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LEARN MORE ABOUT UC RIVERSIDE NO. 1 OVERALL   – U.S. News Social Mobility Rankings NO. 2 FOR FINANCIAL AID   – Business Insider 2 NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS   – UCR Faculty 1 of 71 MEMBERS   – Association of American Universities   NEWS March 26, 2026 Esri & UCR: Mapping a half-century collaboration UC Riverside will host a Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture on April 15 that brings together Chancellor S. Jack Hu and Esri founder Jack Dangermond, a global leader in GIS system innovations. The conversation will celebrate and strengthen a partnership between the two organizations that has helped shape how we see our world. READ MORE » March 04, 2026 New York Times columnist is 2026 Hays lecture speaker Jamelle Bouie, a New York Times political columnist and a provocative voice on social media, will be the speaker for the 2026 Hays Press-Enterprise Lecture at UC Riverside. 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In fact, we’re known as the City of Arts and Innovation. Both on campus and off, we offer everything from the visual arts to literary works and musical performances. So prepare to be immersed — and inspired! Head downtown to stimulate your senses through the array of art exhibitions, films, events, and performances at UCR ARTS . Here, you’ll find the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts and the California Museum of Photography. With more than 500,000 pieces in its collection, the museum is the largest photographic center in the western United States, housing the region’s most comprehensive public camera collection. On the corner of Mission Inn Avenue and Orange Street, you can check out our newest high-profile museum, The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture — better known as The Cheech. The museum, which opened in June 2022, is a public-private partnership between the Riverside Art Museum, the City of Riverside, and comedian Cheech Marin. Visit to view, celebrate, and learn more about Chicano art! Photo Credit: Riverside Art Museum UCR offers a variety of dynamic performing arts programming — including dance, theater, and music — on campus and in downtown Riverside. First in the nation to offer a PhD in dance studies, today UC Riverside is the only University of California campus with PhD programs in dance and music. At UCR’s annual Writers Week , the longest-running free literary event in California, you’ll hear from renowned and upcoming authors. Students can also improve their literary skills through our Department of Creative Writing — home to the only Bachelor of Arts in creative writing in the UC system and an MFA in creative writing and writing for the performing arts. Tom Lutz, award-winning author and founding editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books , is on the faculty! Looking for more ways to engage? Our Center for Ideas and Society — an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research support center — offers fellowships, research workshops, and public events to strengthen the academic, social, and creative life of the university and beyond. And through our Gluck Fellows Program of the Arts , UCR students share their talents with our community via free arts outreach experiences in select schools, eldercare facilities, museums, and libraries. On our vibrant campus, there are always opportunities to celebrate the arts and culture — from showcases by the Department of Dance to music festivals, film screenings, and other special events coordinated by our Associated Students Program Board (ASPB). And if you make it out to our annual Block Party, Spring Splash, or Homecoming concerts, be sure to bring your Highlander pride. You never know… at some of these events you may even catch a performance by our very own UCR Pipe Band .   Arts and Culture News May 11, 2026 UCR music scholar helps tell the story of salsa music A spirited new multimedia exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution tells the story of salsa with the help of a UC Riverside associate professor of music.  Read More » April 22, 2026 Reclaiming the context of creative works New research led by a UC Riverside professor has developed an AI tool that compensates for the shifting genre perceptions that impact how creative works are understood, evaluated, and even discovered.  Read More » April 15, 2026 UCR faculty, alumni to appear at LA Times book festival UC Riverside faculty and alumni authors are set to appear at the 31st annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the largest book festival in the country, which runs April 18-19.  Read More » April 08, 2026 Big names, rising stars at Writers Week May 5-8 UC Riverside’s annual festival of prose and poetry kicks off May 5 and runs through May 8 with a diverse slate of presenters, including several of today’s most distinguished authors. 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Search All UCR Search This Site Cancel History | University of California, Riverside Skip to main content A to Z Listing Campus Map Find People News Skip to main content University of California, Riverside Search Quicklinks Visit Events Make a Gift Campus Map Jobs Library Parking and Transportation Apply UC Riverside University of California, Riverside University of California, Riverside Search About About UCR Rankings and Facts History Visitors International Leadership Mission Academics Academics Overview Academic Calendar Undergraduate Majors Graduate Programs UCR Extension Admissions Admissions Overview Undergraduate Admissions Cost Graduate Admissions Veteran Admissions Research Research Overview Undergraduate Research Graduate Research Centers and Facilities Library Research Impact Campus Life Campus Life Overview Stay Connected Campus Map Events Arts and Culture Athletics Recreation Health and Safety Botanic Gardens Housing Dining Information for… Current Students Prospective Students Faculty Staff Families Alumni Give Now Ways to Give Where to Give Quicklinks Visit Events Make a Gift Campus Map Jobs Library Parking and Transportation Apply History History of UC Riverside UC Riverside is a proud member of the prestigious University of California system, which in 2019 marked its  150th anniversary . Our history of high-impact innovation began with the university's earliest days as a  Citrus Experiment Station  and continues through today's transformative research. As we celebrate our past, we prepare next-generation scientists, engineers, performers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers to tackle tomorrow's challenges. Since our founding, UCR’s evolution has mirrored the dynamic growth of Southern California. Once a small university in a small town, we are now the premier research and educational institution in the thriving Inland Southern California region.  Explore our unique history through the milestone links below.   February 14, 1907 The Riverside Citrus Experiment Station, the forbearer of the university, opens for business. July 30, 1952 UCR holds ground-breaking ceremonies. Construction begins immediately on Webber Hall, Geology, Physical Education, Watkins Hall, and Life Sciences. February 15, 1954 One hundred and twenty-seven students and 65 faculty members arrive fo their first day of classes. The next day, Charles Young is elected student body president. He later becomes chancellor of UCLA. June 20, 1955 The first 20 students graduate from UCR. October 19, 1954 UCR is officially dedicated. Watch video of the dedication August, 1955 The big "C" on Box Springs Mountain is made with cement and equipment donated by the E.L. Yeager Construction Co. Surveying work is done by students. At 132 feet long, it is the largest concrete block letter on record. 1955 "Highlanders" is adopted as the campus mascot following a vote of the student body. The Scottish theme is embraced by several campus groups and buildings. April 18, 1959 UC Regents vote to make UCR a "general" campus, complete with graduate instruction and professional schools. October 2, 1966 The Boyd Bell Tower is dedicated. Learn more about the Bell Tower May 16, 1984 Chancellor Tomás Rivera suffers a heart attack and passes away. On Feb. 19, 1985, the library is officially named for him. April, 1998 Students approve a plan for UCR's athletics teams to join NCAA Division 1. March 2000, UCR is accepted into the Big West Conference. April 15, 2005 The UCR Palm Desert Center Opens. UCR Palm Desert November, 2006 The university's plans for a medical school are accepted. September, 2012 UCR's School of Public Policy is announced. The first class of students started in 2015 and graduated in June of 2017. Pictured: Anil B. Deolaikar, founding Dean. UCR School of Public Policy August, 2013 The first inaugural class of 50 students is welcomed into UC Riverside's School of Medicine. This class graduated in June 2017 with a historical 100% match rate. UCR School of Medicine Previous Next Past Chancellors Gordon Samuel Watkins was named UC Riverside's first provost in 1949 - a position he held until his retirement in 1956. He was recalled to serve on the UC Santa Barbara campus as dean of the School of Education after that and died in 1970. Gordon Watkins Provost, 1949-1956 Herman Theodore Spieth was chief campus officer at the Riverside campus during a period of transition when the small liberal arts college was moving toward full university status. He was named provost in 1956 and held this title until the Regents designated Riverside a general campus in 1958 and his title was changed to chancellor. He served as chancellor until 1964 when he transferred to UC Davis as a professor of zoology. He died in 1988. Herman Spieth Provost, 1950 to 1958, Chancellor 1958 to June 1964 Ivan Hinderaker was UCR's longest-serving chancellor. He guided UCR through the period of social unrest common to most college campuses in the 1960s. He died on September 23, 2007. Ivan Hinderaker Chancellor, July 1964 to 1979 A Mexican-American who received his early education in Spanish-language barrio schools, Tomás Rivera went on to earn advanced degrees and to become the first minority chancellor in the University of California system in 1979. During Rivera's tenure, a master's degree program in business administration was added to the flourishing Graduate School of Management. Rivera died in office in 1984. Tomás Rivera Chancellor, 1979 to May 1984 Daniel Gaskill Aldrich, Jr. became the founding chancellor of the UC Irvine campus in 1962. His academic career with the University of California began in 1944 as a soil chemist at the Citrus Experiment Station at Riverside. Aldrich later progressed to the rank of chemist in the Agricultural Experiment Station. He was appointed interim chancellor at UC Riverside following Chancellor Rivera's death in 1984. He died in 1990. Daniel Aldrich Interim Chancellor, May 1984 to March 1985 Hullar came to Riverside in 1984 as Chancellor Rivera's executive vice chancellor. He was appointed chancellor in March 1985. While chancellor, Hullar helped finalize the site for the now flourishing California Museum of Photography, laid the foundation for the engineering program, and welcomed in the first students to earn degrees in business administration from UCR. Ted Hullar Chancellor, March 1985 to 1987 In 1985, Schraer accepted the position of executive vice chancellor at UCR under Chancellor Hullar. She was named the first female chancellor in the UC system when Chancellor Hullar was reassigned to UC Davis in 1987. Her goal of growing UCR to be the UC system's next great research campus inspired an external giving program, which increased external giving from $3 million to over $12 million annually. Schraer died in office in 1992. Rosemary Schraer Chancellor, 1987 to 1992 Orbach was the second-longest tenured chancellor at UCR. Under Orbach’s leadership, UCR grew from 8,800 students to over 14,000. Orbach championed a campus-wide building boom, including adding over one-million-square-feet of office, research, and teaching facilities with a value of $250 million. He resigned in 2002 to become the director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. Raymond Orbach Chancellor, 1992 to 2002 Dr. David H. Warren was named interim chancellor in March 2002. He joined the UCR faculty in 1969 and was appointed executive vice chancellor in 1994. He has written four books and 60 articles on spatial cognition and the impact of visual impairment on child development. He is currently a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychology at UCR. David H. Warren Interim Chancellor, March 2002 to July 2002 Córdova is an astrophysicist, the 14th director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and president emerita of Purdue University. 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