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Former names | College of Agriculture College of Natural Resources |
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| Type | Public professional school |
| Established | 1868[1] |
Parent institution | University of California, Berkeley |
| Dean | David Ackerly[2] |
Academic staff | 120 |
| Undergraduates | 2,200 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | Berkeley , California , United States 37°52′21″N 122°15′52″W / 37.872637°N 122.264502°W |
| Website | nature |
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The Rausser College of Natural Resources (RCNR), or Rausser College, is the oldest college at the University of California, Berkeley and in the University of California system. Established in 1868 as the College of Agriculture under the federal Morrill Land-Grant Acts, CNR is the first state-run agricultural experiment station. The college is home to four internationally top-ranked academic departments: Agriculture and Resource Economics; Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology; and Plant and Microbial Biology, and one interdisciplinary program, Energy and Resources Group. Since February 2020, it is named after former dean and distinguished professor emeritus Gordon Rausser after his landmark $50 million naming gift to the college.[3]
The Department of Agriculture and Economics is considered to be one of the most prestigious schools in agricultural economics in the world, ranking #1 according to the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics,[4] #1 by the Chronicle of Higher Education,[5] #1 by Perry for its Ph.D. programs and in International Trade,[6] #1 by the National Research Council in Agricultural & Resource Economics,[7] and #1 by U.S. News in Environmental/Environmental Health.[8] In environmental disciplines, QS World Rankings recognizes Berkeley as the world's leading university in Environmental Studies[9] with 100 points in Academic Reputation.[10] U.S. News also ranks it among the best global university for environment and ecology.[11] A study of AJAE authors and their university affiliations found it to have the highest number of pages per research faculty member.[4]
Faculty include 40 Fulbright Fellows, 30 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows, 19 National Academy of Sciences members, 12 Guggenheim Fellows, 9 American Academy of Arts and Sciences members, 7 MacArthur Fellows, 4 Nobel Laureates, 3 Wolf Prize winners, and 2 World Food Prize winners. The current dean of the college is professor David Ackerly.[12]
- ^ Mission and History - Rausser College of Natural Resources
- ^ UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources. "Message". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
- ^ Kara Manke (February 29, 2020). "College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift". Rausser College of Natural Resources. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ a b Kinnucan, Henry (1994). "Ranking Agricultural Economics Departments by AJAE Page Counts: A Reappraisal" (PDF). Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review.
- ^ "Doctoral Programs by the Numbers". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2010-09-30. ISSN 0009-5982. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
- ^ Perry, George (2004). "Ranking M.S. and Ph.D. Programs in Agricultural Economics – Spring 2004" (PDF). Oregon State University.
- ^ "Doctoral Programs by the Numbers". www.chronicle.com. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
- ^ "The Best Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Programs". usnews.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 - Environmental Sciences". Top Universities. 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
- ^ "University of California, Berkeley (UCB)". Top Universities. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
- ^ "Top Environment/Ecology Universities in the World | US News Best Global Universities". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
- ^ Jonathan Mingle. "Profile: Dean David Ackerly". Breakthroughs: the Magazine of the Rausser College of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 8, 2022.