University of California, Riverside

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Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
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The University of California, Riverside (also known as UCR or UC Riverside ; German University of California, Riverside ) was founded in 1954 and is part of the University of California ( UC ), a system of state universities in the US state of California . The main campus of the university is in Riverside , a branch in Palm Desert . In the spring of 2005 there were 16,622 students enrolled at the university.

history

The campus' roots date back to 1907 when the government built the Citrus Experiment Station to research southern California's agricultural problems. In 1948 the founding of the College of Letters and Science was approved, which finally opened in 1954.

Course offer

The range of courses mainly includes:

  • Biomedical science
  • Humanities, arts and social sciences
  • Engineering Sciences (Bourns College of Engineering)
  • Medicine (2006 plan to establish a medical school was approved by the UC Regents Board)
  • Natural and Agricultural Sciences
  • Pedagogy (Graduate School of Education)
  • Economics (A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management)
  • Graduate Division
  • University Extension

Sports

The UC Riverside sports teams call themselves the Highlanders . Her mascot is Scatty , a tartan- wearing bear. The university is a member of the Big West Conference .

Famous Graduates

Professors

Britches

Britches was a monkey kept at UC Riverside for testing purposes . Immediately after birth, Britches was separated from his mother and his eyelids were sewn shut. Activists of Animal Liberation Organization liberated Britches, removed the seams and were reintroduced apes later.

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