A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Congressional District 45 – Mary Bono (R) UC alumni in this district: 4,131
UC in Your District
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goes well beyond its 10 campuses,
five medical centers and three
national laboratories. The
University’s presence is felt in each
of California’s 58 counties through
a wide array of exemplary
community partnerships, enriching
cultural resources and innovative
research programs. From health-
care education for rural physicians
to agricultural research advice for
local farmers to college preparation
efforts in nearly every public
school, UC has a direct influence in
your community. Find out more
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UC RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND UC RIVERSIDE GENOMICS
UC Riverside is the fastest growing INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
of the UC campuses, has an annual
economic impact of more than $360.2 To help ensure that California The UC Riverside Genomics Institute
million and is the third largest maintains its leadership in the brings together faculty from every
employer in Riverside County. UC telecommunications and information academic unit on campus to foster
Riverside is a major research university technology marketplace, the California innovations that will make possible
with state-of-the-art facilities and a Institute for Telecommunications advancements in the quality of life
distinguished faculty that has led the and Information Technology (Cal- including greater productivity in
nation in faculty honorees selected for (IT)² teams UC researchers with California’s $27 billion agricultural
the prestigious American Association leading California telecomm and industry and the development of more
for the Advancement of Science. The computer companies to bring wireless nutritious foods to improve human
planned Riverside Technology Park, a technology to the next stage. health and environmental quality.
partnership between UC, government Researchers investigate how these
and private industry, will be a major technologies bring advances in
research and development center environmental science, transportation,
aimed at assisting local entrepreneurs biomedicine, education and
and moving UC discoveries from the transportation. Research sites will be
lab to the marketplace. housed at UC Irvine and UC San
Diego.
A snapshot of University of California programs and services in your district It starts here
Congressional District 45 – Mary Bono (R) UC alumni in this district: 4,131
The FARMS program aims to The Lindcove Research and Extension Center was
empower high school students established by local growers and UC Riverside to provide
about their futures through research for the California citrus industry. Researchers focus
experiential learning and on areas such as the management of citrus pests.
exposure to educational and
career choices. This program is UC Riverside’s Eastside
centered on agriculture and the Community Collaborative
environment. UC runs a program combats the effects of
at Hemet High in the 45th poverty and violence through
Congressional District. education and mentoring.
www.farmsleaders.org The collaborative was
formed in 1994 in response
UC Riverside and Quinn Community Outreach (a non- to escalating violent crime
sectarian organization of Quinn AME Church) have formed a rates in the eastside of Riverside. Former UCR Chancellor
program that offers free after-school tutoring for children of all Raymond Orbach convened civic leaders to build creative
ages. UC tutors provide free after-school tutoring, reading solutions. Today, the Collaborative includes the “Safe Havens”
and nutritional snacks to students in the Moreno Valley. after-school program at area schools.
The Community Teaching Fellowships in Math and Science, The Philip L. Boyd Deep
affiliated with the National Science Foundation and the UC Canyon Desert Research
Riverside School of Education, work in the Riverside Unified Center is one of 34 UC-
School District to improve teacher knowledge and student affiliated natural reserves in
achievement in math and science. The program also provides the state. The site protects a
mentoring for college students who want to become math and diverse and unique habitat and
science teachers. http://www.alphacenter.ucr.edu serves as an important
research site for environmental
The UC managed Department of scientists. Another area
Energy national laboratories host reserve is the Jack and Marilyn Sweeney Granite Mountains
several K-12 science education Desert Research Center. These UC-affiliated sites host a range
programs. The Lawrence of educational programs for local K-12 schools and the larger
Berkeley Lab’s award-winning community. http://nrs.ucop.edu
Virtual Frog Dissection Web
Site is used in K-12 classrooms The VA Long Beach
statewide. Healthcare System is an
affiliate of the UC Irvine
The UC Irvine Gifted Students Academy was developed to Medical Center. The system
allow gifted students to experience the accelerated pace and provides a full range of patient
advanced level curriculum of college. The Gifted Students care services at outpatient
Academy has worked with students at Indio High and West clinics throughout the
Indio Middle. http://www2.cfep.uci.edu/gsa/ region. http://www.va.gov
UC’s Early Academic Riverside’s College of Engineering-Center for
Outreach Program (EAOP) Environmental Research Technology (CE-CERT) program
provides academic support, contributes to improved environmental quality and energy
career advising, college efficiency through interdisciplinary research and by providing
counseling and skill-building educational opportunities for the next generation of engineers,
workshops to help over 85,000 scientists and policy-makers. http://www.cert.ucr.edu
California students realize their
dreams of a college education. UC’s Division of Agriculture and
EAOP works with several K-12 schools in District 45, Natural Resources Cooperative
including Cathedral City High, Indio High, Indio Middle and Extension provides
Workman Middle. http://www.eaop.org comprehensive agricultural
research information for local
The UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic provides free eye exams to growers, ranchers, governments
people without medical insurance at local schools and agencies and the larger community at the
working with abused and foster children, low-income families, Riverside County Office. At these
the elderly, and the homeless. The unit also visits Indian locations, UC also works to
reservations in Palm Springs. A patient needing surgery may improve nutrition, reduce child
receive it at a reduced price or at no cost. obesity, ease the transition from
welfare to work and engage 4-H youth in educational activities.
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our online database at: www.universityofcalifornia.edu