RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES
Research Centers and Institutes
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 that 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 public.
The CRC-AES and other centers at UCR are described in the following sections.
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.
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 United States 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 use by future generations.
The Center was created in response to increasing pressure related to endangered species, habitat loss and fragmentation, and challenges regarding public use or development of lands. The Center employs partnerships with local and national government agencies, private sector interest groups, and the University to address natural resource management issues. Resolution of many of the biological resource management issues that confront Riverside County, the state of California, and the nation must ultimately rest on the intersection of sound science and wise public policy. The Center fulfills its "honest broker" role by providing the sound science on which good public policy decisions can be based.
CE-CERT has eight major research fields:
Advanced Vehicle Engineering concentrates on advanced fuel, engine, and drivetrain systems for cleaner and more energy-efficient transportation.
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 periodic World Car Conferences.
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 and policy agenda for family issues as the twenty-first century approaches. Collaborative arrangements with other institutions, such as local school districts and treatment facilities, 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 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, lectures, workshops, and colloquia; by funding collaborative research groups through the Focused Research Project program; 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. The program brings together a group of scholars from several disciplines to investigate a humanistic topic collaboratively and examine areas of common interest.
Each quarter, four UCR faculty are awarded Resident Fellowships to support their research. Normally, these fellows are selected from the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; however, when appropriate, fellowships have been awarded to applicants from other colleges and schools at UCR.
CRIS involves an interdisciplinary team of UCR faculty members from seven departments (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Psychology, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, and Management). This collaboration encourages greater understanding and broader perspectives than is possible within a single department. CRIS will advance the education and research goals of the university through an interdisciplinary graduate program and collaborative research in the intelligent systems area.
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. Today those headquarters buildings are 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 mission of the CRC-AES and Cooperative Extension (see separate listing) is to:
• Discover and advance knowledge in the agricultural and environmental sciences,
• Provide leadership in the dissemination and application of research-based knowledge to the people of California, and
• Provide opportunities for education and preparation of tomorrow's leaders in agricultural and environmental sciences.
Today the major programmatic strengths of the CRC-AES are in plant sciences, pest and disease management, invasive species research, and environmental and natural resource science.
Emphasis within the CRC-AES is placed on innovative research leading to development of new technologies, such as those involving recombinant DNA and other genetic engineering techniques. Collaborations of CRC-AES researchers have created research centers focusing specifically on desert agriculture and exotic pests. Interdepartmental graduate programs in Plant Genetics, Microbiology, Environmental Sciences, and Environmental Toxicology also reflect the collaborative approach of CRC-AES researchers. Each of these programs consists of a team of UCR scientists whose research interests are closely linked.
The research staff of the CRC-AES consists of 100 scientists 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 480 students in 22 graduate programs.
The CRC-AES and the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences together maintain 1,720 acres of land for 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, the agricultural industry, and students.
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.
Solid-earth research includes a wide range of geophysical, geological, and geochemical investigations. A 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 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. Geophysicists using electromagnetic methods to probe the roots of mountain ranges are studying how those ranges form. This research has led to the surprising result that the southern Sierra Nevada are underlain by partially molten mantle, which buoys up the range, producing the high elevations at Mount Whitney. Current research on the Himalayas and mountains in central Asia is unraveling the processes by which continental crust forms and deforms. 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 to provide microvisualization at the frontier of physical and biological sciences.
Another dimension of the IGPP is the ElectroMagnetic Studies of Continents (EMSOC) Consortium founded by UCR, the University of Washington, and the University of Utah, with help from the National Science Foundation. This consortium manages a pool of electromagnetic instruments for geophysical studies that are conducted by researchers across the country (see http://vortex.ucr.edu for details).
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.
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 ongoing 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.
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 were located at the Riverside campus in 1984. As a multicampus 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. 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 second part of the Botanic Gardens comprises more than 40 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 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 provide a wide assortment of plant materials for courses such as anthropology, art, biology, conservation, 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 handicapped people.
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 more than 180,000 kindergarten through twelfth grade students, nearly 5 percent of all California school children.
To accomplish its goals the research of the GBSLB is carried out in three management units: Soil and Water Chemistry and Assessment Research; Plant Science Research; and Soil Physics and Pesticide Research. GBSLB research projects include developing water quality and reclamation models; elucidating and quantifying the effects of salts on soils and plants; developing assessment instrumentation and technology; developing 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 GBSLB and UCR researchers is substantially enhanced with the Laboratory's location on the UCR campus.
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~bio/nrs.html
• The Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center encloses approximately 331/2 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. A primitive campground and two-square-mile teaching area is available for class use.
• 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 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 riparian corridors in the canyons. This land is of more than usual biological interest for this region because it contains several species of special concern. 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 200-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 9,000 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 Norris Camp are available for class use, and the Allanson complex includes a state-of-the-art, stand-alone research laboratory.
The Center for Entrepreneurial Management was created in July 1995, in response to a growing demand for entrepreneurial education in business schools throughout the world, as well as within public and private business arenas. With the expansion of the Center at its new location in the Coachella Valley (the result of the generous gift from Richard and Mary Heckmann to UCR), it will be even better positioned to establish itself as an internationally renowned source of entrepreneurial research and education. The center is scheduled to open its doors in Fall 2001.
234B Fawcett Laboratory
(909) 787-3407; fax (909) 787-4294
michael.stanghellini@ucr.edu; http://www.arid.ucr.edu
The Agricultural Research Institute for Deserts promotes interdisciplinary research, service, and educational programs on sustainable and integrated practices that enhance the long-term viability of desert agriculture. Desert agriculture encompasses both production and aesthetic/amenity interests, and includes the relationship of agriculture to the environment and natural resources.
Air Pollution Research Center
Director: Roger Atkinson, Ph.D.
201 Fawcett Laboratory
(909) 787-5128; fax (909) 787-5004
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~aprc/aprc.html
The Air Pollution Research Center 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 chemicals and particles emitted or formed in the atmosphere on human health, vegetation, soil and water systems, and visibility.
1422 Olmsted Hall
(909) 787-3726; deborah.wong@ucr.edu
http://www.ucr.edu/ethnomus/capa/CAPA98.html
The Center for Asian Pacific America (CAPA) supports research in Asian American studies in the broadest sense. Faculty involved with CAPA have identified sites of common interest and inquiry from the divergence of an array of fields. A current focus is the arena of public culture, including such diverse topics as Asian American political life, the changing sociological landscape, the renaissance of expressive culture, and the increasing hegemony of media representation and its self-referentiality.
Center for Bibliographical Studies
Director: Henry L. Snyder, Ph.D.
2338 Olmsted Hall
(909) 787-5841; fax (909) 787-4120
http://www.cbsr.ucr.edu/cbsrmain.html
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.
Director: Michael Allen, Ph.D.
(909) 787-5484; http://www.ccb.ucr.edu
The Center for Conservation Biology assists in the conservation and restoration of species and ecosystems by facilitating collection, evaluation, and dissemination of scientific information. The Center identifies new and existing research priorities in conservation biology and inaugurates new research programs. Many activities of the Center are regional, centered on the diverse species and habitats that form the natural heritage of Southern California, but other activities extend far beyond this focus. The research and other work of the Center provide cultural, economic, and aesthetic benefits locally and globally.
1200 Columbia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92507
(909) 781-5791; fax (909) 781-5790; info@cert.ucr.edu
http://www.cert.ucr.edu
The College of Engineering's Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) is one of California's premier facilities for research into air pollution control and energy efficiency. The laboratory has established itself as an "honest broker" trusted by industry, government, and the academic community to develop and assess environmental technologies and strategies.
Atmospheric Processes studies the transformation of air pollutants after they are emitted into the atmosphere.
Environmental Modeling performs theoretical evaluations of present and future urban and regional air quality.
Environmental Policy Analysis studies the practical implications of air quality regulations and technologies.
Renewable Fuels and Solid Waste Management develops and evaluates technologies for converting waste into high-quality, cost-competitive fuels.
Stationary Sources of Air Pollution develops new technologies, processes, and controls that reduce emissions.
Transportation Systems Research develops tools for more efficient transportation and better modeling of vehicle emissions.
Vehicle Emissions Research studies energy and environmental impacts of advanced emission controls and reformulated and alternative fuels.
michael.rust@ucr.edu
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~cnas/centers/cepr.html
Entomologists, botanists, biologists, nematologists, and plant pathologists from UCR head up collaborative efforts with other UC scientists as well as with state and federal government researchers to define and implement critical research on pests introduced into California that present risks to public health and economically important plants. Exotic pests currently causing the state billions of dollars in property and crop damage and in control efforts each year are the Formosan termite, the red imported fire ant, the Africanized honey bee, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, and the avocado thrips. The Center seeks to develop a systematic methodology for dealing with exotic pests and diseases through risk assessment, early detection, rapid development of control or eradication measures, and the exploration of transgenic biological manipulations.
Center for Family Studies
Director: Ross D. Parke, Ph.D.
Olmsted Hall, 3rd Floor
(909) 787-3655; ross.parke@ucr.edu
http://www.chass.ucr.edu/csbsr/family.html
The Center for Family Studies was established in 1991 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. A variety of disciplines including anthropology, education, history, sociology, and psychology are represented in the Center.
227 Highlander Hall C
(909) 787-3987; fax (909) 787-6377; ideassoc@citrus.ucr.edu
http://www.ucr.edu/CHSS/centers/ideassoc
The Center for Ideas and Society was established in 1989 to promote and advance humanistic research and study at UCR, 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 the defining foci of its activities and programs.
B232 Bourns Hall
(909) 787-3954; fax (909) 787-2425
http://www.cris.ucr.edu
The Center for Research in Intelligent Systems (CRIS) promotes interdisciplinary research for developing computer systems that are flexible, adaptive, and intelligent. The ultimate goal of the Center is the research and development of autonomous/semiautonomous systems with sensing capabilities that are able to communicate and interact with other intelligent (biological and artificial) systems. These intelligent systems will be able to perform tasks that require understanding the environment through knowledge, learning, reasoning, and planning. Advancements in each of the many enabling technologies required represent a major challenge and will have great impact on a wide range of applications, such as autonomous navigation, manufacturing, robotics, photointerpretation, space exploration, document understanding, remote sensing, human-computer interaction, environmental monitoring, image communication, digital libraries, data mining, management, economics, and health care.
3620 Humanities and Social Sciences
(909) 787-2196; max.neiman@ucr.edu
http://www.chass.ucr.edu/csbsr/csbsr.html
The Center conducts investigation in a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields and brings together groups of scholars to build projects of common interest. The Center's core research focuses on policy evaluation of issues related to the cultural, social, political, and environmental conditions that affect the inhabitants of the United States. Current projects deal with immigration, inequities in digital access, competition among local governments for economic development, citizen support and opposition to the privatization of public services, policy making for residential development controls, and the public's evaluation of public services through the Inland Empire Annual Survey.
Center for Social and Economic Policy
Director: Richard Sutch, Ph.D.
2308 Humanities and Social Sciences
(909) 787-4365; fax (909) 787-3921; http://www.csep.ucr.edu
The Center conducts policy analysis and research using quantitative, historical, and social scientific approaches. One of the goals of the Center is to bring the expertise and nonpartisan perspective of the University's faculty to the service of policy making, the news media, and the public. It will also assist faculty in integrating policy analysis into courses and to teach students the basics of good policy analysis. The Center also provides access for faculty and graduate students to large-scale longitudinal and historical data collections relevant to social and economic policy concerns.
Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station
The Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station (CRC-AES) is a branch of the University's Statewide Agricultural Experiment Station, 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 is 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 1907 on a small site at the foot of Mount Rubidoux, where its original research emphasis was on citrus and subtropical horticulture.
7708 Humanities and Social Sciences
(909) 787-5401, x1974; clifford.trafzer@ucr.edu
http://www.chass.ucr.edu/csbsr/costo
The Costo Center seeks to advance scholarship in Native American Studies, with a particular focus on California Indians and native peoples of the Pacific Rim. The Center builds on the expertise of faculty from several departments and the unique resources of the Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian, a special collection housed at UCR.
Ernesto Galarza Public Policy and Humanities Research Bureau
Director: Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez, Ph.D.
3609 Humanities and Social Sciences
(909) 787-2196; cvelez@mail.ucr.edu
http://www.chass.ucr.edu/csbsr/galarza.html
The Ernesto Galarza Research Bureau supports and conducts research on relevant public policy issues and the consequences they hold for Latinos and other underrepresented communities in the United States. It focuses on policy research in three main areas -- transnational processes, immigration and migration, community emergence and development -- and representations in art, music, theater, and media.
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Interim Director: Stephen K. Park, Ph.D.
(909) 787-4501; magneto@ucrmt.ucr.edu
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~igpp/home.html
The Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) is a multicampus research unit, established in 1967, that promotes basic research at UCR 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.
2159 College Building South
(909) 787-2196; robnp@aol.com
http://www.chass.ucr.edu/csbsr/presley.html
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 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.
john.letey@ucr.edu
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~cnas/centers/cwwr.html
The UC Centers for Water and Wildland Resources is a Universitywide unit comprising the Water Resources Center, Wildland Resources Center, Salinity and Drainage Research Program, and Water Quality Program. The Centers are headquartered at the Riverside campus. The Salinity and Drainage Research Program and Water Quality Program are coordinated from the Riverside office, and the remaining programs are coordinated from the Davis campus. The Centers support research, extension, and educational activities on a broad spectrum of water and wildland resource topics.
UC Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS)
Director: Juan Vincente Palerm, Ph.D.
3324 Olmsted Hall
(909) 787-3519; fax (909) 787-3856; ucmexus@ucrac1.ucr.edu
http://www.ucr.edu/ucmexus/index.htm
California maintains an important and complex relationship with Mexico. Mexico has become a dynamic, influential, and unpredictable neighbor, and the Mexican-origin population is the largest ethnic minority group and the fastest-growing population in California's society.
Associate Director: Piya Chatterjee, Ph.D. (909) 787-5219
http://www.chass.ucr.edu/csbsr/women/index.html
The Women in Coalition Research Center seeks to draw into dialogue and mutually beneficial projects women in grassroots organizations, nongovernmental organizations and educational institutions throughout the world and from under-represented communities within the United States. The center is committed to cross-discipline cooperation in such areas as women's rights and human rights, economic and political empowerment, feminist forms of community organizing and leadership, the arts, humanities, social sciences, health, and sciences. The Center's primary goal is the production and promotion of knowledge about women's efforts to ameliorate conditions of everyday life for themselves, their kin, and their communities as this knowledge is developed collaboratively across national, ethnic, economic, political, and racial divides. Activities include conferences, seminars, public performances and exhibitions, scholar/community intellectuals-in-residence programs, and public lectures.
Additional Research Resources
Botanic Gardens
Director: J. Giles Waines, Ph.D.
(909) 787-4650
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.
(909) 787-3026; http://cerc.ucr.edu
The California Educational Research Cooperative (CERC) is a unique partnership between county offices of education, local school districts, and the Graduate 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 UCR's Graduate School of Education faculty. CERC provides a cooperative forum for systematic study and joint action to resolve pressing problems facing public schools.
Central Coast and South Region: Susan G. Laughlin, Ph.D.
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 36 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 and marketing, irrigation, water quality, urban horticulture, and natural resources management.
George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory
Director: Michael C. Shannon, Ph.D.
West 450 Big Springs Road
Riverside, CA 92507
(909) 369-4815; fax (909) 342-4960
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~cnas/centers/salinity.html
Operating in close cooperation with UCR, the George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory (GBSLB) of the U.S. 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 GBSLB 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.
Watkins House
Canyon Crest Drive (next to the Bannockburn Complex)
(909) 787-4113; http://www.ucr.edu/intlsvcs
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.
Natural Reserve System
2680 Statistics-Computer Building
(909) 787-3774
http://cnas.ucr.edu/~stat/compsult.htm
The Statistical Consulting Center provides consultative services, including design of experiments, statistical data reduction, inference and modeling for the campus community, and promotes cooperative research between statisticians and other investigators in all fields of the application of statistics. The Center is staffed by both faculty and graduate students.