The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) at the
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside) is a public land-grant research university in Riverside, California. It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The main campus sits on in a suburban distr ...
(UCR) can trace its history to the founding undergraduate institution at UCR, the College of Letters and Science, which first opened in 1954. (During a consolidation period in the early 1970s, its
natural science
Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...
departments merged with UCR's College of Agriculture, founded in 1958, to form the
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) at the University of California, Riverside, is a nationally unique academic division in that it combines the physical, biological, mathematical and agricultural disciplines under one organiza ...
.) It is today a vibrant and critical research and teaching oriented community.
Notable research centers include the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, the Center for Family Studies, the
Ernesto Galarza
Ernesto Galarza (August 15, 1905–June 22, 1984) was a Mexican-American labor organizer, activist, professor, poet, writer, storyteller, and a key figure in the history of immigrant farmworker organization in California. He had a dream of giving b ...
Applied Research Center, and the
Robert Presley Center for Crime & Justice Studies.
California Center for Native Nations
UCR hosts the California Center for Native Nations, an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to supporting research for and about Native nations, with emphasis on those communities within California. This center works in cooperation with the Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs, the Costo Archive of materials relating to American Indian Studies, and Native American Student Programs. UCR's History Department grants a master of arts degree as well as a doctorate in American Indian history, and the Ethnic Studies Department grants a bachelor of arts in
Native American studies. Over 30 federally recognized Indian nations reside in Riverside County.
Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research
Operates the "California Newspaper Project," which provides an online, searchable database of out-of-print historical newspapers: ''The San Francisco Call,'' from 1900 to 1910, and ''The Daily Alta California,'' from 1846 to 1891. Copies of the ''Amador Ledger,'' from 1900 to 1910, ''Imperial Valley News,'' from 1900 to 1910, and three years of the Los Angeles Herald will be added.
See also
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List of University of California, Riverside people
This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of California, Riverside.
Notable alumni
Nobel laureates
* Richard R. Schrock – Chemistry, 2005, professor at University of California, Riverside
Academia, science, and technol ...
References
External links
CHASS as it is today
California Digital Newspaper Collection
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College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Liberal arts colleges at universities in the United States