Rausser College of Natural Resources
Wellman and Hilgard Halls, the frontispieces of Rausser College | |
Former names | College of Agriculture College of Natural Resources |
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| Type | Public professional school |
| Established | 1868 |
Parent institution | University of California, Berkeley |
| Dean | David Ackerly |
Academic staff | 120 |
| Undergraduates | 2,200 |
| Postgraduates | 500 |
| Location | , , 37°52′21″N 122°15′52″W / 37.872637°N 122.264502°W |
| Website | nature |
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.