registration required)</ref> While over 83&nbsp;percent of students are non-white, there is a tendency for the different ethnic groups to self-segregate.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.inthenews.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=3473|title=UCR sees diversity, may lack harmony|work=]|access-date=March 22, 2008|last=Ahern|first=Louise Knott|date=May 5, 2003}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
*UCR administers the in downtown Riverside. With more than 500,000 photographic images and related materials, the museum constitutes the most comprehensive photographic collection in the West; it includes ]' 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.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR/California Museum of Photography | url=http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= Museum Fights to Stay Open | url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=3337}}</ref>


===Housing===
*The campus library is the home of the world's largest research collection of material on ], the author of the novel ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre.''
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] at dusk from the Pentland Hills ]|alt=Pentland Hills dormitory]]


UCR's residence halls consist of four structures—Aberdeen-Inverness, Dundee, Lothian, and Pentland Hills—which can house over 3,000&nbsp;students in single, double, and triple rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Dundee &#124; UCR Housing Services|url=https://housing.ucr.edu/ucr-housing-options/residence-halls/dundee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://housing.ucr.edu/ucr-housing-options/ucr-residence-halls|title=UCR Residence Halls|access-date=July 18, 2020}}</ref> In addition, UCR features several on-campus ]es such as Stonehaven, Bannockburn Village, University Plaza, Falkirk, Oban, Glen Mor and International Village, which together house 959&nbsp;students. Oban has since been upgraded to accommodate family housing following the demolition of Canyon Crest. Glen Mor, an apartment housing complex adjacent to Pentland Hills, was opened in 2007, and the university also purchased a nearby apartment complex, which is now known as Falkirk, for student housing in 2007.<ref name="HighlanderRidge">{{cite press release|title=UC Riverside Buys University House at Highlander Ridge|url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=1575|publisher=University of California, Riverside|date=April 27, 2007|access-date=January 3, 2008}}</ref> About half of the student population lives in off-campus apartments, one-fourth commute, and one-fourth live on campus.<ref name="HighlanderRidge"/> Thirty percent of students remain on campus for the weekend.<ref name="University of California, Riverside, campus life">{{cite web|title= University of California, Riverside, campus life|url= http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drlife_1316_brief.php|work= ]|access-date= August 22, 2007}}</ref>
==Campus publications==


Reflecting UCR's diversity, a number of residence halls have been established for specific social, cultural and academic needs. Ethnic and gender-oriented theme halls include ''Unete a Mundo'', for students seeking to support Latino or Chicano students in acclimating to life at UCR; a Pan African Theme Hall for students interested in developing consciousness of 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 to live in a ] community. UCR's three academic colleges in the humanities, sciences and engineering fields are represented by respective theme halls, and halls exist for honor students and transfer students.<ref>{{cite web|title=UCR Housing Services|publisher=University of California, Riverside|url=http://housing.ucr.edu/CampusLiving/SpecialInterestCommunities.htm|access-date=August 22, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212232055/http://housing.ucr.edu/CampusLiving/SpecialInterestCommunities.htm|archive-date=February 12, 2007}}</ref>
* is the campus magazine which was published four times a year. In Fall of 2006, it was renamed to "UCR" - The magazine of UC Riverside.


In Fall 2018, UCR began construction of a new residence hall and dining facility in the parking lot behind Aberdeen-Inverness.<ref>https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/regmeet/july18/f7attach1.pdf
*In 1955, The Cub student newspaper was renamed to The Highlander. Currently, is published by the students every Tuesday during the academic year. Student editors, reporters and photographers have weekly meetings to discuss the current events. In newspaper room, there was a dark room which photographers can use to print out only black and white photos for the newspaper in the late 1990's. The online version was originally started around 1999. It was on and off for a while. At the end of year of 2006, it has total of 31 issues online.


Plans for Dundee-Glasgow from the UC Regents</ref> This new residence hall and dining facility opened as Dundee-Glasgow in 2020, and features UCR's first two-story residential restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dining.ucr.edu/residentialrestaurants/dundeeglasgow.html|title=Dundee-Glasgow|website=dining.ucr.edu|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>
==Student life==


===Student organizations and activities===
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UCR hosts over 500&nbsp;registered student organizations, including the Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR), which represents undergraduates on administrative and policy issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Organizations|publisher= University of California, Riverside |url=http://resources.ucr.edu/studentlife/studentorgs/default.aspx|access-date= September 23, 2007}}</ref> ASUCR is guided by a Senate composed of 16&nbsp;elected senators, who represent the three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment, 5 Executive Cabinet Officers (President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Campus Internal Affairs, Vice President of External Affairs, and Vice President of Finance), and 6 Directors, who are in charge of the various parts of ASUCR, and a Judicial Council of 6, which adjudicates any cases involving personnel misconduct or interpretation of the Constitution. Membership is composed of all UCR students who pay mandatory activity fees.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASUCR Constitution|publisher=Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside|url=http://asucrexchange.ucr.edu/asucr_constitution_2015.pdf|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6hIksjp9I?url=http://asucrexchange.ucr.edu/asucr_constitution_2015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 6, 2016|access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref> ASUCR assesses these fees and distributes funds to registered student groups on campus, including student lobbying groups, a right that ASUCR won in a federal court case against the Regents in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASUCR v. Regents of the University of California (N.D. Ca. C98-00021 CRB)|url=http://www.nacua.org/documents/UniversityOfCalifornia.htm|publisher=National Association of College and University Attorneys |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218123155/http://www.nacua.org/documents/UniversityOfCalifornia.htm |archive-date=February 18, 2012 |date=January 8, 1999}}</ref>
===Student Demographics===


].<ref>{{cite web|title=Riverside: Traditions|publisher=Bancroft Library, University Archives, UC History Digital Archives|url=http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~ucalhist/general_history/campuses/ucr/traditions.html|access-date=August 10, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728123728/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/~ucalhist/general_history/campuses/ucr/traditions.html|archive-date=July 28, 2007}}</ref>|alt=Large concrete "C" on Box Springs Mountain]]
Enrollment first surpassed 10,000 students in 1998, Fall 2005 enrollment totaled 16,622 students, of which 14,571 were undergraduates and 2,051 were postgraduates. 90.5 percent of the students came from California, 0.7 were from elsewhere in the United States, 0.8 were international students and 8 percent were unspecified. About 30 percent of the students were enrolled from Riverside or San Bernardino counties. Of bachelor's degrees awarded, 60% are completed within four years, 33% within five years, and 7% within six years. The campus is projected to grow to 21,000 students by 2010.<ref></ref> It will continue to grow to about 22,000 students by the year 2015.<ref></ref> U.S. News Best Colleges and Universities 2007 ranked UCR as 5th most diverse campus in the nation and was tied with UC Berkeley as having the largest Asian student body.
The ethnic breakdown was:


Of the registered student groups, 40 are ]. Nine men's fraternities belong to the ]; seven women's sororities belong to the ]; seven men's fraternities and ten women's sororities represent the ], and two others fall under the campus ] Assembly and are unique to UCR.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fraternity and Sorority Life |publisher=University of California, Riverside |url=http://studentlife.ucr.edu/Student+Organizations/Fraternity+and+Sorority+Life.htm |access-date=August 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013112901/http://studentlife.ucr.edu/Student%2BOrganizations/Fraternity%2Band%2BSorority%2BLife.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Thirteen percent of the undergraduate student body participates in Greek life, although chapter houses are not permitted.<ref name="University of California, Riverside, extracurriculars">{{cite web|title= University of California, Riverside, extracurriculars|url= http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drextras_1316_brief.php|work= ]|access-date= August 23, 2007}}</ref> Including the Greek letter organizations, more than 60 student volunteer service organizations at UCR contribute to more than 100,000&nbsp;hours of collective and individual service done in the community each year.<ref>{{cite web|title= Community Involvement|publisher= University of California, Riverside|url=http://www.impact.ucr.edu/ci.html |access-date= August 23, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727042846/http://www.impact.ucr.edu/ci.html|archive-date=July 27, 2007}}</ref> Jewish student life has existed for over a decade through UCR Hillel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iehillel.org/|title=Inland & Desert Hillel – The Foundation of Jewish Student Life Across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties}}</ref>
*Asian/Asian-American — 43%.
*Caucasian/White — 24.8%
*Chicano/Latino — 22.4%
*No response or unknown — 8.2%
*African American — 5.9%
*Other ethnic — 2.1%
*Native American — 0.4%


Student media organizations include ''The Highlander'' student newspaper, currently published every Tuesday during the academic year. First published in 1954, ''The Highlander'' remains an independent student media outlet. It was an entirely self-funded organization until 2001, when ASUCR passed a funding referendum for it. Student fees from the referendum go towards overhead and printing costs, however ''The Highlander'' is primarily funded through its own advertising revenue.<ref>{{cite web|title= Highlander Referendum, 2001|publisher= Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside |url=http://www.elections.ucr.edu/2001/Referenda/highlanderreferenda.html|access-date= August 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904172637/http://www.elections.ucr.edu/2001/Referenda/highlanderreferenda.html|archive-date=September 4, 2006}}</ref> In 2003, ''The Highlander'' published a comic depicting a stereotypical ] graduate teaching assistant with poor English skills, inciting community backlash and prompting an apology from Editor-in-Chief Kahlil Ford.<ref>{{cite conference|last=Healy|first=Scott. P.|title=Stop the Student Press: Editorial Cartooning on College Campuses|url= http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PSApr07Healy.pdf|date=April 2007|book-title=The State of the Editorial Cartoon, PS Symposium|publisher=The American Political Science Association|access-date=March 24, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2003-2/issue4/ne-censored.html|title=8,000 copies of California student paper missing|date=May 26, 2003|work=The Highlander|access-date=March 21, 2008|last=Gruber|first=Grant|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213175854/http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2003-2/issue4/ne-censored.html|archive-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref> Other student news publications on campus include the ''Asian Community Times, Indian Time, Nuestra Cosa, Queeriosity'', and the ''X-Factor Student Newspaper''.<ref name="University of California, Riverside, extracurriculars"/> Campus literary magazines include ''Mosaic'', published at UCR since 1959, and ''Crate,'' published by graduate students in UCR's master's level creative writing program since 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title= Mosaic |publisher= University of California, Riverside|url=http://mosaic.ucr.edu/index.php |access-date= August 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727113931/http://mosaic.ucr.edu/index.php|archive-date=July 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Crate|publisher= University of California, Riverside|url=http://crate.ucr.edu/index.html |access-date= August 22, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070818133159/http://crate.ucr.edu/index.html <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date= August 18, 2007}}</ref> UCR broadcasts over ] as ] at 88.3&nbsp;FM.<ref>{{cite web|title= Kucr-fm 88.3-ie|publisher= Radiowatch.com|url=http://www.radiowatch.com/stations/fm/fm88.3-IE.html |access-date= August 22, 2007}}</ref> The station programs a variety of independent music, news and commentary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kucr.org/2007/09/20/about-kucr/
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On-campus entertainment events are planned by a 14-member Associated Students Program Board (ASPB), comprising six student-run divisions that include concerts, films and lectures, cultural events and special events, as well as a marketing and leadership division. ASPB's major events include the Block Party Concert, Winter Soulstice, Homecoming Bonfire and Spring Splash.<ref>{{cite web|title= ASPB|publisher= University of California, Riverside|url= http://www.aspb.ucr.edu|access-date= August 22, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070703212643/http://aspb.ucr.edu/|archive-date= July 3, 2007|url-status= dead}}</ref>
The school mascot is the Highlander. The original design was chosen in 1954. The name reflects UCR's location as the highest elevation campus among all UC schools and the Box Springs Mountains, behind the campus, were known as the Highlands.


The Graduate Student Association of the University of California, Riverside (GSAUCR) is ASUCR's counterpart on the graduate level. It is guided by a Graduate Student Council consisting of representatives from every department on campus. GSAUCR assesses fees required of all graduate students and uses them to fund research awards and colloquiums, conference travel grants, and speaker funds.<ref>{{cite web|title=GASUCR, About the Council|publisher=Graduate Student Association of the University of California, Riverside|url=http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/Council.html|access-date=August 23, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070721194608/http://www.gsa.ucr.edu/Council.html|archive-date=July 21, 2007}}</ref>
In 1998, the student body voted for UCR athletics to enter NCAA Division I competition, and student athletes requested a redesign of the mascot. UCR partnered with New York based SME Design, Inc., a logo development company, to develop the design of a bear featuring a half-blue face in homage to ], the Scottish hero and subject of the movie ].<ref></ref> The tartan the bear wears reflects the blue and gold tartans worn by the UCR Pipe Band, and is itself also a registered trademark of the University of California. <ref>{{cite web | title= The University of California Riverside Tartan| url=http://www.pipeband.ucr.edu/ | accessdate=January 28|accessyear 2007}}</ref>

The ] the bear wears reflects the blue and gold tartans worn by the UCR Pipe Band, and is itself also a registered trademark of the University of California. <ref>{{cite web | title= The University of California Riverside Tartan| url=http://www.pipeband.ucr.edu/ | accessdate=January 28|accessyear 2007}}</ref>

Blue and gold are the school colors among all ] schools. UCR fight song is called .


===Athletics=== ===Athletics===
{{main| UCR Highlanders}} {{main|UC Riverside Highlanders}}
{{see also|UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball|UC Riverside Highlanders baseball|UC Riverside Highlanders football}}
UCR is in the ] Division I of the ]. 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, and won two state championships before it was discontinued due to poor receipts.<ref> {{cite web | title= Lindeburg Oral History Transcript | url=http://www.ucrhistory.ucr.edu/pdf/lindeburg.pdf}}</ref> UCR's intramural Karate Club is internationally known and organized under the auspices of the AJKA-I, an independent, national karate organization also hosted at UCR. It annually holds the ] Karate Championships competition in the SRC.<ref>{{cite web | title= UCR Karate News | url=http://www.karate.ucr.edu/news.htm | accessdate= January 28|access year 2007}}</ref> The UCR Women's basketball team will represent the Big West Conference in the NCAA Division I tournament as they beat ] 70-67 on ] ]. This is the 2nd straight appearance for UCR as they also beat UCSB last year 59-58, but then lost in the First Round to Final Four team, ].
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UCR's ]s compete in the Big West Conference of NCAA Division I. Programs include men's and women's soccer, cross country, basketball, track and field, baseball, softball, tennis, golf and women's volleyball. After students voted to assess themselves $35 a quarter to fund the athletic programs in 1998, men's and women's soccer and golf were added, and the athletic department switched from ] in 2000.<ref name="Division I"/> While at Division II level, UCR produced 5 national championship teams in men's baseball and women's volleyball. {{as of|2006}}, UCR had produced 17&nbsp;individual national champions, 175&nbsp;]s and many conference and regional champions. The men's golf team represented UCR in the 2004 and 2005 NCAA West Regionals after winning back-to-back Conference Championships in those respective years while having three athletes ranked in the top 100 in the country. In 2006, 2007, and 2010 the UCR women's basketball team represented the conference in the Division I tournament but lost all three times in the first round.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Allan |title=UC Riverside has come a long way in women's basketball |url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_women_prev_07.3e82722.html |work=] |date=November 11, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214111809/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_women_prev_07.3e82722.html |archive-date=February 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_W_ucr_women_22.466fbef.html |title=Can UCR women build on success? |last=Steele |first=Alan |date=March 21, 2010 |work=] |access-date=March 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615054012/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_W_ucr_women_22.466fbef.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> In December 2008, the UCR women's basketball team upset the #16-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Allan |title=UCR women upset No. 16 Vandy |url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/local/stories/PE_Sports_Local_W_ucr_women_07.46bb515.html |work=] |date=December 7, 2008 |access-date=April 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615054001/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/local/stories/PE_Sports_Local_W_ucr_women_07.46bb515.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>
====Facilities====
The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the ], which seats 3,168. 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.
====Pep band and Cheer team====
UC Riverside has had a traditional pep band made up of students in support of athletic events early in the history of the school, but was dissolved into a "little rock band" for basketball games by the athletic director in 2002. Because of NCAA restrictions against amplified instruments as used in the converted rock band, UCR had hired pep bands from other colleges for Big West Tournament games.<ref>{{cite web | title= Press Enterprise (3/16/06): UCR pep banned| url=http://www.pe.com/columns/danbernstein/stories/PE_News_Local_H_dan16.18339b31.html| accessdate=Mar 31 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>
However in early 2007, the student pep band re-formed as the rock band dissolved the prior season to support the men's basketball team for Homecoming, the women's basketball team for the Big West Tournament (and potential NCAA Tournament) games, and will continue to support the basketball teams next season.


In 2005 the women's soccer team competed in the first round of the NCAA tournament.<ref>{{cite press release|title=UC Riverside Women's Soccer|url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/wsoccer/wsocarchive/ws0506archives.html|date=November 11, 2005|publisher=UCR Athletic Department|access-date=January 5, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210204918/http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/wsoccer/wsocarchive/ws0506archives.html|archive-date=December 10, 2007}}</ref> In 2007, UCR's baseball team won their first Big West championship and reached the Division I postseason for the second time since 2003, and the cross country team sent its first two athletes to the national championships.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Allan |title=Disappointing end to memorable year for UCR baseball team |url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_base_05.3f2ca3f.html |work=] |date=June 4, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615055523/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_base_05.3f2ca3f.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Allan |title=UCR runners struggle |url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/local/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_locals_20.32e0a2c.html |work=] |date=November 19, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213202440/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/local/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_locals_20.32e0a2c.html |archive-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref>
UCR fields a traditional cheer team and "Highlander Girls" dance team.<ref>{{cite web | title= UC Riverside Cheer Team | url=http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/administrative/cheer.html}}</ref> UC Riverside also has a dedicated bagpipe band made up of students and staff, which plays at graduation and other campus events. For the women's basketball team's appearance at the NCAA Tournament against North Carolina in March 2006, UCR sent 22 members of the pipe band to support the team and play at halftime.<ref>{{cite web | title= Inside UCR (4/26/06): Pipe Pep | url=http://www.insideucr.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=196 | accessdate=Sep 14 | accessyear=2006 }}</ref>
] was played until 1975, and the team won two ] championships before the sport was discontinued because of low attendance and in anticipation of the impact of ] regulations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Alexander |first=Jim |title=UC Riverside Rediscovers Glory Days – Briefly |url=http://www.pe.com/columns/jimalexander/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_jacol24.411f3dd.html |work=] |date=June 24, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215162551/http://www.pe.com/columns/jimalexander/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_jacol24.411f3dd.html |archive-date=February 15, 2009}}</ref>


The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the ] (SRC), which seats 3,168. The baseball team competes at the ], just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. UCR graduate ] personally built UCR's baseball clubhouse to ] quality standards.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Allan |title=Percival gives UC Riverside edge in baseball recruiting |work=] |date=February 27, 2007 |url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_percival_ucr.1dc3b54.html |access-date=October 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309091424/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_percival_ucr.1dc3b54.html |archive-date=March 9, 2007}}</ref> Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, named after a UCR graduate who donated $300,000 towards its upgrade in 2004.<ref>{{cite press release|title=UC Riverside to Dedicate Amy S. Harrison Field During Double Header|url=http://www.newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=755|publisher=University of California, Riverside|date=March 18, 2004|access-date=January 24, 2008}}</ref> Adjacent to the softball field are the soccer and track fields. The soccer field was resurfaced with ] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steele |first=Allan |title=Field of Dreams for UCR Soccer Teams |url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_notes_30.3e43232.html |work=] |date=August 29, 2007 |access-date=January 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615055533/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_notes_30.3e43232.html |archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> In 2011, the old track and field facility, which had bleachers that dated back to the 1950s and a track surface that was over 15 years old, was completely torn out and replaced with a brand new facility.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steele|first=Allan|title=UCR breaks ground on new track facility|url=http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_track_30.3eb279f.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909082155/http://www.pe.com/sports/college/ucr/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_ucr_track_30.3eb279f.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2012|work=]|date=June 29, 2011|access-date=August 22, 2011}}</ref>
===Student organizations===
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Non-varsity student sports clubs that compete with other area universities include the Rugby Football Club, established in 2006, which plays in the Southern California Rugby Football Union.<ref>{{cite web|title= Southern California Rugby Football Union |url=http://www.scrfu.org|publisher= Southern California Rugby Union|access-date= January 30, 2008}}</ref> The karate program is provided through the UC Riverside Recreation Center's Leisure Line classes. The classes are provided by top-of-the-line USA Shotokan karate team coaches from the American JKA Karate Association, an association that has been in the city for over 40 years. It is one of the largest collegiate programs in the United States, that take competitors to local, national and international competitions. A Men's and Women's Club Soccer team also competes in the West Coast Soccer Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://recreation.ucr.edu/Programs/RecSportsClubs.htm|title=Rec Center – Recreation and Sports Cubs|publisher=recreation.ucr.edu|access-date=February 21, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129163123/http://recreation.ucr.edu/Programs/RecSportsClubs.htm|archive-date=January 29, 2008}}</ref>
] is the first national fraternity approved on January 10th of 1968. In the late 1990's, most of them did not have on-campus houses due to physical limitation, historical reasons and local laws. Most fraternities had about twenty or so members. Unlike other fraternities and sororities where most members are Caucasians, the Greek organizations at UCR have many Asian and Hispanic members due to the student population. There are also ethnic based fraternities and sororities for Asians, Blacks and Hispanics.


UCR also has a boxing club called Highlander Gloves, which competes in the USIBA College National Championships. Highlander Gloves trains at a local gym named the Raincross Boxing Academy that was founded by a member of Highlander Gloves. UCR's Highlander Gloves has produced numerous national champions and consistently ranks within the top five schools in the USIBA National Championships. The club was founded by UC Riverside student Celia Miranda in partnership with Det. Mario Dorado of the Riverside Police Foundation to create a free non-profit program that provides tutoring and mentorship to at-risk students in the Riverside area. This program operates independently of the university, as the gym is located off-campus. Raincross Boxing academy has notably been the home for numerous notable fighters including World title challengers ], ] and ].<ref>https://raincrossboxingacademy.org/?page_id=6</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://highlanderlink.ucr.edu/organization/highlandergloves | title=- HighlanderLink }}</ref>
====KUCR Radio====
The campus hosts KUCR, a student- and community-programmed radio station, which broadcasts at 88.3 FM from the Box Springs Mountains.<ref>{{cite web | title= KUCR-FM 88.3-IE | url=http://www.radiowatch.com/stations/fm/fm88.3-IE.html}}</ref> The station plays a variety of independent music.
====ASUCR====
The Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) is the official representative of undergraduates on the Riverside campus. It is guided by a Senate composed of 20 elected officers representing three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment.<ref>{{cite web | title=Inside ASUCR: an overview of UCR's undergraduate student government| url=http://www.highlander.ucr.edu/article.php?artnum=2009}}</ref>
====ASPB====
The Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) is a fourteen-member student organization responsible for planning on campus entertainment to students. ASPB is comprised of six various student run divisions which include; concerts, films and lectures, cultural events, special events as well as a marketing and leadership division. ASPB's major events include the Block Party Concert, Student Film Festival, International Film Festival, World Fest, Welcome Week, Homecoming and Spring Splash. .


In 1954, UCR's founding class adopted the name "Highlanders", reflecting the campus' high altitude. After the student body passed a referendum to move to Division I competition in 1998, the bear mascot, formerly called "Scotty", was professionally redesigned to look more ferocious.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215072534/http://studentlife.ucr.edu/ucrTraditions/Pages/schoolSpirit.aspx |date=February 15, 2013}}</ref> The new mascot featured a half-blue face in homage to ], the subject of the movie ].<ref>{{cite web|title= The History of UCR's Mascot|publisher= University of California, Riverside, Department of Athletics|url= http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/administrative/mascot.html|access-date= August 22, 2007|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070808063212/http://www.athletics.ucr.edu/administrative/mascot.html|archive-date= August 8, 2007}}</ref> In line with the ] motif, UCR assembles a ] band made up of students and staff who play at graduation and other campus events. The blue and gold ] worn by the pipe band and the mascot is a registered trademark of the University of California.<ref>{{cite web|title= The University of California Riverside Tartan|publisher= The University of California Riverside Pipe Band|url=http://www.pipeband.ucr.edu/|access-date= August 22, 2007}}</ref> For the women's basketball team's first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2006, UCR sent 22&nbsp;members of the pipe band to play at halftime.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Durant|first= Celeste|title= Pipe Pep|journal= Inside UCR|volume= 2|issue= 8|date= April 26, 2006|url= http://www.insideucr.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=196|access-date= August 22, 2006|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060904171500/http://www.insideucr.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=196|archive-date= September 4, 2006|url-status= dead}}</ref>
===Housing===
UCR's residence halls consist of three structures: Aberdeen-Inverness, Lothian, and Pentland Hills, which house more than 3,000 students (including 75% of the freshman class) in triple, double and single rooms. UCR also features a large array of on-campus apartment complexes such as Stonehaven, Bannockburn and Village Plaza, and International Village. UCR also offers family student housing at the Canyon Crest Family Student Housing community. In fall 2007, 'Glen Mor' Arroyo Student housing, an upscale housing complex adjacent to Pentland Hills, will open for juniors and seniors.<ref>{{cite web | title = UCR New Housing | url=http://www.housing.ucr.edu/indexsub.php?content=housing/arroyo.html}}</ref>


===National championship teams (Division II)===
Reflecting UCR's diversity, a number of ethnic-, gender- and academic-oriented residence halls or theme floors have been established. These include a hall for students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; a hall for students in the University Honors program; combined halls for majors in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Bourns College of Engineering; and a hall for transfer students. Student-initiated theme halls include ''Unete a Mundo,'' for students seeking to support Latino or Chicano students in acclimating to life at UCR; a Pan African Theme Hall for students interested in developing consciousness of 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 to live in a gender-neutral community.<ref>{{cite web | title = UCR Housing Services | url=http://www.housing.ucr.edu/indexsub.php?content=housing/residence.html}}</ref>
* Baseball (1977 and 1982)
* Women's Volleyball (1977 – AIAW, 1982 and 1986)
* Women's Soccer (1983) – first place in the California Collegiate Women's Soccer Conference


==Notable people==
According to a 2005 ] profile, 28 percent of all undergraduates lived on campus. Housing is available to all students for their first year, and 76 percent of all first-year students lived on campus.<ref name="usnews2">{{cite web | title=US News and World Report America's Best Colleges 2006: UC Riverside profile| url=http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/premium/drlife_1316.php}}</ref> Thirty percent of students remained on campus for the weekend.<ref name="usnews2" />
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===Campus Security===


=== Alumni ===
Campus security is handled by the ] (UCPD), which sends bulletins and other crime-prevention information via e-mail. Police officers of the University of California Police Department are armed, duly sworn peace officers of the State of California. Empowered by section 830.2(b) of the California Penal Code, UCPD officers possess the same authority, and adhere to the same state-mandated standards, as municipal police officers. Therefore, under California law, UCPD officers may enforce laws and make arrests anywhere in the state however, they concentrate their focus on the campus and its immediate environs. UCPD operates 24 hour a day, 365 days a year as it serves as the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) for all 9-1-1 system calls originating from telephones located on campus. The department employs full-time Police Officers and part-time Community Service Officers (CSOs, which are student employees) to provide public safety services to the campus community.
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More than 94,000&nbsp;alumni have graduated from UCR over the course of its history.<ref name="AlumniCenter">{{cite web|title= The Alumni & Visitors Center|publisher= The UCR Alumni Association|url= http://www.alumni.ucr.edu/notable|access-date= August 6, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160105073225/http://www.alumni.ucr.edu/notable|archive-date= January 5, 2016|url-status= dead}}</ref> A {{convert|13865|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Alumni and Visitors Center was established in 2007. It is used as a central gathering place for alumni and holds several facilities for use including meeting rooms, a formal board room, a central lobby area, a library, several alumni affairs offices, and a café.<ref>{{cite web|title=UCR Alumni|url=https://www.ucr.edu/alumni/|publisher=University of California, Riverside|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120022741/http://www.ucr.edu/alumni/|archive-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref>


Some of the most notable alumni include:
The department has a website that contains information about the department, safety, crime prevention, crime statistics, a press log and crime bulletins . Officers are involved in outreach to community groups and student programs, and about one third are UCR graduates. The student newspaper has a weekly column titled ''The Rap Sheet,'' which highlights police activity for the previous week.


* ] – professional soccer player for ] club ]
==Notable alumni and faculty==
* ] – editorial cartoonist and two-time ] winner (1998 and 2009)<ref name="Notable alumni official">{{cite web |title=Notable Alumni |url=https://alumni.ucr.edu/notable-alumni |website=Alumni |publisher=University of California, Riverside |access-date=4 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* ]
* ] – actress and model, '']''
* ] – ] and professor at the ]
* ] – author, 11th U.S. ]<ref name="Notable alumni official"/>
* ], federal judge for the ], since 2023
* ] – professional baseball player
* ] – ran track & field for UCR and later represented the United States in the ] for the 1500 meter track event<ref name="Notable alumni official"/>
* ] – former ] board member and UNDP aid worker; killed in a terror attack in Kabul in November 2019<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-citizen-from-california-killed-in-afghanistan-attack/2019/11/26/bd2f6bf2-106d-11ea-924c-b34d09bbc948_story.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128014725/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-citizen-from-california-killed-in-afghanistan-attack/2019/11/26/bd2f6bf2-106d-11ea-924c-b34d09bbc948_story.html |date=November 28, 2019 }} The Washington Post, "US Citizen from California Killed in Afghanistan attack, Nov 26, 2019</ref><ref>https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/indian-american-undp-aid-worker-anil-raj-killed-in-afghanistan/article_b99d74b4-10a1-11ea-95e5-3360a2001e6c.html India West News, "Indian American UNDP Aid Worker Anil Raj Killed in Afghanistan" November 26, 2019</ref>
* ] – physicist, ] laureate<ref name="Notable alumni official"/>
* ] – long-distance runner
* ] – ], one of ''Time'' magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2010" for his work with ], one of the oldest known ]<ref name="Notable alumni official"/>
* ] – UCR's first student body president, later chancellor of ]

=== Faculty ===
* ] – author, member of the ]
* ] – author, researcher, member of the ]
* ] – physicist, researcher focused on ]
* ] – physicist, ] laureate
* ] – author
* ] – historian, ] recipient
* ] – political scientist
* ] – author
* ] – philosopher
* ] – historian, president of the ]
* ] – physicist, ] recipient
* ] – author, ] recipient
* ] – an Irish ]
* ] – author, ] recipient
* ] – author, professor of foreign languages
* ] – psychologist, author of the bestseller ''The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_author.html |title=The How of Happiness: About the Author|access-date=June 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324000629/http://chass.ucr.edu/faculty_book/lyubomirsky/about_author.html|archive-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref>
* ] – biologist and founding member of the Department of Biology
* ] – sociologist
* ] – psychologist, ] recipient
* ] – chemist, ] laureate
* ] – author, ] recipient
* ] – entomologist
* ] – author, ] recipient, ] recipient, Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the ]
* ] – archeologist, researcher focused on ]


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University of California, Riverside
UC Riverside seal
MottoFiat lux (Latin)
Motto in English"Let there be light"
TypePublic land-grant research university
EstablishedFebruary 14, 1954; 70 years ago (February 14, 1954)
Parent institutionUniversity of California
AccreditationWSCUC
Academic affiliation
Endowment$249.87 million (2023)
Budget$1.3 billion (2023)
ChancellorKim A. Wilcox
ProvostElizabeth Watkins
Academic staff1,638
Administrative staff1,938
Students26,809 (2022)
Undergraduates22,903 (2022)
Postgraduates3,906 (2022)
LocationRiverside, California, United States
CampusLarge city, 2,131 acres (862 ha)
Other campusesPalm Desert
NewspaperThe Highlander
ColorsBlue and gold
   
NicknameHighlanders
Sporting affiliations
MascotScotty Highlander
Websiteucr.edu

The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres (769 ha) in a suburban district of Riverside with a branch campus of 20 acres (8 ha) in Palm Desert. In 1907, the predecessor to UCR was founded as the UC Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside which pioneered research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators.

UCR's undergraduate College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The Regents of the University of California declared UCR a general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961. To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730 million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999. UCR plans to have 35,000 students by 2035. Preliminary accreditation of the UC Riverside School of Medicine was granted in October 2012 and the first class of 50 students was enrolled in August 2013. It is the first new research-based public medical school in 40 years. UCR is a member of the Association of American Universities.

In 2000, UC Riverside was classified as an "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." UCR's sports teams are known as the Highlanders and play in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Their nickname was inspired by the high altitude of the campus, which lies on the foothills of Box Springs Mountain.

History

Main article: History of the University of California, Riverside
The older logo for the University of California, Riverside used from September 2006 to July 2020; still seen on some signs, packaging, and marketing
Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
The original UC Citrus Experiment Station, which now houses the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the UCR School of Business

At the turn of the 20th century, Southern California was a major producer of citrus, the region's primary agricultural export. The industry developed from the country's first navel orange trees, planted in Riverside in 1873. Lobbied by the citrus industry, the UC Regents established the UC Citrus Experiment Station (CES) on February 14, 1907, on 23 acres (9 ha) of land on the east slope of Mount Rubidoux in Riverside. The station conducted experiments in fertilization, irrigation and crop improvement. In 1917, the station was moved to a larger site, 475 acres (192 ha) near Box Springs Mountain.

The 1944 passage of the GI Bill during World War II set in motion a rise in college enrollments that necessitated an expansion of the state university system in California. A local group of citrus growers and civic leaders, including many UC Berkeley alumni, lobbied aggressively for a UC-administered liberal arts college next to the CES. State Senator Nelson S. Dilworth authored Senate Bill 512 (1949) which former Assemblyman Philip L. Boyd and Assemblyman John Babbage (both of Riverside) were instrumental in shepherding through the State Legislature. Governor Earl Warren signed the bill in 1949, allocating $2 million for initial campus construction.

Gordon S. Watkins, dean of the UCLA College of Letters and Science, became the first provost of the new college at Riverside. Initially conceived of as a small college devoted to the liberal arts, he ordered the campus built for a maximum of 1,500 students and recruited many young junior faculty to fill teaching positions. He presided at its opening with 65 faculty and 127 students on February 14, 1954, remarking, "Never have so few been taught by so many."

UCR's enrollment exceeded 1,000 students by the time Clark Kerr became president of the UC system in 1958. Anticipating a "tidal wave" in enrollment growth required by the baby boom generation, Kerr developed the California Master Plan for Higher Education and the Regents designated Riverside a general university campus in 1959. UCR's first chancellor, Herman Theodore Spieth, oversaw the beginnings of the school's transition to a full university and its expansion to a capacity of 5,000 students. UCR's second chancellor, Ivan Hinderaker led the campus through the era of the free speech movement and kept student protests peaceful in Riverside. According to a 1998 interview with Hinderaker, the city of Riverside received negative press coverage for smog after the mayor asked Governor Ronald Reagan to declare the South Coast Air Basin a disaster area in 1971; subsequent student enrollment declined by up to 25% through 1979. Hinderaker's development of innovative programs in business administration and biomedical sciences created incentive for enough students to enroll at Riverside to keep the campus open.

UC Riverside entrance sign with flowers
Entrance along University Avenue. The Arts Building is visible in the background (2007).

In the 1990s, UC experienced a new surge of enrollment applications, now known as "Tidal Wave II". The Regents targeted UCR for an annual growth rate of 6.3%, the fastest in the UC system, and anticipated 19,900 students at UCR by 2010. By 1995, African American, American Indian, and Latino student enrollments accounted for 30% of the UCR student body, the highest proportion of any UC campus at the time. The 1997 implementation of Proposition 209—which banned the use of affirmative action by state agencies—reduced the ethnic diversity at the more selective UC campuses but further increased it at UCR.

With UCR scheduled for dramatic population growth, efforts have been made to increase its popular and academic recognition. The students voted for a fee increase to move UCR athletics into NCAA Division I standing in 1998. In the 1990s, proposals were made to establish a law school, a medical school, and a school of public policy at UCR, with the UCR School of Medicine and the School of Public Policy becoming reality in 2012. In June 2006, UCR received its largest gift, 15.5 million from two local couples, in trust towards building its medical school. The Regents formally approved UCR's medical school proposal in 2006. Upon its completion in 2013, it was the first new medical school built in California in 40 years.

Campus

Main article: University of California, Riverside campus
Carillon Bell Tower
The Carillon Bell Tower is the dominant landmark in the center of the main campus.
Panoramic aerial image of UC Riverside Panoramic view of campus from the Box Springs Mountains (north to the right). Student housing is to the far lower right, west of which are the athletic facilities. The dense vegetation to the lower left constitutes the Botanic Gardens. The agricultural fields in the central left are designated for future campus development. (2007)

UCR's main campus sits at an elevation of 1,100 ft (340 m) to 1,450 ft (440 m) near Box Springs Mountain, 3 miles (5 km) east of downtown Riverside, 3 miles (5 km) south of neighboring Highgrove, CA, and comprises 1,112 acres (450 ha) divided into eastern and western areas by the State Route 60 freeway.

East Campus, occupying approximately 600 acres (243 ha), hosts the core cluster of academic buildings and services. The original buildings that formed the earliest kernel of the campus included the UC Citrus Experiment Station, residential buildings, and barn, all of which are still in use. They were designed by Lester H. Hibbard, in association with H.B. Cody. Built by 1917 at a cost of $165,000, the architecture of the major buildings followed the Mission Revival style suggesting the Spanish colonial heritage of Southern California.

Further major construction largely ceased on the site until the groundbreaking for the College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) in April 1951. A group of five buildings designed by different architects in a decidedly more Modern style were completed by 1954: the Rivera Library, Webber Hall, Geology Building, Physical Education Building and Watkins Hall. After the Regents declared UCR a "general campus" of the UC system in 1958, many new buildings and additions were laid out over the following decade. Following an east–west axis, new student residence halls and athletic facilities were developed along the southeastern quadrant of the main campus, while academic and research facilities were built along the central campus area closer to the freeway. The Bell Tower, one of only five carillons in California, was built in this period. Designed by A. Quincy Jones, the tower is 161 ft (49 m) tall and contains 48 bells, each weighing from 28 pounds (13 kg) to 5,091 pounds (2,309 kg), covering four chromatic octaves.

Plaza at night with seats and bell tower in background
The UCR Bell Tower area viewed at night
The new UCR Multidisciplinary Research Building opened in late 2020.

After the drop in enrollment and subsequent restructuring of academic programs in the 1970s, little capacity construction was undertaken over the next two decades. However, enrollment growth in the late 1980s justified considerable further campus expansion over the 1990s. Major additions built in the period include: Bourns Hall, completed in 1995; the Humanities & Social Science building, completed in 1996; and the Science Library, completed in 1998. The Pentland and Stonehaven residence halls were completed in 2000, and the Arts building was completed in 2001. Active construction projects include the "Multidisciplinary Research Building," new residence halls located east of A-I and ongoing renovations to Pierce Hall. The first phase of a new Commons was completed in 2007, and phase II is in development. Other ongoing projects include a new CHASS Instructional and Research Center and Students Academic Support Services Building. Since 1999, more than $730 million has been invested in construction projects.

Xeriscaping in front of the Biological Sciences Building
Xeriscaping in front of the Biological Sciences Building on the UCR campus (2007)

Of the 511 acres (207 ha) of UCR property constituting West Campus, approximately 216 acres (87 ha) along University Avenue have been developed. These include facilities such as University Extension, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Germplasm Repository, International Village (student housing), Human Resources and Highlander Hall. University Village, a mixed use commercial development, features a movie theater, stores, restaurants, office space, and an apartment complex, along with a parking structure and surface parking. Citrus groves and row crops occupy the remaining 295 acres (119 ha) stretching northwest to the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Le Conte Drive. Plans for future expansion include converting a portion of these fields into new UCR infrastructure.

The University of California, Riverside has recently united its three downtown arts presentation venues under the umbrella name of the UCR ARTSblock. The ARTSblock is composed of the UCR/California Museum of Photography, The Sweeney Art Gallery, and the Culver Center of the Arts, a media lab and presentation facility. The three institutions reside side by side in the heart of downtown Riverside's historic pedestrian mall.

Palm Desert Graduate Center

The Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management was founded in Palm Desert in 2001. After the 540-acre (219 ha) Coachella Valley Agricultural Research Station, it is UCR's second institutional presence in the Coachella Valley. Initially by a $6 million gift from Richard J. Heckmann, a water treatment entrepreneur, the institution was planned as a teaching and research center of the A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management at the UCR School of Business. The center encourages local entrepreneurship through the Coachella Valley Angel Network, an angel investment network. A further investment of $10 million from the State of California and a donation of 20 acres (8 ha) of land from the City of Palm Desert allowed for the opening of an expanded graduate center on April 15, 2005, adjacent to the California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus. The center is also home to university researchers in conservation biology, technology transfer and Native American studies. Master's level instruction in business management and creative writing is available at the center.

Academics

Main article: University of California, Riverside academics
University Village movie theater
University Village. The movie theater doubles as a classroom during the day.

As a campus of the University of California system, UCR is governed by a Board of Regents and administered by a president. The current president is Michael V. Drake, and the current chancellor of the university is Kim A. Wilcox. UCR's academic policies are set by its Academic Senate, a legislative body composed of all UCR faculty members.

UCR is organized into three academic colleges, two professional schools, and two graduate schools. UCR's liberal arts college, the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, was founded in 1954, and began accepting graduate students in 1960. The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, founded in 1958, incorporated the CES as part of the first research-oriented institution at UCR; it eventually also incorporated the natural science departments formerly associated with the liberal arts college to form its present structure in 1974. UCR's newest academic unit, the Bourns College of Engineering, was founded in 1989. Comprising the professional schools are the Graduate School of Education, founded in 1968, and the UCR School of Business, founded in 1970. These units collectively provide 81 majors and 52 minors, 48 master's degree programs, and 42 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs. UCR is the only UC campus to offer undergraduate degrees in creative writing and public policy and one of three UCs (along with Berkeley and Irvine) to offer an undergraduate degree in business administration. Through its Division of Biomedical Sciences, founded in 1974, UCR offers the Thomas Haider medical degree program in collaboration with UCLA. UCR's doctoral program in the emerging field of dance theory, founded in 1992, was the first program of its kind in the United States, and UCR's minor in lesbian, gay and bisexual studies, established in 1996, was the first undergraduate program of its kind in the UC system. A new BA program in bagpipes was inaugurated in 2007.

Rankings

See also: University of California § Campuses and rankings
Academic rankings
National
Forbes97
U.S. News & World Report76 (tie)
Washington Monthly79
WSJ/College Pulse108
Global
ARWU201–300
QS497 (tie)
THE251–300
U.S. News & World Report223 (tie)
National program rankings
Program Ranking
Earth Sciences 39
English 46
Political Science 48
Physics 55
Sociology 49
Chemistry 74
Computer Science 56
Economics 57
Psychology 68
Mathematics 66
Biological Sciences 74
Statistics 44
History 54
Education 86
Engineering 83
Medicine: Research Tier 3
Medicine: Primary Care Tier 4
Business 90
Public Affairs 76
Global subject rankings
Program Ranking
Agricultural Sciences 280
Plant & Animal Science 32
Chemistry 171
Computer Science 303
Condensed Matter Physics 171
Geosciences 151
Environment/Ecology 149
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology 223
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 200
Engineering 263
Space Science 128
Psychiatry/Psychology 208
Materials Science 339
Mathematics 383
Electrical & Electronic Engineering 256
Molecular Biology & Genetics 222
Physics 156
Biology & Biochemistry 212
Neuroscience & Behavior 466
Social Sciences & Public Health 376
Clinical Medicine 580

Institutional rankings of UC Riverside vary widely, depending on the criteria of the publication. For instance, U.S. News & World Report has named UC Riverside the top university in the nation for social mobility in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019. In the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges", UCR was ranked tied for 76th among national universities, 36th among public schools, and 1st for social mobility (5th year in a row); criteria include professor peer assessment, student selectivity and retention, as well as faculty resources, financial resources, and alumni giving. In the 2020 edition of the Washington Monthly college rankings, UCR ranked 27th among national universities. Washington Monthly assesses the quality of schools based on social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country). In the 2021 edition of Webometrics Ranking of World Universities based in Spain, UCR was ranked 67th among national universities and 132nd among world universities. Money magazine ranked UC Riverside 48th in the country out of the nearly 1500 schools it evaluated for its 2020 Best Colleges ranking. According to the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index published by Academic Analytics in 2006, UCR as an institution ranked 46th among top research universities considering such criteria as faculty publications, citations, research funding and other honors. Since 1997, more than 110 UCR faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Over the course of UCR's history, seven current or former faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and more than 50 have received Guggenheim Fellowships. UCR currently has two Nobel laureates on its faculty.

Historical rankings

US national
Organization 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
ARWU 60–78 62–82 63–85 63–89 66–94 59–66 59–60
Forbes 97 75 84 101 - - 199
Money 5.0/5.0 4.5/5.0 40 48 12 32 29
U.S. News & World Report 76 76 89 83 88 91 85
Wall Street Journal 108 181 184 192 192 189 272
Washington Monthly 79 64 69 53 27 27 28

Research and economic impact

UCR operated under a $727 million budget in fiscal year 2014–15. The state government provided $214 million, student fees accounted for $224 million and $100 million came from contracts and grants. Private support and other sources accounted for the remaining $189 million. Overall, monies spent at UCR have an economic impact of nearly $1 billion in California. UCR research expenditure in FY 2018 totaled $167.8 million. Total research expenditures at Riverside are significantly concentrated in agricultural science, accounting for 53% of total research expenditures spent by the university in 2002. Top research centers by expenditure, as measured in 2002, include the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Center for Environmental Research and Technology, the Center for Bibliographical Studies, the Air Pollution Research Center, and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics.

Throughout UCR's history, researchers have developed more than 40 new citrus varieties and invented new techniques to help the $960 million-a-year California citrus industry fight pests and diseases. In 1927, entomologists at the CES introduced two wasps from Australia as natural enemies of a major citrus pest, the citrophilus mealybug, saving growers in Orange County $1 million in annual losses. This event was pivotal in establishing biological control as a practical means of reducing pest populations. In 1963, plant physiologist Charles Coggins proved that application of gibberellic acid allows fruit to remain on citrus trees for extended periods. The ultimate result of his work, which continued through the 1980s, was the extension of the citrus-growing season in California from four to nine months. In 1980, UC Riverside released the Oroblanco grapefruit, its first patented citrus variety. Since then, the citrus breeding program has released other varieties such as the Melogold grapefruit, the Gold Nugget mandarin (or tangerine), and others that have yet to be given trademark names.

To assist entrepreneurs in developing new products, UCR is a primary partner in the Riverside Regional Technology Park, which includes the City of Riverside and the County of Riverside. It also administers six reserves of the University of California Natural Reserve System. UCR recently announced a partnership with China Agricultural University to launch a new center in Beijing, which will study ways to respond to the country's growing environmental issues. UCR can also boast the birthplace of two name reactions in organic chemistry, the Castro-Stephens coupling and the Midland Alpine Borane Reduction.

Admissions and enrollment

Undergraduate admissions statistics
2019 entering
classChange vs.
2014
Admit rate57.1% (Steady −0.5)
Yield rate17.1 (Decrease −2.4)
High school GPA
Average3.87 (Increase +0.19)

Admission to UC Riverside is rated as "more selective" by U.S. News & World Report.

For Fall 2018, UCR received 49,079 freshmen applications; 24,820 were admitted (50.6%). The average GPA of the enrolled freshmen was 3.83, while the average SAT scores were 620 for reading & writing and 635 for math.

In 2006, 43.4 percent of admitted students were first generation college students, 38.7 percent came from low family income backgrounds, and 24 percent graduated from low-performing high schools as measured by Academic Performance Index (API) scores. In 2007, U.S. News ranked UCR as the third most ethnically diverse and, by the number of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants (42 percent), the 15th most economically diverse student body in the nation.

According to statistics released by the Education Trust, a national nonprofit, in 2005 UC Riverside graduated 65.3 percent of its students in six years, a figure consistent with national averages but behind the average set by the top five public research universities by as much as 22 percent. However, UCR's consistency with the national average is well above the median of 39 percent for low-income-serving institutions as calculated in 2006 by the National Center for Education Statistics, making the campus a model for successful approaches to diversity in higher education.

Libraries and collections

Rivera LibraryThe Tomás Rivera Library (2003)Raymond L. Orbach Science LibraryRaymond L. Orbach Science Library (2007)

Total library collections at UCR comprise more than 2 million volumes, 14,017 electronic journals, 23,000 serial subscriptions, and 1.7 million microformats. Two large, four-story libraries house most of the physical collections. The 179,595 ft (54,741 m) Rivera library was constructed in 1954 and named after Tomás Rivera in 1985. It seats a capacity of 956 and houses general humanities and social science collections, as well as special collections, including the world's largest collection of science fiction, horror and fantasy literature, the 110,000-volume Eaton Collection. The Rivera Library also hosts the only U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository based on a UC campus. The 125,752 ft (38,329 m) Raymond L. Orbach Science Library, built in 1998, seats a capacity of 1,360 and houses 533,000 volumes in the physical, natural, agricultural, biomedical, engineering and computer sciences, with special strengths in the areas of citrus and sub-tropical horticulture, entomology, and arid lands agriculture. On November 3, 2009, the Science library was officially renamed the Raymond L. Orbach Science Library in honor of former Chancellor Raymond L. Orbach. Smaller libraries include the Media and Cultural Library, the Music Library, and a branch digital library in Palm Desert. The UCR Library is one of 116 members of the Association of Research Libraries, and is ranked 93rd in this group.

View of the suburban Inland Empire
The 40 acres of the UCR Botanic Gardens is visible from Box Spring Mountain.

UCR's academic colleges administer significant museum collections in the arts and sciences. The Citrus Variety Collection constitutes 1,800 trees representing two of each of the 640 types of citrus and 28 other related genera in the family Rutaceae, the largest such collection in the world. The Herbarium houses more than 110,000 dried plant specimens from across the Western hemisphere. UCR is also home to 40 acres (16 ha) of botanical gardens containing more than 3,500 plant species from around the world. The Gardens are located in the eastern foothills of the Box Springs Mountain on the University of California, Riverside campus. Over four miles (6 km) of trails wind through many microclimates and hilly terrain.

The Entomology Research Museum contains more than three million insect specimens, with particular strengths in Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Aphelinidae, Thysanoptera and Meloidae. The UCR/California Museum of Photography and Sweeney Art Gallery house UCR's primary art collections. The UCR/CMP includes the world's largest holding of vintage stereographs, one of the three great public collections of photographic apparatus in the US, and the University Print Collection of contemporary and historical images by over 1000 photographers. Located adjacent to the UCR/CMP, the Sweeney Art Gallery holds approximately 650 unique works, with especially strong collections from the modern to contemporary periods, including pieces by Alexander Calder, Roy Lichtenstein, Millard Sheets and Kara Walker.

Student life

Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2022
Race and ethnicity Total
Hispanic 38.7% 38.7 
Asian 30.8% 30.8 
White 12.9% 12.9 
International 7.5% 7.5 
Other 5.7% 5.7 
Black 3.0%
Economic diversity (2020)
Affluent 51% 51 
Low-income 49% 49 

Riverside enrolls the highest percentage of African American students of any of the 10 UC campuses and the second highest percentage of Latino students after Merced, prompting the Los Angeles Times and New York Times to run stories stating that UCR is a "campus of choice" for minority students. UCR was the first college in California to open a staffed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) resource center in 1993, the first UC campus to offer an LGBT minor studies program in 1996, and the first campus in the nation to offer a gender-neutral housing option in 2005. In recognition of this, The Advocate recognized UCR as one of the nation's best campuses for LGBT students in 2006, although it did not make the top 20. The Princeton Review listed UCR as a "Best Western College." While over 83 percent of students are non-white, there is a tendency for the different ethnic groups to self-segregate.

Housing

The Pentland Hills Residence Hall features suite-style housing in the northeastern part of campus.
The new Dundee Residential Hall, adjacent to Pentland Hills, opened alongside the connecting Glasgow Dining Hall in 2020.
Pentland Hills dormitory
The Box Springs Mountains at dusk from the Pentland Hills residence hall

UCR's residence halls consist of four structures—Aberdeen-Inverness, Dundee, Lothian, and Pentland Hills—which can house over 3,000 students in single, double, and triple rooms. In addition, UCR features several on-campus apartment complexes such as Stonehaven, Bannockburn Village, University Plaza, Falkirk, Oban, Glen Mor and International Village, which together house 959 students. Oban has since been upgraded to accommodate family housing following the demolition of Canyon Crest. Glen Mor, an apartment housing complex adjacent to Pentland Hills, was opened in 2007, and the university also purchased a nearby apartment complex, which is now known as Falkirk, for student housing in 2007. About half of the student population lives in off-campus apartments, one-fourth commute, and one-fourth live on campus. Thirty percent of students remain on campus for the weekend.

Reflecting UCR's diversity, a number of residence halls have been established for specific social, cultural and academic needs. Ethnic and gender-oriented theme halls include Unete a Mundo, for students seeking to support Latino or Chicano students in acclimating to life at UCR; a Pan African Theme Hall for students interested in developing consciousness of 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 to live in a gender-neutral community. UCR's three academic colleges in the humanities, sciences and engineering fields are represented by respective theme halls, and halls exist for honor students and transfer students.

In Fall 2018, UCR began construction of a new residence hall and dining facility in the parking lot behind Aberdeen-Inverness. This new residence hall and dining facility opened as Dundee-Glasgow in 2020, and features UCR's first two-story residential restaurant.

Student organizations and activities

UCR hosts over 500 registered student organizations, including the Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR), which represents undergraduates on administrative and policy issues. ASUCR is guided by a Senate composed of 16 elected senators, who represent the three undergraduate colleges in proportion to their enrollment, 5 Executive Cabinet Officers (President, Executive Vice President, Vice President of Campus Internal Affairs, Vice President of External Affairs, and Vice President of Finance), and 6 Directors, who are in charge of the various parts of ASUCR, and a Judicial Council of 6, which adjudicates any cases involving personnel misconduct or interpretation of the Constitution. Membership is composed of all UCR students who pay mandatory activity fees. ASUCR assesses these fees and distributes funds to registered student groups on campus, including student lobbying groups, a right that ASUCR won in a federal court case against the Regents in 1999.

Large concrete "C" on Box Springs Mountain
In August 1955, students constructed a 132 ft (40 m) by 70 ft (21 m) concrete "C" on the western slope of the Box Springs Mountain.

Of the registered student groups, 40 are fraternities and sororities. Nine men's fraternities belong to the North American Interfraternity Conference; seven women's sororities belong to the National Panhellenic Conference; seven men's fraternities and ten women's sororities represent the National Multicultural Greek Council, and two others fall under the campus Raza Assembly and are unique to UCR. Thirteen percent of the undergraduate student body participates in Greek life, although chapter houses are not permitted. Including the Greek letter organizations, more than 60 student volunteer service organizations at UCR contribute to more than 100,000 hours of collective and individual service done in the community each year. Jewish student life has existed for over a decade through UCR Hillel.

Student media organizations include The Highlander student newspaper, currently published every Tuesday during the academic year. First published in 1954, The Highlander remains an independent student media outlet. It was an entirely self-funded organization until 2001, when ASUCR passed a funding referendum for it. Student fees from the referendum go towards overhead and printing costs, however The Highlander is primarily funded through its own advertising revenue. In 2003, The Highlander published a comic depicting a stereotypical Asian American graduate teaching assistant with poor English skills, inciting community backlash and prompting an apology from Editor-in-Chief Kahlil Ford. Other student news publications on campus include the Asian Community Times, Indian Time, Nuestra Cosa, Queeriosity, and the X-Factor Student Newspaper. Campus literary magazines include Mosaic, published at UCR since 1959, and Crate, published by graduate students in UCR's master's level creative writing program since 2005. UCR broadcasts over radio as KUCR at 88.3 FM. The station programs a variety of independent music, news and commentary.

On-campus entertainment events are planned by a 14-member Associated Students Program Board (ASPB), comprising six student-run divisions that include concerts, films and lectures, cultural events and special events, as well as a marketing and leadership division. ASPB's major events include the Block Party Concert, Winter Soulstice, Homecoming Bonfire and Spring Splash.

The Graduate Student Association of the University of California, Riverside (GSAUCR) is ASUCR's counterpart on the graduate level. It is guided by a Graduate Student Council consisting of representatives from every department on campus. GSAUCR assesses fees required of all graduate students and uses them to fund research awards and colloquiums, conference travel grants, and speaker funds.

Athletics

Main article: UC Riverside Highlanders See also: UC Riverside Highlanders men's basketball, UC Riverside Highlanders baseball, and UC Riverside Highlanders football
Logo combining the blue and gold letters UCR
UC Riverside Highlanders Athletics logo, launched in 2020
The UC Riverside Student Recreation Center, photographed in late 2020

UCR's varsity teams compete in the Big West Conference of NCAA Division I. Programs include men's and women's soccer, cross country, basketball, track and field, baseball, softball, tennis, golf and women's volleyball. After students voted to assess themselves $35 a quarter to fund the athletic programs in 1998, men's and women's soccer and golf were added, and the athletic department switched from NCAA Division II in 2000. While at Division II level, UCR produced 5 national championship teams in men's baseball and women's volleyball. As of 2006, UCR had produced 17 individual national champions, 175 All-Americans and many conference and regional champions. The men's golf team represented UCR in the 2004 and 2005 NCAA West Regionals after winning back-to-back Conference Championships in those respective years while having three athletes ranked in the top 100 in the country. In 2006, 2007, and 2010 the UCR women's basketball team represented the conference in the Division I tournament but lost all three times in the first round. In December 2008, the UCR women's basketball team upset the #16-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores.

In 2005 the women's soccer team competed in the first round of the NCAA tournament. In 2007, UCR's baseball team won their first Big West championship and reached the Division I postseason for the second time since 2003, and the cross country team sent its first two athletes to the national championships. Football was played until 1975, and the team won two CCAA championships before the sport was discontinued because of low attendance and in anticipation of the impact of Title IX regulations.

The volleyball and basketball teams play home games in the Student Recreation Center Arena (SRC), which seats 3,168. The baseball team competes at the Riverside Sports Complex, just off campus at the corner of Blaine and Rustin streets. UCR graduate Troy Percival personally built UCR's baseball clubhouse to major league quality standards. Softball is played at the Amy S. Harrison Field, named after a UCR graduate who donated $300,000 towards its upgrade in 2004. Adjacent to the softball field are the soccer and track fields. The soccer field was resurfaced with artificial turf in 2007. In 2011, the old track and field facility, which had bleachers that dated back to the 1950s and a track surface that was over 15 years old, was completely torn out and replaced with a brand new facility.

Non-varsity student sports clubs that compete with other area universities include the Rugby Football Club, established in 2006, which plays in the Southern California Rugby Football Union. The karate program is provided through the UC Riverside Recreation Center's Leisure Line classes. The classes are provided by top-of-the-line USA Shotokan karate team coaches from the American JKA Karate Association, an association that has been in the city for over 40 years. It is one of the largest collegiate programs in the United States, that take competitors to local, national and international competitions. A Men's and Women's Club Soccer team also competes in the West Coast Soccer Association.

UCR also has a boxing club called Highlander Gloves, which competes in the USIBA College National Championships. Highlander Gloves trains at a local gym named the Raincross Boxing Academy that was founded by a member of Highlander Gloves. UCR's Highlander Gloves has produced numerous national champions and consistently ranks within the top five schools in the USIBA National Championships. The club was founded by UC Riverside student Celia Miranda in partnership with Det. Mario Dorado of the Riverside Police Foundation to create a free non-profit program that provides tutoring and mentorship to at-risk students in the Riverside area. This program operates independently of the university, as the gym is located off-campus. Raincross Boxing academy has notably been the home for numerous notable fighters including World title challengers Josesito López, Chris Arreola and Ricardo Rafael Sandoval.

In 1954, UCR's founding class adopted the name "Highlanders", reflecting the campus' high altitude. After the student body passed a referendum to move to Division I competition in 1998, the bear mascot, formerly called "Scotty", was professionally redesigned to look more ferocious. The new mascot featured a half-blue face in homage to William Wallace, the subject of the movie Braveheart. In line with the Scottish motif, UCR assembles a bagpipe band made up of students and staff who play at graduation and other campus events. The blue and gold tartan worn by the pipe band and the mascot is a registered trademark of the University of California. For the women's basketball team's first appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2006, UCR sent 22 members of the pipe band to play at halftime.

National championship teams (Division II)

  • Baseball (1977 and 1982)
  • Women's Volleyball (1977 – AIAW, 1982 and 1986)
  • Women's Soccer (1983) – first place in the California Collegiate Women's Soccer Conference

Notable people

Main article: List of University of California, Riverside people

Alumni

More than 94,000 alumni have graduated from UCR over the course of its history. A 13,865-square-foot (1,288.1 m) Alumni and Visitors Center was established in 2007. It is used as a central gathering place for alumni and holds several facilities for use including meeting rooms, a formal board room, a central lobby area, a library, several alumni affairs offices, and a café.

Some of the most notable alumni include:

Faculty

See also

Notes

  1. Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
  2. The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.
  3. The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.

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