The University of California,Riverside is a public land-grant research university in Riverside,California,United States. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on 1,900 acres (769 ha) in a suburban district of Riverside with a branch campus of 20 acres (8 ha) in Palm Desert. In 1907,the predecessor to UCR was founded as the UC Citrus Experiment Station,Riverside which pioneered research in biological pest control and the use of growth regulators.
William Forsyth Sharpe is an American economist. He is the STANCO 25 Professor of Finance,Emeritus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business,and the winner of the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Ronald Kirk is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Trade Representative from 2009 to 2013,as the 97th Secretary of State of Texas,and as the 56th Mayor of Dallas from 1995 to 2002. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Vernie Dellums was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th congressional district,in office from 1971 to 1998,after which he worked as a lobbyist in Washington,D.C.
The Reason Foundation is an American libertarian think tank that was founded in 1978. The foundation publishes the magazine Reason. Based in Los Angeles,California,it is a nonprofit,tax-exempt organization. According to its website,the foundation is committed to advancing "the values of individual freedom and choice,limited government,and market-friendly policies." In the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report,the foundation was number 41 in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States".
Thomas Andrew Bailey was a professor of history at his alma mater,Stanford University,and wrote many historical monographs on diplomatic history,as well as the widely used American history textbook,The American Pageant. He was known for his witty style and clever terms he coined,such as "international gangsterism." He popularized diplomatic history with his entertaining textbooks and lectures,the presentation style of which followed Ephraim Douglass Adams. Bailey contended foreign policy was significantly affected by public opinion,and that current policymakers could learn from history.
L. John Doerr is an American investor and venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins in Menlo Park,California. In February 2009,Doerr was appointed a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the President and his administration with advice and counsel in trying to fix America's economic downturn. Forbes ranked Doerr as the 40th richest person in tech in 2017,and as of August 1,2023,as the 146th richest person in the world,with a net worth of US$11.9 billion. Doerr is the author of Measure What Matters, a book about goal-setting,and Speed &Scale:An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now.
France Anne-Dominic Córdova is an American astrophysicist and administrator who was the fourteenth director of the National Science Foundation. Previously,she was the eleventh President of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012. She now serves as President of the Science Philanthropy Alliance.
The history of the University of California,Riverside,or UCR,started in 1907 when UCR was the University's Citrus Experiment Station. By the 1950s,the University had established a teaching-focused liberal arts curriculum at the site,in the spirit of a small liberal arts college,but California's rapidly growing population made it necessary for the Riverside campus to become a full-fledged general campus of the UC system,and it was so designated in 1959.
John Martin Fischer is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California,Riverside and a leading contributor to the philosophy of free will and moral responsibility.
Paul J. D'Anieri is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and former Executive Vice Chancellor &Provost of University of California,Riverside. Prior to his position at UCR,Dr. D'Anieri served as the dean of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS),from July 2008-June 2014 and the associate dean for humanities from 2004 to 2008 and associate dean for international programs from 1999 to 2003 at the University of Kansas.
Natasha V. Raikhel is a professor of plant cell biology at University of California,Riverside and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Noel Thomas Keen was an American plant physiologist. He spent his career teaching at University of California,Riverside (UCR). His research focused on the varied ability of cultivars to detect and resist pathogens.
Alexander S. Raikhel is a distinguished professor of entomology at the University of California,Riverside,and an elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
Ronald H. Chilcote is a political economist from the United States. He is currently the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California,Riverside,and has served as managing editor of the academic journal Latin American Perspectives since its founding in 1974. Chilcote's main area of research is on Brazil,Portugal and the former Portuguese colonies in Africa,as well as comparative politics,political economy and development theory.
William R. "Rusty" Bailey III is an American politician who served as the 17th Mayor of Riverside,California. Elected in 2012,Bailey succeeded Ronald O. Loveridge.
Elections are held in Riverside,California to elect the city's mayor. Currently,such elections are nonpartisan and are regularly scheduled to elect mayors to four-year terms.
Carlos E. Cortés is a historian,media specialist,and diversity consultant. He is currently the Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of History and co-director of the Health Equity,Social Justice,and Anti-Racism curriculum of the School of Medicine at the University of California,Riverside. He has also been a consultant,speaker,and workshop presenter for hundreds of organizations,government agencies,higher education institutions,and school districts. In addition to having written or edited more than four hundred literary works,he performs his one-person autobiographical play,A Conversation withAlana:One Boy's Multicultural Rite of Passage. He also consults for media entities like DreamWorks and Nickelodeon,serving as Creative/Cultural Advisor for shows like Dora the Explorer and Go,Diego,Go!.
Steven G. Brint is an American sociologist specializing in the study of organizations and education.
