University of California, Riverside is a multicultural community of people from diverse racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds; national origins; religious and political beliefs; physical abilities; and sexual orientations. The activities, programs, classes, workshops, lectures, and everyday interactions of this campus are enriched by our acceptance of one another, and we strive to learn from each other in an atmosphere of positive engagement and mutual respect.
Implicit in this mutual respect is the right of each of us to live, study, teach, and work here free from harassment or denigration on the basis of race, age, religious preference, gender, sexual orientation, or nation of origin. Any violation of this right--verbal or written abuse, threats, harassment, intimidation, or violence against person or property--will be considered a violation of the principles of community that are an integral part of the University of California's focus, goals, and mission. Such behavior will be discouraged by the University to the full extent of its power.
The University of California, composed of academic colleges, professional schools, divisions, departments of instruction, museums, libraries, research institutes, bureaus and foundations, and the University of California Press, is situated on the nine campuses throughout the State, namely: Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. The University also maintains several field stations of the Agricultural Experiment Station in various parts of the State.
Governance. Under the state constitution, governance of the University is entrusted to the Board of Regents. The Regents appoint the President of the University, and with the President's advice, the officers of the University. Among these are the vice presidents, the chancellors, and the directors of the major laboratories. The Regents also directly appoint the principal officers of the Regents: the general counsel, the treasurer, and the secretary. The Regents of the University of California and the administrative officers are listed in the back of this catalog.
Authority in academic matters is delegated by the Regents to the Academic Senate, which consists of faculty and certain administrative officers. The Academic Senate determines academic policy for the University as a whole, sets conditions for admission and the granting of degrees, authorizes and supervises courses and curricula, and advises the University administration on faculty appointments, promotions, and budgets.
Students participate in policy-making at both the campus and Universitywide levels.
History and Development. Academic divisions of the University of California, Riverside, include the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences; the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering; the School of Education; The A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management; and the Graduate Division. The campus also features the Citrus Research Center-Agricultural Experiment Station, Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, UCR/California Museum of Photography, Center for Social and Behavioral Science Research, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Centers for Water & Wildland Resources and eight sites in the UC Natural Reserve System, including the Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center. The campus is also home for regional headquarters of Cooperative Extension and a branch of University Extension, which includes Summer Sessions.
The roots of the campus date back to 1907 when, by act of the Legislature, the Citrus Experiment Station was established to conduct research in the agricultural problems of Southern California. Graduate work was conducted early in the station's history, and today, graduate education is central to its mission.
In 1948, the Regents approved the establishment of the College of Letters and Science. Necessary legislation was passed by the Academic Senate in 1951. The College opened for classes in February 1954. By act of the Regents, the Riverside campus in 1959 was declared a general campus with a mandate to develop appropriate areas of study. In 1960, the Graduate Division was established and graduate and professional programs were added.
The Campus. The 1,200-acre Riverside campus of the University of California is conveniently located some 50 miles east of Los Angeles within easy driving distance to most of the major cultural and recreational offerings in Southern California. In addition, it is virtually equidistant from the desert, the mountains, and the ocean.
The city of Riverside, with the UCR campus on its eastern edge, is accessible by several main highways. The nearby Ontario International Airport has daily flights to most of the nation's major cities as well as connecting commuter flights to the Los Angeles International Airport. Metrolink train service is also available to Los Angeles.
Adjoining the campus is University Village, a new retail and office complex, a joint project between UCR, the city of Riverside, and a private developer. The project includes 10 theaters, some used during the day as UCR classrooms. UCR and other professional offices, restaurants, and retail shops are also part of the complex.
Enrollment at UCR is presently about 9,700, approximately 14 percent of whom are graduate students. The campus, with its modern classroom, laboratory, and office buildings, its beautiful University Commons, and its 161-foot carillon tower, is designed to accommodate the academic and research programs which are part of its assigned mission as a general campus in the University system.
Accreditations. UCR is a member of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The campus is fully accredited by the Senior Commission of WASC. This accreditation requires periodic review in accord with WASC policies and standards. In addition, the Biomedical Sciences Program is accredited by the Association of American Medical Colleges; the Bachelor of Science degree (or equivalent program) in Chemistry has been certified by the American Chemical Society as meeting its standards; the credential programs of the Office of Teacher Education Services are approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing; and the B.S. degrees in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and environmental engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
The University Library is the focal point for research and study at UCR. The Library's collections include 1,801,200 bound volumes, 13,300 serial subscriptions, and 1,556,200 microforms housed in five facilities: The Tomás Rivera Library(serving the humanities and social sciences), the Bio-Agricultural Library, Physical Sciences Library, the Music Library, and the Media Resources Library. The Library has established a web home page from which to access the Library's online catalog, INNOPAC, MELVYL,® the University's online union catalog, and INFOMINE, an innovative Internet Web index and search engine created by the Library to provide easy access to electronic information resources throughout the world.
Circulation Services. Circulation Services in all campus libraries are responsible for checking out materials, renewing materials, maintaining the collections, and providing information on the circulation status of library materials.
Reserve Services are offered in all libraries. Faculty members may place materials on reserve in support of their classes. Some reserve materials are also available electronically via the Internet (see http://lib-www.ucr.edu/ERS/).
Reference Services. Reference Librarians in the Bio-Agricultural, Physical Sciences, and Rivera Libraries assist students, faculty, and staff in identifying and locating information. All reference points offer either direct or mediated access to a number of electronic information sources. Questions may also be sent via e-mail to the Rivera Library (rivref@ucrac1.ucr.edu), the Bio-Agricultural Library (bioag@ucrac1.ucr.edu), and the Physical Sciences Library (physci@ucrac1.ucr.edu). A number of advisory services, including instruction in research strategy, are available. At the invitation of faculty members, librarians introduce students to sources and strategies appropriate to the subject of the course during a regular class session.
Government Publications. The University Library is a depository for both United States and California state government publications. The main collection, located in the Government Publications Department on the fourth floor of the Tomás Rivera Library, also contains documents from local and foreign governments and international organizations as well as extensive law and map resources. Census and other statistics, records of legislative bodies and judicial courts, social and economic studies, scientific investigations, reports of special commissions, a myriad of electronic information sources in CD-ROM format, and more than 87,000 maps and atlases can be found in the Department. The Science libraries also contain extensive collections of documents relating to the natural and agricultural sciences.
Education Services, located on the second floor of the Tomás Rivera Library, offers curriculum materials, textbooks currently in use in local schools, and a children's literature collection to support the work of students in the School of Education's teaching credential program.
Interlibrary Loan Service locates and borrows needed materials not held at the UCR Library. Staff at interlibrary loan offices in the Tomás Rivera Library and in the Bio-Agricultural Library search nationwide to obtain volumes or photocopies of articles for faculty and students.
Special Collections. Rare books, manuscripts, and other unique or fragile materials are housed in the Special Collections Department on the third floor of the Tomás Rivera Library. The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and utopian literature comprises 65,000 volumes ranging from the seventeenth century to today. The Thomas Hardy and Ezra Pound Collections include printed and manuscript materials. Special Collections administers the University Archives and a portion of the Riverside Municipal Archive collection of civic documents, 1883-1953. Outstanding collections include the Sadakichi Hartmann Archive, the Heinrich Schenker Archive, part of the Oswald Jonas Memorial Collection, as well as collections on Paraguay, Paris, photography, B. Traven, local history, and national socialism.
Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian consists of about 7,000 volumes and over 9,000 documents, pamphlets, tape recordings, slides, and artwork. The Library is one of the most important collections of research materials relating to Native Americans in the United States and the world. The Library is located on the third floor of the Rivera Library.
Photocopying. Photoduplication and microfilm copying services are provided in the Tomás Rivera Library. In addition, Copicard (or coin) operated copying machines are located on each floor of the Tomás Rivera Library and in the two Science libraries.
Bio-Agricultural Library is located in Batchelor Hall. Its 192,700 volumes include outstanding collections in the biological sciences, entomology, arid land agriculture, and subtropical horticulture.
Physical Sciences Library is located on the first floor of the Geology Building. Reference and advisory services interpret extensive holdings of journals, monographs and abstracts, and assist students and faculty in chemistry, engineering, geography, geology, physics, and the computer, environmental, and soil sciences. Total holdings exceed 133,400 volumes.
Music Library is located in the Music Wing of Olmsted Hall and houses some 22,200 scores, 11,600 sound recordings, and 1,900 compact discs. These are played from high fidelity sound equipment in the central control room to 36 listening stations. The Music Library is open 65 hours each week.
Media Resources Library. The University Library's collection of media is available for use at Media Resources Library, which is located in the Humanities and Social Sciences building, room 1001. It includes a wide variety of entertainment and educational programs, as well as computer-assisted instruction programs. Films and tapes can also be rented from off campus sources. With its audiovisual equipment and media collections, the Media Resources Library serves as a walk-in playback center for the campus community.
Use of UCLA library facilities. The library bus leaves for UCLA Monday through Friday from the rear loading dock of the Tomás Rivera Library. Intercampus library privileges are available to faculty, staff, and registered students at any of the University of California campuses. For reservations and information call (909) 787-3232.
Hours: Library hours are posted in each library.
In addition to providing service to the citizens of California, organized research units provide research opportunities to faculty and students that otherwise would not be readily available.
The history of the Riverside campus dates back to the Citrus Experiment Station with its mission to research agricultural problems. Today, research is conducted by the Citrus Research Center-Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC-AES) on more than 230 crop commodities. The Center's projects cover a broad and diverse number of topics which emphasize not only the research itself, but also its applicability in solving various agricultural problems. Research results are disseminated to other scientists, farmers, and the general public.
Additional research centers continue to be established in other disciplines at the UCR campus. The CRC-AES and the other centers are described in the sections that follow.
The Center encourages, facilitates, coordinates, and carries out interdisciplinary social science and humanities research on a variety of topics of interest to the faculty and community. The Center has incorporated within it several other campus research units.
Grants to faculty are on a small scale and are intended to provide seed money for a wide range of important projects.
The Centers for Water and Wildland Resources is a Universitywide organized unit that is composed of the Water Resources Center, Wildland Resources Center, Salinity and Drainage Research Program, and Water Quality Program. Offices for the Centers are at the Davis and Riverside campuses. The Salinity and Drainage Research Program and Water Quality Program are coordinated from the Riverside office, and Riverside also serves as a regional office for the Water Resources Center. The Centers support research, extension, and educational activities on a broad spectrum of water and wildland resource topics.
The Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station is the oldest institution on the UCR campus. The CRC-AES is a branch of the University's Statewide Agricultural Experiment Station, which is the nation's largest land grant experiment station and the research arm of the University's Division of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, headquartered in Oakland. The CRC-AES was the outgrowth of a lobbying effort launched by Riverside citrus growers in 1899 under the community leadership of pioneer orange grower John Henry Reed, who is recognized as its founder. The Citrus Experiment Station--as it was first known--began operations in 1906 on a small site at the foot of Mount Rubidoux, where its original research emphasis was on citrus and subtropical horticulture.
In 1914, the Regents of the University approved expansion of the Experiment Station and a new site was purchased at the base of the Box Springs Mountains, where the UCR campus lies today. The corridors of the earliest buildings on the site, first occupied in 1917, are rich in associations with pioneer scientific discoveries and the early researchers who made them. Those headquarters buildings are today marked by a Riverside County Historical Landmark plaque.
Over the years, research of the Experiment Station was expanded to cover a variety of fruit, vegetable, field, and industrial crops grown in Southern California. In 1961, the original name of the Experiment Station was changed to the Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station to reflect the increasingly broader scope of research.
The role of the CRC-AES is to meet the unique basic and applied research needs of Southern California relating to agriculture, natural resources, and the consumer. The five primary missions of the CRC-AES consistent with that role are as follows: (1) improvement of the productivity and efficiency of Southern California agriculture and related industries; (2) study of basic and applied biology and biochemistry of plant and animal organisms related to Southern California agriculture and the environment; (3) definition of the social, environmental, toxicological, and economic impacts on society of agricultural chemicals and wastes and development of appropriate means to deal with them; (4) improvement of new and existing varieties of crops and development of new organisms and natural products; and (5) studies of the development, use, and management of natural, domestic, agricultural, and recreational waters.
Emphasis within the CRC-AES is currently being placed on innovative research that will lead to development of new technologies, such as those involving recombinant DNA and other genetic engineering techniques. Collaborations of CRC-AES researchers are under way to create research centers focusing specifically on desert agriculture and exotic pests. Interdepartmental graduate programs in Plant Genetics, Microbiology, and Environmental Toxicology also reflect the collaborative approach of CRC-AES researchers. Each of these programs consists of a federation of UCR scientists whose research thrusts are closely linked together at the frontiers of scientific research.
The present academic research staff of the CRC-AES is comprised of approximately 100 people, who are engaged in studies of fundamental problems of cellular and molecular biology, plant and invertebrate animal ecology, and basic aspects of plant breeding, culture, and protection. Most of the research staff teach both undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences. Their familiarity with current research problems and solutions strengthens academic programs and provides instruction and training for approximately 320 students in nineteen graduate programs.
The CRC-AES and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences together maintain a total of 1,720 acres of land for biological and agricultural research. This includes 420 acres immediately adjacent to the campus, 760 acres at the Moreno Ranch field station, and 540 acres in the Coachella Valley. The regional office of Cooperative Extension is also located on the UCR campus. CRC-AES scientists, in carrying out their research tasks, work closely with the 15 Cooperative Extension offices in the Southern Region, campus-based specialists, and regional county advisors to ensure a continuous flow of information from research programs to the public and specialized consumers.
The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) is a multicampus research unit, established in 1967, that promotes basic research into the structure, origin and evolution of the universe. In pursuit of this mission, IGPP research extends from the earth's core to the far reaches of space. Interdisciplinary research by faculty and students of the colleges of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences focuses on the areas of astrophysics, space physics, solid earth geophysics, geochemistry, archeometry, and tectonophysics.
The specific emphases at UCR vary with time as the interests of the faculty change, as new faculty are added, and as the science advances. Integral to IGPP research projects is the development of the new technologies, such as high resolution gamma ray telescopes for astrophysics research, development of the capacity to simulate the extreme pressures and temperatures of the earth's lower mantle for mineral physics and tectonophysics experiments, alternate thermonuclear fusion technologies, and enhancement of radiocarbon dating techniques for archeology and paleoenvironmental analysis.
Research in experimental and theoretical space and astrophysics includes imaging high-energy space data to the properties of cosmic gamma ray bursts, active galactic nuclei, pulsars, supernovae and other discrete sources gamma rays; experimental and theoretical studies of the earth's magnetosphere; measurements of neutrons and gamma rays produced in the earth's atmosphere and the sun; and ground-based measurements of very high-energy gamma rays. Laboratory plasma simulations of the earth's magnetosphere and comets in the solar wind complement observations of space probes.
Solid-earth research includes a wide range of geophysical, geological, and geochemical investigations. Since 1968 the IGPP at UCR has explored and assessed areas that are potential sources of geothermal energy, particularly the Imperial Valley and Coso Hot Springs of Southern California and Cerro Prieto in Northern Mexico. Laboratory investigations of rock and water samples recovered from geothermal fields are used to study active metamorphism and ore genesis as well as water-rock interactions in hydrothermal systems. Advances in stable-isotopic geochemistry are now being exploited to determine the processes by which mineral deposits form and to characterize the sources of atmospheric aerosols and particulates ejected from climate-altering volcanic eruptions. A new program initiated in 1993 involves studies of flow and phase transformations in the earth's deep interior. Apparatus capable of deformation of rocks to pressures of 250,000 atmospheres and 3,000º centigrade are being used to investigate the physical mechanism of deep earthquakes, the mechanisms of flow of partially molten mantle upwelling beneath oceanic ridges, and the rheology of the mantle transition zone and lower mantle. An integrated program of field geophysics includes heat flow, gravity, active and passive seismic measurements, and electrical and magnetic methods. Research on earthquakes includes studies of the structure and physical properties, and field studies of earthquake phenomena. Additional studies encompass geothermal exploration, groundwater studies, fault zone characterization, and regional tectonics.
Research in Quaternary geochronology involves both radiocarbon (14C) and amino acid racemization dating with an emphasis on the research in the dating of bone samples as well as studies to extend the 14C time frame in excess of current conventional limits of about 50,000 years. Portions of the 14C research are being conducted in conjunction with the University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory. These geochronological studies are being applied to problems in the dating of the emergence of anatomically modern Homo sapiens in the Old World and the timing of the arrival of human populations in the Western Hemisphere.
One dimension of the IGPP is the electron microscopy facility housed in Bourns Hall. It is part of a $1.7 million project funded jointly by UCR and the National Science Foundation to acquire state-of-the-art transmission and scanning electron microscopes. The microscopes, installed in January 1996, function with the campus Center for Visual Computing, also in Bourns Hall, to provide microvisualization at the frontier of both physical and biological sciences.
The IGPP has other branches on the Los Angeles and San Diego campuses and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
The Statewide Air Pollution Research Center (SAPRC) was established as an organized research unit on the Riverside campus in 1961. Its principal mission is to conduct fundamental and applied research in atmospheric science. These studies include such phenomena as biogenic or anthropogenic emissions, physical and chemical removal and transformation processes, and effects of chemical sand particles emitted or formed in the atmosphere on human health, vegetation, soil and water systems, and visibility.
Present research concerns: mechanistic and kinetic studies of the photolysis and reactions of small molecules of atmospheric interest using molecular beam and discharge flow techniques; laboratory studies of gas-to-particle conversion using a particle beam-mass spectrometer system; investigations of the kinetics, products, and mechanisms of the gas-phase reactions of organic compounds emitted from anthropogenic and biogenic sources with hydroxyl (OH) radicals, nitrate (NO3)radicals, and ozone (O3); the development of detailed chemical mechanisms for use in computer models to investigate the formation of ozone and other components of photochemical air pollution; investigation of the mutagenicity of atmospheric reaction products of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using human cell lines; and studies of the effects of ozone on agricultural crops.
California maintains an important and complex relationship with Mexico. Mexico has become a dynamics, influential, and unpredictable neighbor, and the Mexican-origin population is the largest ethnic minority group and the fastest-growing population in California's society.
With the advent of the North American Free Trade Agreement, border industrialization, and increasing trade, California and Mexico are integrating rapidly. Individually and jointly, they are key players in the economic, social, and political associations of the Pacific Rim countries. Understanding and explaining the California-Mexico connection is critical to assuring a prosperous future for the people of the region.
UC MEXUS was established in 1980 to focus the resources of the nine campuses of the University of California as they relate to Mexico, United States-Mexico relations, Mexicans and people of Mexican descent in the United States, and a wide variety of cultural and scientific issues of importance to both countries. The Institute's Universitywide headquarters located at the Riverside campus in 1984. As a multi-campus research unit that serves the entire UC system, UC MEXUS contributes to many Riverside campus interests in Mexican and Chicano topics through sponsorship of research, guest lecturers and performances, conferences, and its photographic and videotape collections, some of which are housed in the Media Library.
More than 400 University of California faculty members participate in the programs of UC MEXUS programs. Competitive grants fund faculty and graduate student research, publications, binational collaboration, and other innovative and creative work. The Institute hosts Mexican researchers and serves as a center for interdisciplinary, intercampus, and international projects in a wide variety of subjects. Current research foci involving UCR faculty include the diverse topics of agricultural labor and California's rural communities; the border environment and shared resources such as geothermal energy and water; tropical resources and conservation programs; and Chicano theater.
The Center provides consultative services including design of experiments and statistical data reduction and inference for the Agricultural Experiment Station as well as providing the means for cooperative research between statisticians and other investigators in all fields of application of statistics to the biological, physical, and social sciences.
The UCR Botanic Gardens are divided into two parts. One part is the landscaped area around the campus buildings demonstrating the use of a wide assortment of plants which grow well in the inland area of Southern California. Representatives of some species have been labeled for the benefit of visitors. The grounds are open to the public every day of the year.
The second part of the Botanic Gardens comprises more than 39 acres of gardens along the eastern boundary of the campus. The entrance may be reached by following the road leading southeast from parking lots 10 and 13 off east Campus Circle Drive. This area is open to visitors from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with the exception of the following holidays: January 1, July 4, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25.
The Gardens were established for teaching purposes and serve to provide a wide assortment of plant materials for courses such as anthropology, art, biology, ecology, entomology, morphology, ornamental horticulture, plant pathology, photography, and taxonomy. Not only are the gardens used by UCR classes, but they are visited by classes from a variety of educational institutions in the vicinity of Riverside, as well as by other groups interested in furthering their knowledge of plants.
Other important functions of the gardens are to provide plant materials for various research projects and to serve for the testing and exhibition of plant species introduced from all parts of the world. Specialty collections include California Deserts, Baja California, Australian, Latin American and South African plants, as well as cacti, cycads, herbs, irises, lilacs, and roses. A geodesic dome lath house holds shade-loving plants. An attached orchard displays rare subtropical fruits that will grow in the Riverside area. The lower and middle elevations of the Gardens are accessible to the handicapped.
The California Educational Research Cooperative (CERC) is a unique partnership between county offices of education, local school districts, and the School of Education. It is designed to serve as a research, development, and graduate training center for members and the School by combining the professional experience and practical wisdom of practicing professional educators with the theoretical interests and research talents of the UCR's School of Education faculty. CERC provides a cooperative forum for systematic study and joint action to resolve pressing problems facing public schools.
Founded in 1988 as an educational research service for decision makers and a laboratory for faculty and graduate student interaction in the conduct of research, CERC's agenda creates an appropriate balance between research significance, school district need, and student learning. Close cooperation with local school districts and county offices of education is a central feature of UCR's commitment to performing relevant, high-quality research for school improvement. Now one of the nation's most impressive regional applied research centers in education, CERC member districts represent a combined average daily attendance of over 180,000 kindergarten through twelfth grade students, nearly 5 percent of all California school children.
Information may be obtained by calling the CERC office at (909) 787-3026 or by writing to the California Educational Research Cooperative (CERC), School of Education, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, or by visiting the CERC web site at www.education.ucr.edu/cerc.
The Center for the Advanced Study of the Americas is an international center for research, teaching, training, publication, and community services. CASA's primary mission is the creation of new knowledge and opportunities for its applicability to the solution of human problems.
The Center for Bibliographical Studies was founded to encourage and support research and publication by faculty and students in bibliography and the history of the book. It is based upon two internationally renowned programs.
The English Short Title Catalog (EngSTC) is a landmark national bibliography. A reference and research tool of unprecedented power and versatility, it is the largest cooperative bibliographic project ever attempted. It is based upon the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) which is designed to record every item within its scope published in Great Britain or its dependencies in the eighteenth century in a machine-readable, on-line file. In 1987, it was extended backwards in time to 1475 thus becoming the EngSTC.
The California Newspaper Project (CNP) is the state segment of the United States Newspaper Project, a national effort to record the surviving issues of all newspapers published in the U.S. in the national serials database. In addition to creating a union list of U.S. newspapers in California repositories, the CNP also conducts an extensive preservation program to insure that representative runs of California titles are available for the use of future generations.
The College of Engineering's Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) brings together students, research professionals, regulators, and private industry to develop and evaluate technologies for reducing air pollution. CE-CERT is one of the State of California's premier air pollution research facilities, which provides impartial analysis of technologies and regulatory strategies for improving air quality.
CE-CERT has five major research fields:
Advanced Vehicle Engineering, in which new engines and powertrains operating on conventional and alternative fuels are developed;
Atmospheric Processes and Stationary Sources, which studies the formation of air pollutants and analyzes techniques for reducing emissions from commercial and industrial processes;
Renewable Fuels and Energy, in which researchers operate one of the country's most comprehensive hydrogen-fuel research programs and develop processes to convert waste to fuels;
Transportation Systems, concentrating on the development of technologies for smarter, smoother, safer highways;
Vehicle Emissions, which focuses on measurement and analysis of pollutants from conventional and alternative vehicle technologies.
The research agenda provides a forum for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students to investigate technologies, fuels, and regulatory strategies with recognized experts in these fields. Results of research projects are published in scientific journals, Society of Automotive Engineers publications, or proceedings of CE-CERT's annual World Car Conference.
The UCR/California Museum of Photography (UCR/CMP) is a resource unique among institutions of higher learning. The museum offers opportunities to students in many fields to see exhibitions of challenging contemporary photographic and video productions and to explore a vast resource of historical pictorial documents in the museum's collections.
Since its inception in 1973, the UCR/CMP has grown into a major photography exhibition and study center for the West Coast, with one of the most extensive exhibition programs and one of the largest and finest collections of photographs, cameras, and related material anywhere in the world. The museum offers temporary exhibitions which explore photography's and video's relationship to politics, art, and society. The museum also hosts performance art and new music events. Its permanent collection holds nineteenth- and twentieth-century fine art photographs, the Keystone-Mast stereoview collection, and the Bingham camera collection. A wide range of photographic books is available for purchase at the museum store.
The four-story museum, located in Riverside's downtown arts and entertainment district in an award-winning renovated dime store, has become an advocate for change and conscience in the arts on campus and in the community.
The Center for Family Studies was established to create an interdisciplinary context devoted to research and dissemination of new advances in knowledge about the contemporary family. The goals of the Center are focused on significant advances in family theory, research and treatment requiring an interdisciplinary approach to family issues.
Families in the United States are undergoing rapid changes in structure and composition and there is a need to understand and document these changes. Demographic shifts across historical time are often treated independently of family process issues. By providing a forum for an interdisciplinary dialogue the interplay across different levels of analysis can be more clearly understood.
A central mission of the Center is understanding the role of ethnic variation in families. The diverse population of Southern California represents a unique opportunity to explore this issue. A primary goal is to develop a research policy agenda for family issues as the twenty-first century approaches. Collaborative arrangements with other institutions, such as Childhelp USA, have been established to facilitate research and to aid in defining policy priorities. Finally, through conferences, symposia, and workshops, the Center disseminates recent advances in knowledge about families to both scholarly and professional communities. Student participation in research and dissemination activities is encouraged.
The Center for Ideas and Society--a comprehensive program to address current and future needs in the humanities within the University of California and beyond--was established in 1989 in response to the Humanities Initiative of the Office of the President of the University of California and the reports of the UCR Chancellor's Task Force on Planning.
The purpose of the UCR Center for Ideas and Society is to promote and advance humanistic research and study at the University of California, Riverside, as well as nationally and internationally. The Center is especially interested in examining objects of inquiry from multiple perspectives; it wishes to promote more robust and nuanced understandings of topics than traditional disciplinary vocabularies, categories, and self-descriptions may permit. The Center also differs from other humanities research centers and institutes in the importance it attaches to intellectual history and social thought as defining foci of its activities and its programs.
The Center for Ideas and Society discharges its research mission in several ways: by providing Resident Fellowships for UCR faculty and advanced graduate students; by appointing Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellows; by sponsoring, developing, and hosting conferences, lecture series, workshops, and colloquia; by awarding funds from the President's Humanities Initiative for deserving Focused Research Project groups for projects which cannot be accommodated within the Center's other programs and categories; by appointing Research Associates of the Center (external faculty whose appointment to regular UCR departmental membership would be facilitated by the assistance of the Center for Ideas and Society); and by encouraging any other means which appropriately assist and enhance UCR humanists' research capabilities and achievements.
The Resident Fellowship Program is at the heart of the mission of the Center. Its function is to assemble a group of scholars each year to investigate a humanistic topic collaboratively. Each quarter at least four faculty and two graduate students are awarded Center Resident Fellowships to support their research, at least 12 faculty and six graduate students per year in all. UCR Resident Fellows are joined each year by at least one Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow who functions as the group's convener. The collaborative group's weekly seminar agenda is determined by the points of intersection and the fit between the Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow's announced research topic and projects of individual UCR Resident Fellows.
The Center for Ideas and Society is administered by a Director who is appointed by the Chancellor, upon recommendation of the Dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. The Center's mission is carried out by the Director in consultation with the Advisory Committee.
Computing and Communications (C&C) focuses on seven areas: Academic Computing (AC), Institutional Computing (IC), Communications, and Microcomputer Support (MSG), Media Resources, Center for Visual Computing (CVC), and Client Server/Technology. The C&C home page address on the World Wide Web is www.cnc.ucr.edu.
Academic Computing serves the academic user community at UCR and concentrates its efforts on educational and research computer applications. AC operates two DEC 2100 Alpha Servers (Alpha Cluster) running the open VMS operating system. In addition, AC users have access to the IBM ES/9672-R22 mainframe computer running the MVS operating system primarily dedicated to Institutional Computing. The campus also has a large Ethernet network (ACNET) from which the Alpha Cluster may be accessed. Line printers are attached to the Alpha Cluster and located remotely.
Microcomputers are available in the Watkins Microcomputer Facility, AGSM Microcomputer Facility, English/Education Microcomputer Facility, Sproul X-Terminal Facility, dormitories, and libraries. The Student Alpha Server is the e-mail server for undergraduate students and is a DEC 3000/500 running the UNIX operating system. Academic Computing also has a Sun Server, Model 690, operating under Solaris UNIX operating system, which is the client front-end computer within a set of computers functioning as a campus web development and server system for academic departments and classes. UCR is a member of the San Diego Supercomputer Consortium and has a local connection to the San Diego Supercomputer Center. UCR is also an affiliate member of the National Center for Supercomputer Applications (located at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).
The Center for Visual Computing (CVC) serves the academic and surrounding community with high-end computer graphics imagery, data visualization, and many tools on powerful Silicon Graphics machines. It has multimedia, illustration, animation, printing, and high-end slide and CD burning capabilities. The center, located in Bourns A108, also has trained consultants to assist users. It offers an anonymous ftp site to transfer computer files and requested output. The phone number is (909) 787-5825, and e-mail address is greenecc@image.ucr.edu.
Noncredit courses in computer resources for faculty, staff, and students are given each quarter by members of the C&C staff, and credit courses are offered by several academic departments. Consulting services are also available. C&C is supported by recharges against grants and other funds, as well as by faculty research funds and instructional use of computer allocations.
Institutional Computing and Client/Server Technology serve the administrative user community at UCR.
Communications services the voice communication needs and the data networking needs of the campus. E and F wings of Lothian Residence Hall have been hardwired to the campus network allowing access to the Internet. An $8.50 per month charge for this service is assessed through Computing and Communications' main office in 1626 Statistics-Computer Building.
Microcomputing services for desktop computers are available through the Microcomputer Support Group (MSG). These services include walk-in, telephone, or on-site consulting for hardware, software and networking; a trouble helpline for software and networking; and assistance with loading, learning, and using stand-alone and networked microcomputers.
The Microcomputer Support Group has a support facility for UCR employees in 3119A and #3119B Library South, with high-end DOS/Windows microcomputers, laser and color printers, a scanner, CD-ROM self-paced training, and video tapes. The facility is available for walk-in support, hands-on training classes, and can be reserved for work on projects requiring assistance or uninterrupted time to complete.
Telephone (909) 787-3555 or send e-mail to helpdesk@ucr.edu for assistance.
The Microcomputer Support Specialist program, which provides decentralized departmental support, is sponsored by the MSG.
Media Resources supports five areas: Distance Learning; the Media Library; Media Production, which consists of Video and Photographic Services; Media Services, which provides classroom equipment; and Engineering and Technical Support, which services existing equipment and recommends equipment for new campus buildings. The main office phone number is (909) 787-3041.
Cooperative Extension (CE) bridges the gap between basic research conducted in campus laboratories and the individuals, organizations, and communities who are the end users of that research. UCR has 23 CE specialists who conduct outreach efforts in close cooperation with county-based CE advisors located in 67 offices throughout the state. Research and extension programs include sustainable agriculture, pest management, consumer sciences, youth development, irrigation, water quality, urban horticulture, natural resources, and public policy.
University Extension offers a complete intensive program in English as a Second Language for foreign students preparing to enter an American college or university, or for professionals who need improvement in English. For further information, please see International Education Programs under the University of California Extension listing or write International Education Programs, UC Extension, 1200 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92507-4596. Telephone:(909) 787-4346; fax: (909) 787-5796; e-mail: ucriep@ucx.ucr.edu.
The International Services Center provides special assistance to UCR's international students and scholars, offers counseling and administrative support to anyone interested in participating in an overseas opportunity, and sponsors intercultural enrichment activities. International educational exchange programs and opportunities are described in the Student Services section of this catalog.
The Sweeney Art Gallery is located in Watkins House, on Canyon Crest Drive, across from the main UCR campus. Its exhibitions, publications, educational programs, and collections form one of the most public faces of the Riverside campus.
The Art Gallery, open since 1963, develops and presents exhibitions of contemporary and historical works of art. Approximately eight exhibitions are mounted each year. In Fall 1997 the Sweeney will display paintings by Robert Beckmann entitled "The Body of a House," and "G.D.I. (giddy)," work by emerging Los Angeles artists. In Winter 1988 one can see cutting-edge computer imaging by Vibeke Sorenson. In Spring 1988 a graduate student in UCR's Art History Department will curate an Artists' Book Exhibition.
A series of shows is also offered in the Small Gallery, including the annual Emerging Artists Series, featuring work selected by UCR Studio Art faculty members. The final exhibition of the year is the Senior Thesis Exhibition, which showcases the work of graduating seniors in the Studio Art Department.
The Art Gallery's responsibilities include the interpretation, preservation, and collection of works of art for the education and enjoyment of the students, faculty, staff, and the community. In addition, the Art Gallery produces publications, offers symposia, lectures, and other events which relate to its exhibitions and to contemporary art issues.
The Art Gallery functions as a laboratory for training future museum and other professionals. The Art Gallery, working with faculty members from various academic departments, offers special courses and internships on topics ranging from public relations to art-historical research to exhibition installation. Additionally, by presenting the annual senior thesis exhibition, the Art Gallery provides an initial display venue for student artists in the Department of Art. There are employment opportunities for students at the Art Gallery and student volunteers are always welcome.
For program information, or to inquire about job, internship, or volunteer opportunities, call (909) 787-3755.
Media Resources, an academic support unit for instruction and research, assists faculty and students in the creation and use of media for class presentations, for documentation of research, and for the promotion and public services needs of the campus. The department is divided into five units: Media Services, the Media Library, Distance Learning, Production Services, and Engineering and Technical Services. For further information, please visit the Media Resources home page at http://www.cnc.ucr.edu/departments/mediaresources/mediar.htm
Media Services, located in B221 Sproul, provides audiovisual equipment for instruction and special events. Hours: 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Media Library, located in Humanities and Social Sciences 1001, stores the University Library's collection of films, audio and video cassettes, and other media materials for the campus. The Media Library serves as a walk-in playback center for all these materials as well as for items placed there on reserve. VHS, BETA, U-Matic, laser disc, and audio cassette equipment are available for use by patrons. There are also Macintosh computers available . This unit also orders rental films and videos for instruction. It is open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Fridays until 5 p.m.) and on weekends from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Distance Learning oversees the following technological resource systems: videoconferencing, instructional television, and satellite programming. Through videoconferencing, UCR faculty, staff and students can connect to others within the UC system, as well as throughout the state, nation and world. The unit is also responsible for creating, distributing, and promoting both live and prerecorded programming for local broadcast (via UCR's own television channel on local cable), and for wide receipt and transmission (via satellite). A multipurpose facility, the Distance Learning classroom/studio center, is located in A139 Olmsted Hall. The Distance Learning offices, located in B221 Sproul, create and distribute live or prerecorded instructional video programs locally, within California, or worldwide. Facilities for videoconferencing via telephone lines, classroom production for local broadcast or taping, and reception of satellite programming are located on campus. Hours: 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Production Services is responsible for creating new media materials in consultation with faculty, the administration, or other patrons. The unit is located at two sites. Video, audio, multi-image, and film production services are in B221 Sproul. Photographic Services is located in B110 Hinderaker Hall. Hours: 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
Engineering and Technical Services, located in B221 Sproul, repairs and maintains audiovisual and television equipment for the department. The unit also plans and installs media systems and advises on equipment purchases. Hours: 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
The purpose of the Natural Reserve System is to establish and maintain for teaching and research purposes a system of reserves encompassing the diversity of California's natural terrain, both aquatic and terrestrial. Any qualified individual or institution may use the reserve system under the direction and with the approval of the University. UCR administers eight of the approximately 35 reserves systemwide.
The Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center encloses approximately 331Ž2 square miles of desert habitat around Deep Canyon, in the Colorado Desert near Palm Desert. An air-conditioned field station with living quarters and laboratories is located near the mouth of Deep Canyon.
The James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve near Idyllwild is approximately 30 acres, surrounded on all sides by relatively undisturbed national forest land. Sixty miles of hiking trails connect the base reserve with thousands of acres of mid- and high-elevation wilderness, from nearby Lake Fulmor to the summit of Black Mountain at 7,800 feet. The reserve is equipped for field classes of up to 30 students and has indoor housing for small groups.
The Oasis de los Osos Reserve is located near Snow Creek at the northern base of Mount San Jacinto. This property consists of 160 acres of rocky desert slopes and a dry alluvial fan. It also contains a perennial stream (Lamb Creek) with some waterfalls. A riparian woodland grows along this stream. A semi-desert scrub plant community occurs on the dry slopes and alluvial fan, as well as along the washes. No facilities are available at this site.
The Box Springs Reserve consists of 160 acres near the top of Box Springs Mountains. The property includes both coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitats. No laboratory facilities are present on the property, due to the proximity of such facilities on the UCR campus. This reserve has been used extensively for field class laboratories and student research projects. However, other research projects can be conducted at this site.
The Sacramento Mountains Reserve contains approximately 590 acres of desert habitat in the Mojave Desert. It is located about 18 miles west of Needles along Interstate Highway 40. This property contains at least seven species of cacti, including one of the best displays of Bigelow Cholla (Opuntia Bigelovii) in California. No laboratory facilities or living quarters are present on this site. However, a campsite is available for anyone wishing to use the reserve overnight for teaching or research.
Motte Rimrock Reserve consists of approximately 650 acres at the northwestern corner of Perris, about 15 miles from campus. The vegetation is principally coastal sage scrub and grassland with junipers scattered throughout the area. This land is of more than usual biological interest for this region because it contains some natural springs, a few of which provide water throughout the year. This permits a greater diversity of plants and animals than otherwise might be expected. Indian pictographs and a former Indian village site also are on this reserve. A headquarters building contains sleeping facilities for reserve users.
The Emerson Oaks Reserve is located 5 miles east of Temecula and 1 mile south of Highway 79. This 185-acre site contains coastal sage scrub on the lower hills, chaparral on the upper slopes, and oak woodland (primarily coast live oak) in the valley portion. More than 20 acres of oaks also occur on a bench on one of the hillsides. Several permanent springs are on the property. No facilities are available at present.
The Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center contains approximately 9,630 acres in the Mojave Desert near Amboy (between Barstow and Needles). It has unusual biotic diversity, ranging from low Mojave Desert flora and fauna to remnant Colorado Plateau biota on the highest peaks. A campground and a small building at Dorner's Camp are available for class use, and a state-of-the-art, stand-alone research laboratory has recently been completed.
UCR does not have a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program. Students may, however, with the permission of the dean of their college, enroll in ROTC courses at another institution while completing their degree programs at UCR. Interested students should contact the UCR Undergraduate Admissions Office regarding concurrent enrollment procedures. Descriptive pamphlets summarizing the programs are available at the UCR Career Services Center. Representatives from the participating ROTC programs also make regular visits to UCR to provide information to prospective students.
Through arrangements with the University of California, Los Angeles; California State University, San Bernardino; Loyola Marymount University; and the University of Southern California, two- and four-year Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) programs are available to all qualified UCR students. Academic units earned in this program may be counted as elective units toward UCR graduation requirements. Successful completion of the AFROTC program, upon graduation, leads to a commission as a Second Lieutenant with subsequent active duty service in the Air Force. Applicants to AFROTC must have at least two years remaining toward degree conferral, which may include graduate study. Entry into the last two years of AFROTC is on a competitive basis. Interested students may obtain more information by calling any of the following AFROTC program offices: UCLA (310) 825-1742; CSU San Bernardino, (909) 880-5442; USC (213) 740-2670; or Loyola Marymount (310) 338-2770.
Through arrangements with the Department of Military Science at California State University, San Bernardino two- and four-year Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AROTC) programs are available to all qualified UCR students. Academic units earned in the program may be counted as elective units toward fulfillment of UCR graduation requirements. Successful completion of the AROTC program, upon graduation, leads to a commission as a Second Lieutenant with subsequent service on active duty or assignment to an Army Reserve unit. Scholarships for two and three years are available to qualified students. A monthly $150 subsistence allowance is paid during the last two years of the program. Simultaneous participation in a reserve unit and the AROTC program is allowable; participants are eligible to receive pay from both programs. Interested students may obtain more information by calling the Military Science Department, Army ROTC Program, California State University, San Bernardino at (909) 880-5533.
The Robert Presley Center of Crime and Justice Studies was formed on the Riverside campus after being approved by the Regents in January 1994. The Center succeeds the former Robert Presley Institute of Corrections Research and Training. The Center's guiding purpose is to generate knowledge essential for the formation and implementation of effective crime prevention and control policies. To that end, the Center encourages and facilitates research in the humanities and social sciences on basic as well as policy-related questions regarding justice, legal concepts and processes, social deviance and control, and research strategies for addressing such questions.
Center research initiatives and related activities such as special conferences and workshops are undertaken in consultation with state and local corrections and law enforcement representatives, as well as faculty and researchers in other higher education institutions. A particular concern is the systematic and on-going evaluation of both established and experimental policies and programs. Among studies currently under way or in the planning state are investigations of the impact of imprisonment on female inmates and their families; child and spousal abuse in relation to criminal violence; community development and early childhood intervention strategies for preventing delinquency; and the impact of programs aimed at improving police-community relations.
Two five-week Summer Sessions are held each year on the UCR campus. Anyone who is a high school graduate or at least eighteen years of age may attend. In addition, high school students who have at least a 3.00 average in all college preparatory subjects may apply to the Summer Academy for Advanced High School Students (and the UCR High School-University Program if they are going to be seniors wishing to take one or more UCR courses during the academic year). It is not necessary for a student to be admitted to the University to attend Summer Sessions, nor does admission to a Summer Session constitute admission to a regular session of the University. A wide variety of courses from the regular sessions is offered, especially education courses and those courses meeting general college or division requirements. Several special programs have been introduced for the summer, including some classes at Chaffey, College of the Desert, Crafton Hills, and Mt. San Antonio community colleges. All UCR courses are normally transferable to other institutions and applicable to degree programs. For UCR students, credits and grades are automatically placed on their official transcript and record without any necessity to transfer them. UCR continuing students wishing to take courses in excess of 10 units per session must have the approval of their college dean. All other students must have the permission of the Director of Summer Sessions.
Fees for a Summer Session are the same for California residents and nonresidents. These fees are competitive and based upon a per-course tuition basis. Special discounts apply for UCR career staff employees, senior citizens, and off-campus courses at selected community colleges.
Catalogs and application forms are available from Summer Sessions and Special Programs, UCR Extension Center, 1200 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92507-4596. Telephone, (909) 787-3044.
University Extension is the part of the University that provides education to students not enrolled at UCR, making the scholars, research, and resources of the University available to young people and adults. While a large proportion of Extension students have attended college, most Extension programs are open to anyone who seeks higher education.
Credit earned in certain Extension courses may be applicable to degree requirements at the time of admission to the University. See under University of California Extension Courses in the Curricula and Courses section. Students who have earned credits through Extension and are interested in having these credits applied to degrees, or who are interested in earning credits through Extension that meet degree requirements, should check with the Admissions Office about the applicability of such credit. Resident students in the University wishing to apply Extension credit to degree requirements must have advance approval from the dean of their college or division before enrolling in Extension courses.
University Extension offers degree credit, postgraduate continuing education credit, and noncredit programs for pursuit of intellectual and cultural interests, professional and career advancement, and examination of topical thinking on public affairs and urban problems.
Programs are offered in nearly all disciplines, including anthropology, animal science, art, drama, economics, education, engineering, environmental sciences, geography, history, human resources, law, literature, management, mathematics, music, philosophy, political science, psychology, real estate, sociology, urban studies and the natural sciences.
Programs vary in length and format, from one-day conferences and short lecture series to courses lasting more than one quarter and certificate programs requiring more than two years of part-time study to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills for a particular professional or avocational activity. University Extension services are available through five major channels:
Also at University Extension is International Education Programs (IEP), which offers a wide variety of English language programs and short-term career programs for international students and professionals. All programs are offered on a year-round basis. The duration of each program varies from three weeks to one year. Programs offered include the Intensive English Program, the Conversation and American Culture Program, American Business Culture & Communication Program, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Program, Design-Your-Own Program, and several Intensive Professional Programs in management, law, environmental management, design, and agriculture. In addition, IEP offers support services such as program orientation, housing assistance, immigration advising, social activities, and counseling for those interested in studying at an American college or university. For further information, please contact International Education Programs, University of California Extension, 1200 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92507-4596. Telephone:(909) 787-4346; fax: (909) 787-5796; e-mail: ucriep@ucx.ucr.edu.
For catalogs and literature describing these services in detail, write to University of California Extension at any of the following addresses: University of California Extension, Berkeley 94720; Davis 95616-9988; Irvine 92716; Los Angeles 90024; Riverside 92507-4596; Santa Barbara 93106; San Diego 92093; Santa Cruz 95064. UCR Extension offices are located at 1200 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92507-4596. Telephone (909) 787-4105; fax: (909) 787-7374; e-mail: moreinfo@ucx.ucr.edu.
Excellent students in most undergraduate programs in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences; and the College of Engineering can participate in the University Honors Program (UHP). The UHP lower-division curriculum emphasizes special seminars, projects, and classes designed to introduce honors students to the rewards of scholarship and research. The upper-division UHP provides the student with the framework to produce a thesis or project under the supervision of a faculty advisor. In both the upper-division and lower-division years, the UHP challenges honors students to take an active role in shaping their education.
The Program offers a variety of extracurricular activities. Students help to plan trips each quarter to museums, theatres, or other cultural events. The UHP publishes a student-edited newsletter; provides guidebooks, catalogs, and test schedules; and offers clerical help for honors students applying to graduate and professional schools. A reading room, seminar room, and lounge and work space with computer facilities are available to honors students.
Freshmen are admitted to the lower-division UHP on the basis of high school academic and extracurricular records. Continuing UCR students with an excellent academic record may apply or be nominated to participate in upper-division honors whether or not they completed lower-division honors. Students who transfer to UCR as juniors with excellent academic records may also apply or be nominated to the upper-division UHP.
Address inquiries to University Honors Program, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0157 or call (909) 787-5323.
The Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Urban and Environmental Outreach Program (UEOP) at the University of California, Riverside was organized in 1990. Its mission is to help the public and private sectors in Southern California's urban and urbanizing areas address current and emerging environmental issues. The Program provides a framework through which faculty and specialists at UCR and county advisors in Cooperative Extension can organize and coordinate research, teaching, and extension efforts. UEOP strives to promote a clearer public understanding of environmental issues, to foster cooperative and informed decision making, and to find workable solutions to environmental problems. In pursuit of these goals, the Natural Resources Information Unit is using a geographic information system (GIS) to develop a data base for sensitive species and habitats in Riverside County. This data base will streamline the environmental review process and provide for more informed decision making about regional land use options.
Operating in close cooperation with UCR, the U.S. Salinity Laboratory (USSL) of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service is the only research facility in the nation devoted specifically to the study and amelioration of salinity- and pesticide-related agricultural and environmental problems. Through the development of new knowledge and technology that targets problems of broad scope and high national priority, the USSL seeks to ensure the adequate production of food and agricultural products, to sustain a viable food and agricultural economy, and to maintain a quality environment and natural resource base. Salinity-related problems cost the United States approximately five billion dollars a year in crop losses, not to mention the incalculable costs to wildlife and the environment.
To accomplish its goals the research of the USSL is carried out in three management units: Soil and Water Chemistry and Assessment Research; Plant Science Research; and Soil Physics and Pesticide Research. USSL research projects include development of water quality and reclamation models; elucidating and quantifying the effects of salts on soils and plants; developing assessment instrumentation and technology; development of strategies to control pesticides; evaluating, predicting, and reducing pollution of soil, water, and air by pesticides while increasing their efficacy; and increasing yield and quality of crops grown on salt-affected soils. The synergy between the U.S. Salinity Laboratory and UCR researchers is substantially enhanced with the Laboratory's location on the UCR campus.
The University of California operates a center in Washington, D. C. where its undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members can pursue studies in American politics and public policy as well as explore many other fields for which resources exist in the capital. The Center's programs are unique in offering academic courses combined with internship opportunities.
The Washington Center currently offers programs through three UC campuses: Davis, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. These programs are open to UCR undergraduate students in all majors. Requirements for the programs are junior or senior status and a GPA of 3.00. Students can earn course credit in undergraduate programs offered at the Center during the academic year. They can also continue their full-time student status, fulfill University residency requirements, and maintain eligibility for financial aid. The components of the academic year programs are
In a typical program, students work three to four days a week in an internship (usually unpaid) and conduct independent research on a topic related to the internship--a combination that earns 4 to 8 units of credit depending upon the campus program selected. Students typically enroll in seminars conducted at the Center for additional academic credit. In the fall and spring terms students can enroll in courses offered by the Davis, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara campuses; only Santa Barbara offers winter courses at the Center.
Undergraduates may apply to any of the three programs. Since the three campus programs differ, students should select carefully and note on their application their priority of choices. Once accepted to any one of the three campus programs, students may enroll in courses offered by any of the programs at the Center. For more information and to obtain application forms, contact the Career Service Center, Veitch Student Center, Northwest Wing, (909) 787-3631.
Cultural Events provides an outstanding series of professional dance, music, and theater performances by professional touring companies and performing artists. Most of the performances take place in the University Theatre. During their stay on campus, many of the visiting artists conduct residency activities for UCR students, such as master classes, lectures, and demonstrations.
In addition, the Barn Folk Concerts provides folk music in a Sunday evening series in the informal atmosphere of the UCR Barn.
UCR students are admitted to both of these programs at greatly reduced ticket prices.
Cultural Events also produces the annual Music by the Tower summer concerts series in July. The series is free.
Alpha Lambda Delta is a national society that honors academic excellence during a student's first year in college. Founded as an honorary society for freshmen women at the University of Illinois in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta became a national organization in 1926, and later began initiating men as well. Its purpose is to encourage superior academic achievement among students in their first year in college, to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist women and men in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their roles in society. The UCR chapter was established in 1995, and strives toward the goals set by the national organization. Any first-year student with a 3.5 GPA or higher is invited to join.
Gamma Sigma Delta is an honor society dedicated to recognizing academic achievement and accomplishment of students, faculty, and others whose work has contributed to agriculture. The activities and programs of Gamma Sigma Delta are carried out by the 53 chapters of the Society at universities throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Nominees for membership in the UCR chapter must show potential for agricultural research or have contributed to the advancement of agricultural research or have contributed to the advancement of agriculture. Selected students, undergraduate and graduate, and faculty are inducted at a lecture meeting in the spring. Each year, an alumnus award is presented to an outstanding recent UCR Ph.D. graduate who has made significant contributions to agriculture since leaving the campus. The UCR chapter also presents a Graduate Dissertation Award each year, to recognize outstanding UCR dissertation research in the agricultural sciences, as well as a Distinguished Science Award and an Extension Award. The chapter encourages early interest in agricultural sciences through science fair awards to high school students with projects related to agriculture.
Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, was founded December 3, 1914, at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, by fifteen student and faculty leaders. In the tradition of the idealism and leadership of George Washington and Robert E. Lee, the founders formulated the idea that leadership of exceptional quality and versatility in college should be recognized, that representatives in all phases of college life should be recognized, that representatives in all phases of college life should cooperate in a worthwhile endeavor, and that outstanding students, faculty and administration members should meet on a basis of mutual interest, understanding and helpfulness.
The UCR Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa was chartered in 1994 and strives toward the original ideals set by the founders back in 1914. Men and women undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni of UCR are all welcome to apply during Spring Quarter of each year. Undergraduate students must be at least in their junior year, and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Members are selected on the basis of academic achievement, proven leadership ability, and diverse involvement in campus organizations.
Order of Omega is a national Greek honor society founded at the University of Miami in the fall of 1959 by a group of outstanding fraternity men, who felt that individuals in the Greek community should be recognized for their service to the fraternity system and the university. The Kappa Alpha Chapter of Order of Omega was chartered at UCR in 1989. The Order of Omega honors only the top 3 percent of the University Greek population for excellence in academics, leadership and campus/community service. Any junior or senior member of a national Greek organization who has maintained a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA is eligible to apply. New members are selected every fall quarter.
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest (1776) American scholarly fraternity. Iota Chapter (California) at UCR is, like all other chapters, subject to regulations of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. It may elect approximately ten percent of seniors majoring in liberal subject areas of the arts and sciences. Scholarly achievement, character, and broad cultural interests are the bases for election by Iota Chapter. Grades earned in applied or professional courses are not counted in computing GPA. Eligibility is determined during the spring quarter by a committee of members, and invitations to join are extended at that time. It should be noted that all prospective members must have the equivalent of level four (intermediate skill level) of a foreign language and some significant evidence of breadth through courses beyond those required for the major or by the student's college. Students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences are strongly encouraged to take courses in each of the following fields: mathematics, biological sciences and physical sciences. Likewise, students in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences must have breadth beyond their own College demonstrated by taking courses in both social sciences and humanities areas. A few students with exceptionally good records may be elected during their junior year.
The Society of Sigma Xi, founded in 1886, is an honorary organization devoted to rewarding excellence in research and to encouraging a sense of companionship and cooperation among scientists in all fields. Nominations to membership are made by members of the local chapter in accordance with criteria established by the national organization. These criteria relate to the candidates' potential and demonstrated capacity for scientific research.
The UCR Chapter sponsors one seminar speaker each year who is of scientific interest to both the University and local community. The Sigma Xi Chapter recognizes the need to encourage science teachers in public schools and young scientists at the elementary, high school, undergraduate and graduate levels in all scientific areas. The latter is accomplished through national fellowships to deserving young scientists engaged in research, and at the local level by recognition of their accomplishments.
University Advancement has primary responsibility for informing the public of University achievements, events, and issues; coordinating campus-community relations; and generating maximum external support for the University. Headed by the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, the office is comprised of six major units: Alumni and Parent Relations, Development, Governmental and Community Relations, Special Programs, University Relations (Public Information and Publications), and New Initiatives and Economic Development.
Alumni and Parent Relations provides administrative liaison and support for the UCR Alumni Association. Established in 1955, the Association is a separately incorporated nonprofit organization that represents the interests of UCR's more than 40,000 graduates on important campus issues and keeps them in touch with their alma mater. The office also plays an active and supportive role with UCR students and their parents through its work with the Student Alumni Association and the Parents Association.
The Development Office actively encourages private financial support for the campus from individuals, corporations, and foundations. Within the Development Office are specialists in planned and major giving and corporate and foundation relations. The office also provides liaison and administrative support for the UC Riverside Foundation. Approximately $30 million in external giving is currently attracted to the campus annually.
Governmental and Community Relations is responsible for outreach to local, state, and federal leadership. The office also establishes and maintains a liaison with area and regional business and industry leaders. Additionally, the unit coordinates the activities of University-affiliated groups and other support groups including the Affiliates, the Citizens University Committee, and others. The office also coordinates the activities of the Business/Educational Partnership Program known as "Adopt-A-School," and the University/Eastside Community Collaborative.
Special Programs makes arrangements for public ceremonies and special programs such as Commencement, the Chancellor's Executive Roundtable, The Press-Enterprise Scholars' Banquet, Bourns Science and Engineering Day, and a variety of special events hosted by the Chancellor.
University Relations has primary responsibility for relations with print and broadcast news media. The office also produces a variety of publications including Welcome (fact sheet and campus map), Fiat Lux (tabloid and magazine), UCR Calendar, and Campus Guide and Handbook. Staff members are available to consult with campus units on publications development, marketing, design, and production issues. The Publications unit coordinates production of University publications for campus departments and provides professional design and production services.
New Initiatives and Economic Development is responsible for developing and coordinating private/public partnerships to expand the academic and research opportunities for the University of California, Riverside; and for stimulating and coordinating redevelopment and economic improvement activities on or near the University to enhance the available opportunities to the campus community. Specific attention is focused on developing industrial relationships which create intellectual partnerships with local industries, faculty, and students.
Anyone can take advantage of a campus tour: prospective students, new faculty members, or visitors to the area. Walking tours are offered Monday through Friday and selected Saturdays. Arrangements for large group tours are also available by reservation.
For reservations and information, call Enrollment Management at (909) 787-5045.
