University of California, Riverside

The University of California, a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits in a suburban district of Riverside, California, United States, with a branch campus of 20 acres in Palm Desert.

College of Letters and Science opened in 1954. The Regents of the University of California general campus of the system in 1959, and graduate students were admitted in 1961.  

News ranks U, the 15th most economically diverse student body in the of all  students graduate within six years without regard to economic  outreach and retention programs have contributed to its reputation as a "campus of choice" for minority students, including students

 extending the citrus growing season in California from four to nine months. Some of the world's most important research collections on citrus diversity and entomology, as well as science fiction and photography, are located at Riverside. 

 Founded in 1907 as the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside pioneered research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators responsible for

To accommodate an enrollment of 21,000 students by 2015, more than $730 million has been invested in new construction projects since 1999eliminary accreditation off Medicine was granted in October 2012 and the first class of 50 students was enrolled in August 2013. It is the first new research-based public medical school in 40 years

team won back to back Big West championships in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, the men's baseball team won its first conference championship and advanced to the second time since the university moved to Division I in 

is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United  2016 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings places 

i58th among top public universities, and school programs including the Graduate School of Education and the  College of Engineering based on peer assessment, student selectivity, financial resources, and other

  factors. Washington Monthly ranked  2nd in the United States in terms of social mobility, research and community s U.S. 

 Their nickname was inspired by the high altitude of the campus, which lies on the foothills of Box Springs Mountain.

sports teams are known as the Highlanders and play in the Big West Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I.

 enrollment exceeded 1,000 students by the time Clark Kerr became president of the system in 1958.Anticipating a "tidal growth required by the baby boom generation, Kerr developed the California Master Plan for Higher Education and the Regents designated Riverside a general university campus in 195

first chancellor, Herman Theodore oversaw the beginnings of the school's transition to a full university and its expansion to a capacity of 5,000 students. second chancellor,the campus through the era of the free speech movement and kept student protests peaceful in Riverside

According to a 1998 interview with  the city of Riverside received negative press coverage for smog after the mayor asked Governor Ronald Reagan to declare the South Coast Air Basin a disaster area in subsequent student enrollment decline

In the 1990s, by 2010African American, American Indian, and Latino student enrollments accounted for 30% of the R student body, the highest proportion of at the time

grams in business administration and biomedical sciences created incentive for enough students to enroll at Riverside to
Entrance along University Avenue. The Arts Building is visible in the background

 June 200eived its largest gift, 15.5 million from two local couples, in trust towards building its medical Regents formally a school proposal in 2006. Projected to be completed by 2013, it will be the first new medical school in 40 years built

 students voted for a fee NCAA Division I standing in 1998 In the 1990s, proposals were made to establish a law school, a medical school, and a school of public policy at , with  School of Medicine and the School of Public Policy becoming reality in 2012 In