Multicampus Research

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A branch of the University of California’s statewide Agricultural Experiment Station, the nation’s largest land-grant experiment station and the research arm of the University of California’s Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources headquartered in Davis. Conducts research in plants, pests and disease, and natural resource sciences; through Cooperative Extension, provides leadership in the dissemination and application of research- based knowledge in agricultural and environmental science to the people of California. Through educational programs and research opportunities, prepares tomorrow’s leaders in agricultural and environmental science.

Director: Albert Wang, Ph.D. UC Riverside, Winston Chung Hall, Room 417 http://www.uclight.ucr.edu/

The Center for Ubiquitous Communication by Light (UC-Light) is an University of California system wide research center established under the University of California Multi-campus Research Program and Initiatives (MRPI). UC-Light program brings together faculty researchers from five University of California campus (Riverside, Berkeley, Davis, Santa Barbara and Merced) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, as well as affiliated researchers from Technion in Israel and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, to conduct interdisciplinary research to develop LED- based visible light communications (VLC) and positioning (VLP) technolo- gies for next-generation ultra-high-throughput wireless streaming and indoor/outdoor visible light navigation. UC-Light Center maintains active research collaboration with the industry. UC-Light Center provides research and training opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students.

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Cooperative Extension specialists headquartered at UCR oversee research programs that provide technologies and scientific information to aid the region’s residents and help coordinate the activities of farm, family and consumer services advisors based in more than 50 county offices. Programs include sustainable agriculture, pest and disease management, irrigation, water quality, urban horticulture, and natural resources management.

Director: Kimberly Hammond, Ph.D. Assistant Director: Richard Redak kimberly.hammond@ucr.edu; richard.redak@ucr.edu biology.ucr.edu/about_us/nrs.html

The University of California Natural Reserve System maintains for teaching and research a system of reserves encompassing the diversity of California’s natural terrain. Any qualified individual or institution may use the reserves under the direction and with the approval of the university. UCR administers 8 of the approximately 35 reserves systemwide. Introducing UC Riverside / 18 Philip L. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center encompasses 6,122 acres of desert habitat around Deep Canyon, near Palm Desert. An air- conditioned field station with living quarters and laboratories is located near the mouth of Deep Canyon. A primitive campground and 2-square- mile teaching area is available for class use.

James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve near Idyllwild is approximately 30 acres, surrounded on all sides by relatively undisturbed national forest land. Nearby there are 60 miles of hiking trails with access to thousands of acres of mid- and high-elevation wilderness, from nearby Lake Fulmor to the summit of Black Mountain, at 7,800 feet. The reserve is equipped for over seventy researchers and classes of student in four fully-equipped cabins. The reserve can also accommodate visitors in a stand-alone classroom.

Oasis de los Osos Reserve is located near Snow Creek at the northern base of Mount San Jacinto. This property consists of 160 acres of rocky desert slopes and a dry alluvial fan. It also contains a perennial stream (Lamb Creek) with some waterfalls. A riparian woodland grows along this stream. A semi-desert scrub plant community occurs on the dry slopes and alluvial fan and along the washes. No facilities are available at this site.

Box Springs Reserve consists of 160 acres near the top of Box Springs Mountains and includes a coastal sage scrub. No laboratory facilities are present on the property, because of the proximity of such facilities on the UCR campus. This reserve has been used for field class laboratories and student research projects, but other research projects can be conducted at this site.

Sacramento Mountains Reserve contains approximately 590 acres of desert habitat in the Mojave Desert. It is located about 18 miles west of Needles along Interstate Highway 40. This property contains at least seven species of cacti, including one of the best displays of Bigelow Cholla (Opuntia bigelovii) in California. No laboratory facilities or living quarters are on this site, but a campsite is available for anyone wishing to use the reserve overnight for teaching or research.

Motte Rimrock Reserve consists of approximately 715 acres at the northwestern corner of Perris, about 15 miles from campus. The vegetation is principally coastal sage scrub and grassland with riparian corridors in the canyons. This land is of particular biological interest for this region because it contains several species of conservation interest. Indian pictographs and a former Indian village site also are on this reserve. A headquarters building contains sleeping facilities for reserve users.

Emerson Oaks Reserve is located 5 miles east of Temecula and 1 mile south of Highway 79. This 255-acre site contains coastal sage scrub on the lower hills, and oak woodland (primarily coast live oak) in the valley portion. A small laboratory is available.

Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center contains approximately 9,000 acres embedded in the 1.6 million-acre Mojave Desert National Preserve in eastern San Bernardino County. This rugged and scenic site offers exceptional local and regional biotic diversity, ranging from low Mojave Desert flora and fauna to remnant Colorado Plateau biota on the highest peaks. A campground and a small building at Norris Camp are available for class use, and the Allanson complex includes a state-of-the-art research laboratory, conference room, and lodging for up to 15 researchers.

Director: Exequiel Ezcurra, Ph.D. 3324 Olmsted Hall

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Since its establishment in 1980, the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS) has maintained the primary mission of developing and sustaining a coordinated, university-wide approach to Mexico-related studies. The institute’s broad objectives are:

• • to increase the quantity, visibility, and effectiveness of Mexico-United

States projects in the university;

• • to strengthen and develop research, exchange programs, and

teaching;

• • to support and coordinate interdisciplinary and inter-campus projects;

• • to encourage and enable collaborative approaches by UC and

Mexican scholars to the issues which affect both nations;

• • to act as a source of information about university-sponsored United

States-Mexico activities;

• • to develop new sources for support of research and instructional

programs;

• • and to promote a better understanding between the two countries.

Within this broad definition, UC MEXUS seeks to identify, encourage, secure financial support for, and publicize programs which promise to contribute substantially to scholarship, to enhance university instruction— particularly in graduate and professional areas—to improve binational understanding, and to make positive contributions to society in both Mexico and the United States. The Institute has been located at the UC Riverside campus since 1984.