fbpx
Wikipedia

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras; UPR-RP, or informally La IUPI[7]) is a public land-grant research university[8] in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the largest campus in the University of Puerto Rico system in terms of student population and it was Puerto Rico's first public university campus.[9]

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Seal of the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Former name
Escuela Normal Industrial (1901-1903)
Motto
Historia veritas vitae ministra
TypePublic land-grant research university
EstablishedMarch 12, 1903; 120 years ago (March 12, 1903)
Parent institution
University of Puerto Rico
AccreditationMSCHE
Budget$202.5 million (2020)[1]
ChancellorLuis A. Ferrao Delgado[2]
PresidentJorge Haddock Acevedo
DeanGrisel E. Meléndez Ramos[3]
Academic staff
1,374[4]
Administrative staff
2,406[4]
Students18,653[4]
Undergraduates15,186[5]
Postgraduates3,467[6]
773[6]
Location,
Puerto Rico

18°24′10″N 66°03′00″W / 18.40278°N 66.05000°W / 18.40278; -66.05000
CampusLarge city, 289 acres (1.17 km2)
MagazineDiálogo
Colors   Red and white
Sporting affiliations
MascotsThe Rooster & the Hen
Websiteuprrp.edu/english/

The university serves more than 18,000 students, 20% of whom are graduate students, and grants an average of over 3,000 degrees a year. Its academic offerings range from the bachelor to the doctoral level with 70 undergraduate programs and 19 graduate degrees including 71 specializations in the basic disciplines and professional fields.[10] UPR‐RP has consistently granted the largest number of doctorate degrees to Hispanic students under the United States jurisdiction.

History Edit

 
University in Río Piedras, circa 1900-1917
 
The University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras campus, and its iconic clock tower

In the year 1900 the Escuela Normal Industrial (Normal Industrial School) was established in Fajardo, Puerto Rico as the first institution of higher education in Puerto Rico dedicated to train those who would become teachers and educators.[11] At the time it only had 20 students and 5 professors.[12]

A year later (1901) the institution was moved to an area previously occupied by farmland immediately north of the town of Río Piedras, today part of the municipality of San Juan. The Normal School was established in La Convalecencia, which was one of the residences of the former Spanish Governors. The school enrolled 273 students on its first year, and its first bachelor's degrees were granted four years later in 1907.[12]

On March 12, 1903, under the administration of the Public Instruction Commissioner, Samuel McCune Lindsay, the 2nd Legislative Assembly approved a law creating the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras, transferring all the funding of the Insular Normal School there. This school became the first department of the university, what is now the Faculty of Education, becoming the nucleus of the University of Puerto Rico.

Now legally established, the University of Puerto Rico started its first academic year (1903–1904) with an enrollment of 173 students. Due to the scarcity of teachers in the island, most of these students were appointed by the Department of Public Instruction to teach at schools without having finished four years of college.[citation needed] The first graduating class (June 1907) consisted of 13 students.

In 1907, the first class graduated from the normal course of four years after the university was legally established. Among the students in that class were Carlota Matienzo, Isabel Andréu, Loaíza Cordero, Marina Roviro, and Juan Herrero.

On September 22, 1913, the departments of Law and Pharmacology were established. The university at the time required only an eighth grade diploma, but with the expansion of its courses, this requirement changed. After 1917, the departments of Normal Education, Liberal Arts, Pharmacology, and Law required a high school diploma for admission.

On February 21, 1931, Dr. Carlos E. Chardón was appointed as chancellor of the university. During his tenure the university experienced significant growth in endowments. These were used in the expansion of the physical facilities at the Río Piedras and Mayagüez Campuses. This helped turn the university into a respected educational center. Chardón resigned from the post of Chancellor in 1936, being succeeded by Juan B. Soto. The most important part of this period was the expansion of the buildings of the university as part of a plan for the rehabilitation of Puerto Rico.

History of student protests Edit

The university was the site of social upheaval during the 1960s and 1970s, when nationalist students protested for civil rights, against the war in Vietnam, for the independence of Puerto Rico, and to expel the ROTC from the campus. In 1970 Antonia Martínez was murdered by the police during the anti-education reform and Vietnam War protests of that year. As the shouting started in the street, everyone in the building she was in, on Ponce de León Avenue, went to the balconies to see what was happening. She was, like many others, watching the events, saw policemen attacking at the students, and allegedly shouted at the police ¡Asesinos! (Assassins!). A policeman turned and shot her in the head, killing her and injuring a roommate. A mural of her and her story existed on the College of Humanities, until administrative personnel covered it with paint. Other stories claim that she was shot by mistake.[13] The students of the university also had a strike in the Spring of 2017 during which the school was shut down for several months.

Campus and academic facilities Edit

 
Universidad Tren Urbano station

The Río Piedras Campus is located in the northern end of the downtown area of Río Piedras, a former town but now a district (barrio) of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The campus is easily accessible via public transportation by means of the Tren Urbano metro system with a station (Universidad) located in campus, and the public bus system of San Juan (AMA). The campus is home to a rich diversity in architecture and urban planning with old and modern buildings that showcase the architectural development of the past 120 years in Puerto Rican architecture.[14]

La Torre and the Quadrangle Edit

 
The Bronze Circle inside of La Torre (the Tower)

In 1936, architect Rafael Carmoega, working under the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA), designed the distinctive University of Puerto Rico clock tower based on the 1924 Parsons Plan.[15] The iconic university clock tower was built in 1937 and christened as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt tower, in honor of the president and his interest in the building of the university. La Torre (as The Tower is nicknamed in Spanish) is located at the entrance of the Román Baldorioty de Castro Building.[16] Right below the tower there is a monument to the nations of the Americas portraying the coats of arms of all American states within a bronze circle, as a symbol of the Panamerican Union.[17] Under the supervision of architect Rafael Carmoega, a group of local architects designed what is known as El Cuadrángulo (The Quadrangle), a plaza-like quadrangle.[18] The campus's central quadrangle and tower were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Campus architecture Edit

 
The iconic clock tower, in the campus's main building

The University of Puerto Rico was established in Río Piedras in 1903. The first buildings were the (1902), the Model School (1903), and the Principal's Residence (1903), next to the Central Road (today Ponce de Leon Avenue). Over the years, the development of the university occurred somewhat spontaneously. In 1908 the architectural firm of Clark, Howe and Homer designed a new façade for the Model School in the California Mission Style. In 1909 a milk processing building was constructed in an agricultural area, east of the academic center. Arts and Crafts' Workshop buildings, a Library and a Gymnasium were planned, as well as the grandstand and the fence (all demolished now). In 1912 construction began for the Memorial Hall (Baldorioty Building) and buildings for the Law School and the School of Pharmacy were in the works in 1918. In 1924 the Chicago firm of urbanists Bennett, Parsons and Frost were contacted to design a master plan for the future development of the university.[19] It was not until 1935, with the establishment of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration (PRRA) and the large sum of federal funds that it invested for public works in Puerto Rico, that the partial design and construction of the so-called Parson Plan began. However, from the 1940s onward a new architectural paradigm, which discarded historical vocabularies and incorporated attitudes learned from Germany and from the studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, stemmed from German émigré Henry Klumb. For 20 years Klumb was sole architect for the University of Puerto Rico, designing buildings for the campuses at Río Piedras and Mayagüez until in 1966. At that time chancellor Jaime Benítez assigned the design of the General Studies Building to the architectural firm of Toro & Ferrer. Other buildings for the university have been designed by architects Antonio Marqués Carrión (sports facilities, 1971); José Firpi (student residence Torre Norte, 1971); the firm of Reed, Torres, Beauchamp & Marvel (new Education Faculty Building, 1974 and the first expansion to the Faculty of Natural Sciences Building, 1978); the firm of García & Landray (second expansion the Faculty of Natural Sciences Building, 1989); GDO Arquitectos (School of Architecture Building, 2001) and Toro Ferrer (new General Studies Building, 2007).

In addition to La Torre and The Quagrangle, several buildings in the UPR-RP campus have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, such as the former female residence hall "Residencia de Señoritas" building which now houses administrative offices.[20]

Library system Edit

 
Student Center designed by Henry Klumb

The university library serves the research and teaching needs of the university community. It also extends its services to the Puerto Rican community at large. The system comprises eighteen specialized and general libraries, with holdings totaling more than 4,000,000 items,[citation needed] access to which may be achieved[by whom?] through the university's online catalog[where?]. Of special interest[to whom?] are the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Library and the Puerto Rican Collection, both located in the José M. Lázaro Building.

In addition to the traditional library services, such as reference, circulation, reserves, photocopying, local interlibrary loan, and the compilation of bibliographies and acquisition lists, the Library System also participates in on-line interlibrary loans with many libraries worldwide. Other services include Dial Order, DIALOG, microfilming, reproduction of photographs, library instruction and orientation, lectures, and exhibits. The Integration of the Information Competencies to the Curriculum Projects promotes the development of information competencies around the campus. The Library System offers facilities for the blind and physically handicapped. The graduate and special collections in the Business Administration, Planning, Public Administration, Social Work, and Library Science programs are integral parts of the Library System, but the libraries of the School of Law, Natural Sciences Faculty, and the School of Architecture, also located on the university campus, operate independently.

Information system Edit

The Information Systems Office serves the educational, research and administrative efforts of the institution. As a member of Internet2 and the Internet, the university enjoys instant communication with institutions all over the world for the purposes of correspondence and information access. Improvements to existing telecommunications infrastructure include the installation of structured cabling in campus buildings and fiber optics as a means of interconnecting them. Currently, campus buildings are configured to ATM (155Mbits / s) and Gigabit Ethernet interfacing equipment, providing greater capacity to transfer video, voice and data. The campus is capable of offering video conferencing over ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), or via the Internet in H.323 format.

The academic community has access to computer facilities all over campus. The types of equipment and laboratory hours vary, so you should request information directly from each service location.

University museums Edit

 
MAHA

The Museum of Art, History, and Anthropology (MAHA) was created in 1951 by legislative act to "complete and preserve our art, history, and anthropological heritage," as a means to educate and enrich our culture. The current building, designed by the architect Henry Klumb, was inaugurated in 1959. Since its establishment, the museum has actively contributed to the growth of Puerto Rican cultural life by holding art, historical, and anthropological exhibits and sponsoring lectures, seminars, publications, and workshops–to the benefit of both the academic and the general communities.[21]

Housing Edit

The Río Piedras campus provides housing in three residence halls:

  • Torre del Norte (Currently Closed); a 22-story building located within a block of the campus. It has capacity to house 437 students in double and single units.
  • ResiCampus; located within the campus consists of a structure of nine floors and have a capacity to house 354 students.
  • Plaza Universitaria Residence Hall; administered by a private company in consortium to UPR; offers housing to undergraduate and graduate students.[22]

There is also a Guest House within the Student Center, with rooms at affordable rates for visitors to the university, faculty, or students.

10% of first-year and 4% of all undergraduates live in college housing. No married student housing is available. Also, private housing is available in surrounding areas of the university.[23]

Organization Edit

The Río Piedras Campus is a collegiate university. The Chancellor of the Campus is the top academic and administrative officer and presides over its two deliberative bodies: the Administrative Board and the Academic Senate.

Administrative Board Edit

The Administrative Board, composed of the deans, two senators representing the faculty, and one student senator, advises the Chancellor in matters pertaining to the university program. The Board makes recommendations on leaves and faculty aid applications, and grants promotions and tenures.

Academic Senate Edit

The Academic Senate, in turn, is the official academic forum. It is composed of the deans, the director of the library system, elected faculty representatives from all the colleges and schools, student senators, and representatives from the staff of academic advisors. Its members participate on the institutional processes, establishing academic rules and collaborating with other organisms of the University of Puerto Rico system.

Student Councils Edit

The General Student Council (Consejo General de Estudiantes or CGE in Spanish) of the UPRRP is the elected student government of the campus. The council is composed of several representatives to the student council, elected by each School or College, the number of representatives varies depending on the number of students enrolled in the School or College, and the President and Senator of each School and College, for a total of around 50 members. Elections are held in April and representatives are elected for one year, from July 1 to June 30.

Having its origins in the 1920s, the Student Council was dissolved in 1948 while Jaime Benitez was chancellor, and under the council presidency of Juan Mari Brás and it was not until 1968 that the Student Council was re-installed under the name General Student Council and under the council presidency of David Noriega.[24]

The General Student Council is governed by the Board of Directors, which is elected from among the council's members and is composed of:

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Executive Secretary
  • Press Secretary
  • Public Relations Secretary
  • Records Clerk

Additionally, they select Representatives to the Campus' Administrative Board and the university's University Board, both of them with an Alternate Representative. They are members of the board of directors.

Every College and School has a student council of its own, composed by a President, Vice President, Executive Secretary, Treasurer, Records Clerk, Public Relations Chair, the college or School's Student Senator (and, if available for the college/school, an alternate senator), Representatives to the General Student Council (up to four), and representatives of each department or subdivision present in the School or College.

Colleges organization Edit

Colleges have a dean, an associate dean, assistant deans, department chairs, and other administrative directors. In August 2019, the president-elect of the College of Business Administration Student Council, Alberto J. Lebrón, established the university's first independent college board, founding the UPRRP College of Business Administration Directive Board, composed of two representatives from each of the college's associations and student council directives, with Lebrón serving as the board's first chairman. Each college also has several committees established; examples being the school or college's advisors committee, the curriculum committee, and the accreditation committee.

Deanery Edit

The campus (and each school/college) has three administrative divisions known as a 'Deanery' or 'Dean's Office'. These include:

Deanery of Academic Affairs Edit

Academic Affairs (DAA in Spanish, Decanato de Asuntos Académicos) promotes academic excellence, giving guidance and orientation for successful planning with the Campus Strategic Plan. It implants academic policies, and looks for the effective improvement of all personnel. It promotes and designs institutional research and coordinates accreditation processes. It evaluates the programs offered at the university, while trying to improve institutional effectiveness.

It is responsible for the suitable development of the services in the Libraries, Registrar, Admissions, and Continuing Education. It advises the Rector and the adequate units, such as the Administrative Council and the Academic Senate on the development of new politics, and efficacy of processes, planification, and academic decisions.

It is organized with a dean heading it, with the help of the Associate Dean and 3 Auxiliary Deans, each assigned a certain area of concern such as Foreign Students, General Studies, Business Faculty, the Library System, etcetera.

Three schools are under the Dean of Academic Affairs. These include the School of Communication, the Graduate School of Planning and the Graduate School of Informatic Sciences and Technologies and they are represented on the Administrative Board by the Dean of Academic Affairs.[25]

Deanery of Student Affairs Edit

The Deanery of Students is the leader organization, compromised with an ever-changing academic population. They try to bring the most advanced technological resources in order to be of help with respect to the services given to students.

Faculties included are:

  • College of General Studies
  • School of Architecture
  • School of Communication
  • School of Law
  • School of Business Administration
  • Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Graduate School of Informational Sciences and Technologies
  • Graduate School of Planning
  • College of Natural Sciences
  • College of Social Sciences
  • College of Education
  • College of Humanities

Deanery of Administration Edit

The Deanery of Administration is the unit that offers essential services to the university community: it implements and guards for the proper fulfillment of the regulations that rule over administrative processes of the Campus and the entire University System. It plans, coordinates, evaluates and supervises labors related with different administrative and operative processes, but over all, they ensure quality services that have a positive aspect on student life, teaching and learning scenarios, investigation areas, labor areas of conformities, according to the Campus mission and the Public Administration that commands the university.[26]

Academics Edit

The Campus serves more than 18,000 students, 20% graduate, and grants an average of over 3,000 degrees a year. From 2005 up to 2010 doctorate degrees conferred have maintained an upward trend. UPR‐RP has consistently granted the largest number of doctorate degrees to Hispanics in the US.

As a public comprehensive doctoral institution, its academic offerings range from the baccalaureate to the doctoral degree, through 70 undergraduate programs and 19 graduate degrees with 71 specializations in the basic disciplines and professional fields.

The graduate offer includes 12 PhDs, one Doctorate in Education, and international programs in Law, at both LLM and JD levels. The Campus frontier of knowledge production has been expanded during this period with the creation of a Master in Cultural Management and Administration in the College of Humanities, and Masters and PhD programs in Environmental Science, the PhD currently under consideration by the licensing board in PR, to be initiated in August, 2010. 56 academic programs are professionally accredited.

Research Edit

The university is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[27] It supports research centers and institutes including the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies that conducts long term environmental research on Caribbean islands and similar tropical areas and is part of a global research network, and the Institute of Caribbean Studies (est. 1958)[28] (which publishes the journal Caribbean Studies, ISSN 0008-6533)[29] and the Institute of Psychological Research, among others.[30]

Rankings Edit

  • UPRRP is ranked 220th in the U.S. in Biological Sciences in the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report.[31]
  • UPRRP is ranked 129th in the U.S. in Chemistry in the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report.[32]

Schools and colleges Edit

 
Monument of Eugenio María de Hostos at the campus

School of Architecture Edit

The School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico offers a Bachelor of Environmental Design and a Master of Architecture. The Master of Architecture professional degree is offered by our School, accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).[33] The UPR School of Architecture was established thanks to legislation approved in Puerto Rico in 1958 for such purpose. That same year and to that effect, Puerto Rican architect Santiago Iglesias Jr. presented a resolution at the annual convention of the American Institute of Architects, celebrated in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1965, Puerto Rican architect Jesús Eduardo Amaral, was selected as an executive consultant and given the responsibility to establish the school. Proposals were submitted to UPR's Río Piedras Chancellor Jaime Benítez and finally in 1966, the School was officially recognized by the Council of Superior Education.[34]

College of Business Administration Edit

The College of Business Administration, previously College of Commerce, was established on University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras in 1926 with a roll of 70 students on a nocturnal program. From its beginning, it has offered preparation of university level in many areas of Business Administration. It also offers a bachelor's degree in administration of office systems, which substituted the secretarial sciences bachelor's degree.

In 1958 the Center for Commercial Investigations and for Academical Initiatives with the purpose of promoting investigation and contribute in the creation of knowledge in the area of Business Administration. Eventually, Cooperative Education, Link (Enlace), International Commerce Development and Enterprise Development programs, in order to have a narrower collaboration with business world.

In the academic year of 1970–71, the Graduated School of Business Administration began offering master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) making it the first of its kind in the Caribbean. In addition to master's degree the School offers altogether with Law School and the Doctoral Program of Business Management the MBA/JD Program which is built towards guidance on professional practice, whilst the Doctoral Program is orientated towards research.

Student enrollment in the College of Business Administration is approximately 2,800 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. This college enrollment is the third highest in the Río Piedras Campus. Nearly 530 Bachelor's degrees and 50 Graduate degrees are conferred annually. 63% of the students of the college are female, similar to the 67% of population of Río Piedras Campus being female.

In November 2013, the School of Business and the Graduate School of Business, became the first and only public study centers in business, accredited in Puerto Rico and Latin America by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).[35]

Graduate School of Business Administration Edit

The Graduate School of Business Administration (EGAE) educates aspiring entrepreneurs and business administrators.

School of Communication Edit

The School of Communication (COPU, formerly known as Comunicación Pública in Spanish, from where the acronym comes COmunicación PUblica) was established in 1972 with a master's degree in public Communication. It offers bachelor's and master's degrees.

College of Education Edit

The Eugenio María de Hostos College of Education (in Spanish Facultad de Educación Eugenio María de Hostos) is the biggest and oldest college of the University of Puerto Rico, founded on October 1, 1900, as the Normal School of Teachers (Escuela Normal para Maestros) in the Puerto Rican eastern city of Fajardo. The college has an estimate of 3,400 students who study in six different colleges of the university. The college headquarters are located in the New Building of Education in the south of the campus, and administrate nine buildings in all the campus, including a house in downtown Río Piedras district in San Juan.

The college moved to Río Piedras once the university was founded on March 12, 1903.[36]

University High School Edit

The University High School was built in the year 1913. It is currently operated by the Faculty of Education of the University of Puerto Rico. It currently has around 500 students from seventh to twelfth grade.

College of General Studies Edit

The General Studies Division was created in 1943 and became a college in 1945. The creation of the general studies program was the cornerstone of the 1942 University Reform. Within the university's system, the college has the particularity of being constituted as a multi- and interdisciplinary one, wherein three great sections of knowledge converge: Humanities (including Vernacular Spanish, its literary and linguistic components), Social Sciences and Natural Sciences, and English for Academic Purposes, including its literary and linguistic components.

The College of General Studies offers these courses, which will vary depending on the requirements asked by the different Colleges the student heads to: Humanities, Spanish, English, Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, and Physical Sciences.

The main building of the College of General Studies is called Domingo Marrero Navarro, after one of its deans.[37][38]

College of Humanities Edit

Established in 1943, the faculty currently has about 2,000 students in the undergraduate program and about 300 students in its graduate program. This faculty offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees in various disciplines such as fine arts, drama, Hispanic studies, English, comparative literature, philosophy, history, modern languages, linguistics, music, translation, interdisciplinary studies, among others. It has various investigation centers, as well as seminars, specialized libraries in fine arts, philosophy, music and English, and publishes several educational magazines.[39]

School of Law Edit

See University of Puerto Rico Law School

The University of Puerto Rico School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association.

College of Natural Sciences Edit

See UPRRP College of Natural Sciences

College of Social Sciences Edit

The College of Social Sciences (CISO, Ciencias Sociales in Spanish, from where the acronym comes CIencias SOciales) was established in 1943, with the mission of teaching universal knowledge on the social sciences, advancing the social comprehension of the nation.

The college offers undergraduate studies in the Departments of: anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, social sciences (general), economics, social work, geography and labor relations.

The college offers graduate studies in the Departments of: rehabilitation counselling, public administration, social work, economics, sociology and psychology.

Graduate School of Planning Edit

In April 1965, the Board of Education approved the establishment of the Graduate School of Planning (EGP), which commenced its first academic year in August the same year.

The program was funded with funds from the University of Puerto Rico and the Ford Foundation. The orientation of the curriculum was influenced by the dominant planning perspectives during the 1960s in the United States and the Economic Commission for Latin America. At this early stage, the Faculty had distinguished colleagues from Cornell University and other international institutions.

In addition, educators and researchers from across the island and abroad participated in the design and establishment of priorities of the curriculum. Areas of specialty include economic planning, regional, urban and social. Already in 1975 it established a new discipline of environmental planning.

  • Regional and Urban Planning
  • Social Planning
  • Economic Planning
  • Environmental Planning

Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies Edit

EGCTI (Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información) - Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies. The master's program is accredited by the American Library Association (ALA)

  • Master in Information Science
  • Librarian Teacher Certificate (Post Baccalaureate)
  • Certificate of Records and Archives Manager (Post Baccalaureate)
  • Certificate Manager Academic and Special Libraries (Post Master)

Division of Continuing Education Edit

Encompasses continuing education and professional studies offerings.

Student life Edit

Athletics Edit

The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras is a founding member of the island-wide Inter-University Athletic League (LAI) and participates in all of the sports included in that organization.[40] The university competes at the NCAA Division II level as an Independent for various sports including basketball.[41]

Cultural activities Edit

One of the most enriching aspects of student life in Río Piedras is the vast number of cultural and social events organized by the university. In addition to the usual academic conferences and lectures, there are a host of activities to choose from on any given day. Cultural Activities, run by the dean of students, is the central agency at Río Piedras that plans and sponsors major events on and off campus. They run a busy schedule with a cultural activity virtually every day of the week and on many weekends, too. The Serie de Cine al Aire Libre runs every month throughout the school year, presenting classic and contemporary films in the Baldorioty de Castro Plaza in front of the Tower. Admission is always free. Additionally, there are indoor concerts by musical groups such as the Orquesta Filarmónica de Puerto Rico, the Tuna of UPR-Río Piedras, and the voice emsambles of the campus, Coro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (founded in 1936 by Augusto Rodríguez), and Coralia, the concert choir.[42]

Student organizations Edit

Academic interests
  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
  • American Marketing Association (AMA)
  • Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM UPRRP)
  • Geography Students Association
  • Graduate Biology Students Association (AEGB)
  • Asociación Puertorriqueña de Estudiantes de Periodismo
  • Accounting Students Association (AEC)
  • Financial Management Association (FMA)
  • Asociación de Estudiantes de Consejería en Rehabilitación
  • Asociación de Estudiantes de Economía
  • Asociación de Estudiantes de Estadística y Sistemas Computarizados de Información
  • Asociación de Estudiantes de Comunicación Empresarial (COMCE)
  • Asociación de Estudiantes de Trabajo Social
  • Asociación de Estudiantes Escuela Graduada de Administración Pública
  • Sociedad de Estudiantes de Física
  • Asociación de Estudiantes de Ciencias de Cómputos
  • Asociación Estudiantil de Pre-Veterinaria
  • Asociación Premédica de Puerto Rico (APPR)
Environmental
  • Sociedad Eco- Ambiental (SEA)
  • CESAM
Religious
  • Ministerio Cristiano La Escalerita
  • Asociación Bíblica Universitaria
Political
  • College Democrats
  • Federación Universitaria Pro-Independencia
  • Juventud Universitaria del Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
  • Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association, Capítulo de UPR Río Piedras

Greek life Edit

Social societies:

Fraternities

Sororities

* Member of Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico (Inter-Fraternity Council of Puerto Rico)

Greek-lettered service, professional and/or honor societies:

Notable people Edit

See List of University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras people

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "Monitoring Report to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education".
  2. ^ "Recintos de la UPR – Directorio de Rectores". Universidad de Puerto Rico. from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Directorio". Decanato de Administración UPR-RP. from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b c . Presupuesto.gobierno.pr. Archived from the original on 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  5. ^ . Hoy.upr.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  6. ^ a b (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Tu Futuro Solo en la IUPI. 2021-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. Admisiones. Accessed 5 October 2019.
  8. ^ "University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus". Indiana University. 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  9. ^ "Catálogo Graduado-UPR-Río Piedras". Graduados.uprrp.edu. from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  10. ^ "Decanato de Estudiantes – Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras". Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  11. ^ "Historia de la Educación en Puerto Rico". www.salonhogar.net. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  12. ^ a b "Historia". Universidad de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  13. ^ "Comisión por la Verdad y la Justicia". from the original on 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  14. ^ "Inicio UPR v2.0". Universidad de Puerto Rico. from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  15. ^ . aacupr.uprrp.edu (in Spanish). 2010-06-11. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  16. ^ . uprrp.edu (in Spanish). 2013-12-19. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  17. ^ Translated from "Historia del Recinto de Río Piedras". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-05-05. (Spanish website)
  18. ^ . Alumni - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Archived from the original on 9 June 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  19. ^ Bennett, Parsons and Frost. "San Juan (Puerto Rico), Plan - University of Puerto Rico, additions". Plan and perspective rendering for proposed additions to the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras. The Art Institute of Chicago. from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  20. ^ "Weekly List 20180720 - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  21. ^ "::Catálogo Graduado-UPR-Río Piedras". Graduados.uprrp.edu. from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  22. ^ "::Bienvenidos al Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación". Graduados.uprrp.edu. from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  23. ^ "College Search - University of Puerto Rico: Rio Piedras - UPR - Housing & Campus Life". Collegesearch.collegeboard.com. from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  24. ^ Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras (1968). Certificación del Consejo General de Estudiantes 1968-69. Río Piedras, PR: Decanato de Estudiantes
  25. ^ "Academia - Recinto de Río Piedras de la UPR". Uprrp.edu. from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  26. ^ "Administración – Recinto de Río Piedras de la UPR". Uprrp.edu. from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  27. ^ "Carnegie Classifications". 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  28. ^ "Instituto de Estudios del Caribe" [Institute of Caribbean Studies]. iec-ics.uprrp.edu. Universidad de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  29. ^ "Caribbean Studies publica artículo sobre las poblaciones vulnerables ante desastres". iec-ics.uprrp.edu. Universidad de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
    Archive for 1961-2015 available through JSTOR at:
    • "Caribbean Studies, published by: Institute of Caribbean Studies, UPR, Rio Piedras Campus". JSTOR. JSTOR 00086533. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  30. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  31. ^ "Rankings - Biological Sciences - Graduate Schools - Education - US News". from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  32. ^ "Best Chemistry Programs | Top Chemistry Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools". from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  33. ^ . Archweb.uprrp.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-05-02. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  34. ^ "Escuela de Arquitectura – Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Río Piedras". from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  35. ^ "AACSB acredita la FAE". from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  36. ^ "Bienvenido a la Facultad de Educación". Educacion.uprrp.edu. from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  37. ^ . generales.uprrp.edu. 2007-02-13. Archived from the original on 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  38. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  39. ^ . humanidades.uprrp.edu (in Spanish). 2008-05-09. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  40. ^ "Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigación - Catálogo graduado". graduados.uprrp.edu.
  41. ^ "NCAA Directory - Directory - Organization Detail". web3.ncaa.org.
  42. ^ . Humanidades.uprrp.edu. 2009-12-11. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  43. ^ a b "UPRRP" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-01-16.[dead link]
  44. ^ "ACEVEDO-VILÁ, Aníbal - Biographical Information". from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  45. ^ Biographical information 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

External links Edit

  • Official website

university, puerto, rico, río, piedras, campus, spanish, universidad, puerto, rico, recinto, río, piedras, informally, iupi, public, land, grant, research, university, juan, puerto, rico, largest, campus, university, puerto, rico, system, terms, student, popul. The University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus Spanish Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras UPR RP or informally La IUPI 7 is a public land grant research university 8 in San Juan Puerto Rico It is the largest campus in the University of Puerto Rico system in terms of student population and it was Puerto Rico s first public university campus 9 University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras CampusSeal of the University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras CampusFormer nameEscuela Normal Industrial 1901 1903 MottoHistoria veritas vitae ministraTypePublic land grant research universityEstablishedMarch 12 1903 120 years ago March 12 1903 Parent institutionUniversity of Puerto RicoAccreditationMSCHEBudget 202 5 million 2020 1 ChancellorLuis A Ferrao Delgado 2 PresidentJorge Haddock AcevedoDeanGrisel E Melendez Ramos 3 Academic staff1 374 4 Administrative staff2 406 4 Students18 653 4 Undergraduates15 186 5 Postgraduates3 467 6 Doctoral students773 6 LocationRio Piedras San Juan Puerto Rico18 24 10 N 66 03 00 W 18 40278 N 66 05000 W 18 40278 66 05000CampusLarge city 289 acres 1 17 km2 MagazineDialogoColors Red and whiteSporting affiliationsNCAA Division II IndependentLAIMascotsThe Rooster amp the HenWebsiteuprrp wbr edu wbr english wbr The university serves more than 18 000 students 20 of whom are graduate students and grants an average of over 3 000 degrees a year Its academic offerings range from the bachelor to the doctoral level with 70 undergraduate programs and 19 graduate degrees including 71 specializations in the basic disciplines and professional fields 10 UPR RP has consistently granted the largest number of doctorate degrees to Hispanic students under the United States jurisdiction Contents 1 History 1 1 History of student protests 2 Campus and academic facilities 2 1 La Torre and the Quadrangle 2 2 Campus architecture 2 3 Library system 2 4 Information system 2 5 University museums 2 6 Housing 3 Organization 3 1 Administrative Board 3 2 Academic Senate 3 3 Student Councils 3 4 Colleges organization 3 5 Deanery 3 5 1 Deanery of Academic Affairs 3 5 2 Deanery of Student Affairs 3 5 3 Deanery of Administration 4 Academics 4 1 Research 4 2 Rankings 5 Schools and colleges 5 1 School of Architecture 5 2 College of Business Administration 5 3 Graduate School of Business Administration 5 4 School of Communication 5 5 College of Education 5 5 1 University High School 5 6 College of General Studies 5 7 College of Humanities 5 8 School of Law 5 9 College of Natural Sciences 5 10 College of Social Sciences 5 11 Graduate School of Planning 5 12 Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies 5 13 Division of Continuing Education 6 Student life 6 1 Athletics 6 2 Cultural activities 6 3 Student organizations 6 4 Greek life 7 Notable people 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory Edit nbsp University in Rio Piedras circa 1900 1917 nbsp The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras campus and its iconic clock towerIn the year 1900 the Escuela Normal Industrial Normal Industrial School was established in Fajardo Puerto Rico as the first institution of higher education in Puerto Rico dedicated to train those who would become teachers and educators 11 At the time it only had 20 students and 5 professors 12 A year later 1901 the institution was moved to an area previously occupied by farmland immediately north of the town of Rio Piedras today part of the municipality of San Juan The Normal School was established in La Convalecencia which was one of the residences of the former Spanish Governors The school enrolled 273 students on its first year and its first bachelor s degrees were granted four years later in 1907 12 On March 12 1903 under the administration of the Public Instruction Commissioner Samuel McCune Lindsay the 2nd Legislative Assembly approved a law creating the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras transferring all the funding of the Insular Normal School there This school became the first department of the university what is now the Faculty of Education becoming the nucleus of the University of Puerto Rico Now legally established the University of Puerto Rico started its first academic year 1903 1904 with an enrollment of 173 students Due to the scarcity of teachers in the island most of these students were appointed by the Department of Public Instruction to teach at schools without having finished four years of college citation needed The first graduating class June 1907 consisted of 13 students In 1907 the first class graduated from the normal course of four years after the university was legally established Among the students in that class were Carlota Matienzo Isabel Andreu Loaiza Cordero Marina Roviro and Juan Herrero On September 22 1913 the departments of Law and Pharmacology were established The university at the time required only an eighth grade diploma but with the expansion of its courses this requirement changed After 1917 the departments of Normal Education Liberal Arts Pharmacology and Law required a high school diploma for admission On February 21 1931 Dr Carlos E Chardon was appointed as chancellor of the university During his tenure the university experienced significant growth in endowments These were used in the expansion of the physical facilities at the Rio Piedras and Mayaguez Campuses This helped turn the university into a respected educational center Chardon resigned from the post of Chancellor in 1936 being succeeded by Juan B Soto The most important part of this period was the expansion of the buildings of the university as part of a plan for the rehabilitation of Puerto Rico History of student protests Edit Main article 2010 2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes The university was the site of social upheaval during the 1960s and 1970s when nationalist students protested for civil rights against the war in Vietnam for the independence of Puerto Rico and to expel the ROTC from the campus In 1970 Antonia Martinez was murdered by the police during the anti education reform and Vietnam War protests of that year As the shouting started in the street everyone in the building she was in on Ponce de Leon Avenue went to the balconies to see what was happening She was like many others watching the events saw policemen attacking at the students and allegedly shouted at the police Asesinos Assassins A policeman turned and shot her in the head killing her and injuring a roommate A mural of her and her story existed on the College of Humanities until administrative personnel covered it with paint Other stories claim that she was shot by mistake 13 The students of the university also had a strike in the Spring of 2017 during which the school was shut down for several months Campus and academic facilities Edit nbsp Universidad Tren Urbano stationThe Rio Piedras Campus is located in the northern end of the downtown area of Rio Piedras a former town but now a district barrio of San Juan Puerto Rico The campus is easily accessible via public transportation by means of the Tren Urbano metro system with a station Universidad located in campus and the public bus system of San Juan AMA The campus is home to a rich diversity in architecture and urban planning with old and modern buildings that showcase the architectural development of the past 120 years in Puerto Rican architecture 14 La Torre and the Quadrangle Edit Main articles Roosevelt Tower and The Quadrangle University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras nbsp The Bronze Circle inside of La Torre the Tower In 1936 architect Rafael Carmoega working under the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration PRRA designed the distinctive University of Puerto Rico clock tower based on the 1924 Parsons Plan 15 The iconic university clock tower was built in 1937 and christened as the Franklin Delano Roosevelt tower in honor of the president and his interest in the building of the university La Torre as The Tower is nicknamed in Spanish is located at the entrance of the Roman Baldorioty de Castro Building 16 Right below the tower there is a monument to the nations of the Americas portraying the coats of arms of all American states within a bronze circle as a symbol of the Panamerican Union 17 Under the supervision of architect Rafael Carmoega a group of local architects designed what is known as El Cuadrangulo The Quadrangle a plaza like quadrangle 18 The campus s central quadrangle and tower were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 Campus architecture Edit nbsp The iconic clock tower in the campus s main buildingThe University of Puerto Rico was established in Rio Piedras in 1903 The first buildings were the Normal School 1902 the Model School 1903 and the Principal s Residence 1903 next to the Central Road today Ponce de Leon Avenue Over the years the development of the university occurred somewhat spontaneously In 1908 the architectural firm of Clark Howe and Homer designed a new facade for the Model School in the California Mission Style In 1909 a milk processing building was constructed in an agricultural area east of the academic center Arts and Crafts Workshop buildings a Library and a Gymnasium were planned as well as the grandstand and the fence all demolished now In 1912 construction began for the Memorial Hall Baldorioty Building and buildings for the Law School and the School of Pharmacy were in the works in 1918 In 1924 the Chicago firm of urbanists Bennett Parsons and Frost were contacted to design a master plan for the future development of the university 19 It was not until 1935 with the establishment of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration PRRA and the large sum of federal funds that it invested for public works in Puerto Rico that the partial design and construction of the so called Parson Plan began However from the 1940s onward a new architectural paradigm which discarded historical vocabularies and incorporated attitudes learned from Germany and from the studio of Frank Lloyd Wright stemmed from German emigre Henry Klumb For 20 years Klumb was sole architect for the University of Puerto Rico designing buildings for the campuses at Rio Piedras and Mayaguez until in 1966 At that time chancellor Jaime Benitez assigned the design of the General Studies Building to the architectural firm of Toro amp Ferrer Other buildings for the university have been designed by architects Antonio Marques Carrion sports facilities 1971 Jose Firpi student residence Torre Norte 1971 the firm of Reed Torres Beauchamp amp Marvel new Education Faculty Building 1974 and the first expansion to the Faculty of Natural Sciences Building 1978 the firm of Garcia amp Landray second expansion the Faculty of Natural Sciences Building 1989 GDO Arquitectos School of Architecture Building 2001 and Toro Ferrer new General Studies Building 2007 In addition to La Torre and The Quagrangle several buildings in the UPR RP campus have been added to the National Register of Historic Places such as the former female residence hall Residencia de Senoritas building which now houses administrative offices 20 Library system Edit nbsp Student Center designed by Henry KlumbThe university library serves the research and teaching needs of the university community It also extends its services to the Puerto Rican community at large The system comprises eighteen specialized and general libraries with holdings totaling more than 4 000 000 items citation needed access to which may be achieved by whom through the university s online catalog where Of special interest to whom are the Caribbean and Latin American Studies Library and the Puerto Rican Collection both located in the Jose M Lazaro Building In addition to the traditional library services such as reference circulation reserves photocopying local interlibrary loan and the compilation of bibliographies and acquisition lists the Library System also participates in on line interlibrary loans with many libraries worldwide Other services include Dial Order DIALOG microfilming reproduction of photographs library instruction and orientation lectures and exhibits The Integration of the Information Competencies to the Curriculum Projects promotes the development of information competencies around the campus The Library System offers facilities for the blind and physically handicapped The graduate and special collections in the Business Administration Planning Public Administration Social Work and Library Science programs are integral parts of the Library System but the libraries of the School of Law Natural Sciences Faculty and the School of Architecture also located on the university campus operate independently Information system Edit The Information Systems Office serves the educational research and administrative efforts of the institution As a member of Internet2 and the Internet the university enjoys instant communication with institutions all over the world for the purposes of correspondence and information access Improvements to existing telecommunications infrastructure include the installation of structured cabling in campus buildings and fiber optics as a means of interconnecting them Currently campus buildings are configured to ATM 155Mbits s and Gigabit Ethernet interfacing equipment providing greater capacity to transfer video voice and data The campus is capable of offering video conferencing over ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network or via the Internet in H 323 format The academic community has access to computer facilities all over campus The types of equipment and laboratory hours vary so you should request information directly from each service location University museums Edit Main article Museum of Art History and Anthropology of the University of Puerto Rico nbsp MAHAThe Museum of Art History and Anthropology MAHA was created in 1951 by legislative act to complete and preserve our art history and anthropological heritage as a means to educate and enrich our culture The current building designed by the architect Henry Klumb was inaugurated in 1959 Since its establishment the museum has actively contributed to the growth of Puerto Rican cultural life by holding art historical and anthropological exhibits and sponsoring lectures seminars publications and workshops to the benefit of both the academic and the general communities 21 Housing Edit The Rio Piedras campus provides housing in three residence halls Torre del Norte Currently Closed a 22 story building located within a block of the campus It has capacity to house 437 students in double and single units ResiCampus located within the campus consists of a structure of nine floors and have a capacity to house 354 students Plaza Universitaria Residence Hall administered by a private company in consortium to UPR offers housing to undergraduate and graduate students 22 There is also a Guest House within the Student Center with rooms at affordable rates for visitors to the university faculty or students 10 of first year and 4 of all undergraduates live in college housing No married student housing is available Also private housing is available in surrounding areas of the university 23 Organization EditThe Rio Piedras Campus is a collegiate university The Chancellor of the Campus is the top academic and administrative officer and presides over its two deliberative bodies the Administrative Board and the Academic Senate Administrative Board Edit The Administrative Board composed of the deans two senators representing the faculty and one student senator advises the Chancellor in matters pertaining to the university program The Board makes recommendations on leaves and faculty aid applications and grants promotions and tenures Academic Senate Edit The Academic Senate in turn is the official academic forum It is composed of the deans the director of the library system elected faculty representatives from all the colleges and schools student senators and representatives from the staff of academic advisors Its members participate on the institutional processes establishing academic rules and collaborating with other organisms of the University of Puerto Rico system Student Councils Edit The General Student Council Consejo General de Estudiantes or CGE in Spanish of the UPRRP is the elected student government of the campus The council is composed of several representatives to the student council elected by each School or College the number of representatives varies depending on the number of students enrolled in the School or College and the President and Senator of each School and College for a total of around 50 members Elections are held in April and representatives are elected for one year from July 1 to June 30 Having its origins in the 1920s the Student Council was dissolved in 1948 while Jaime Benitez was chancellor and under the council presidency of Juan Mari Bras and it was not until 1968 that the Student Council was re installed under the name General Student Council and under the council presidency of David Noriega 24 The General Student Council is governed by the Board of Directors which is elected from among the council s members and is composed of President Vice President Executive Secretary Press Secretary Public Relations Secretary Records ClerkAdditionally they select Representatives to the Campus Administrative Board and the university s University Board both of them with an Alternate Representative They are members of the board of directors Every College and School has a student council of its own composed by a President Vice President Executive Secretary Treasurer Records Clerk Public Relations Chair the college or School s Student Senator and if available for the college school an alternate senator Representatives to the General Student Council up to four and representatives of each department or subdivision present in the School or College Colleges organization Edit Colleges have a dean an associate dean assistant deans department chairs and other administrative directors In August 2019 the president elect of the College of Business Administration Student Council Alberto J Lebron established the university s first independent college board founding the UPRRP College of Business Administration Directive Board composed of two representatives from each of the college s associations and student council directives with Lebron serving as the board s first chairman Each college also has several committees established examples being the school or college s advisors committee the curriculum committee and the accreditation committee Deanery Edit The campus and each school college has three administrative divisions known as a Deanery or Dean s Office These include Deanery of Academic Affairs Edit Academic Affairs DAA in Spanish Decanato de Asuntos Academicos promotes academic excellence giving guidance and orientation for successful planning with the Campus Strategic Plan It implants academic policies and looks for the effective improvement of all personnel It promotes and designs institutional research and coordinates accreditation processes It evaluates the programs offered at the university while trying to improve institutional effectiveness It is responsible for the suitable development of the services in the Libraries Registrar Admissions and Continuing Education It advises the Rector and the adequate units such as the Administrative Council and the Academic Senate on the development of new politics and efficacy of processes planification and academic decisions It is organized with a dean heading it with the help of the Associate Dean and 3 Auxiliary Deans each assigned a certain area of concern such as Foreign Students General Studies Business Faculty the Library System etcetera Three schools are under the Dean of Academic Affairs These include the School of Communication the Graduate School of Planning and the Graduate School of Informatic Sciences and Technologies and they are represented on the Administrative Board by the Dean of Academic Affairs 25 Deanery of Student Affairs Edit The Deanery of Students is the leader organization compromised with an ever changing academic population They try to bring the most advanced technological resources in order to be of help with respect to the services given to students Faculties included are College of General Studies School of Architecture School of Communication School of Law School of Business Administration Graduate School of Business Administration Graduate School of Informational Sciences and Technologies Graduate School of Planning College of Natural Sciences College of Social Sciences College of Education College of HumanitiesDeanery of Administration Edit The Deanery of Administration is the unit that offers essential services to the university community it implements and guards for the proper fulfillment of the regulations that rule over administrative processes of the Campus and the entire University System It plans coordinates evaluates and supervises labors related with different administrative and operative processes but over all they ensure quality services that have a positive aspect on student life teaching and learning scenarios investigation areas labor areas of conformities according to the Campus mission and the Public Administration that commands the university 26 Academics EditThe Campus serves more than 18 000 students 20 graduate and grants an average of over 3 000 degrees a year From 2005 up to 2010 doctorate degrees conferred have maintained an upward trend UPR RP has consistently granted the largest number of doctorate degrees to Hispanics in the US As a public comprehensive doctoral institution its academic offerings range from the baccalaureate to the doctoral degree through 70 undergraduate programs and 19 graduate degrees with 71 specializations in the basic disciplines and professional fields The graduate offer includes 12 PhDs one Doctorate in Education and international programs in Law at both LLM and JD levels The Campus frontier of knowledge production has been expanded during this period with the creation of a Master in Cultural Management and Administration in the College of Humanities and Masters and PhD programs in Environmental Science the PhD currently under consideration by the licensing board in PR to be initiated in August 2010 56 academic programs are professionally accredited Research Edit The university is classified among R2 Doctoral Universities High research activity 27 It supports research centers and institutes including the Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies that conducts long term environmental research on Caribbean islands and similar tropical areas and is part of a global research network and the Institute of Caribbean Studies est 1958 28 which publishes the journal Caribbean Studies ISSN 0008 6533 29 and the Institute of Psychological Research among others 30 Rankings Edit UPRRP is ranked 220th in the U S in Biological Sciences in the 2011 edition of U S News amp World Report 31 UPRRP is ranked 129th in the U S in Chemistry in the 2011 edition of U S News amp World Report 32 Schools and colleges Edit nbsp Monument of Eugenio Maria de Hostos at the campusSchool of Architecture Edit The School of Architecture of the University of Puerto Rico offers a Bachelor of Environmental Design and a Master of Architecture The Master of Architecture professional degree is offered by our School accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board NAAB 33 The UPR School of Architecture was established thanks to legislation approved in Puerto Rico in 1958 for such purpose That same year and to that effect Puerto Rican architect Santiago Iglesias Jr presented a resolution at the annual convention of the American Institute of Architects celebrated in Cleveland Ohio In 1965 Puerto Rican architect Jesus Eduardo Amaral was selected as an executive consultant and given the responsibility to establish the school Proposals were submitted to UPR s Rio Piedras Chancellor Jaime Benitez and finally in 1966 the School was officially recognized by the Council of Superior Education 34 College of Business Administration Edit The College of Business Administration previously College of Commerce was established on University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras in 1926 with a roll of 70 students on a nocturnal program From its beginning it has offered preparation of university level in many areas of Business Administration It also offers a bachelor s degree in administration of office systems which substituted the secretarial sciences bachelor s degree In 1958 the Center for Commercial Investigations and for Academical Initiatives with the purpose of promoting investigation and contribute in the creation of knowledge in the area of Business Administration Eventually Cooperative Education Link Enlace International Commerce Development and Enterprise Development programs in order to have a narrower collaboration with business world In the academic year of 1970 71 the Graduated School of Business Administration began offering master s degree in Business Administration MBA making it the first of its kind in the Caribbean In addition to master s degree the School offers altogether with Law School and the Doctoral Program of Business Management the MBA JD Program which is built towards guidance on professional practice whilst the Doctoral Program is orientated towards research Student enrollment in the College of Business Administration is approximately 2 800 undergraduates and 400 graduate students This college enrollment is the third highest in the Rio Piedras Campus Nearly 530 Bachelor s degrees and 50 Graduate degrees are conferred annually 63 of the students of the college are female similar to the 67 of population of Rio Piedras Campus being female In November 2013 the School of Business and the Graduate School of Business became the first and only public study centers in business accredited in Puerto Rico and Latin America by the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB 35 Graduate School of Business Administration Edit Main article UPRRP Graduate School of Business Administration The Graduate School of Business Administration EGAE educates aspiring entrepreneurs and business administrators School of Communication Edit The School of Communication COPU formerly known as Comunicacion Publica in Spanish from where the acronym comes COmunicacion PUblica was established in 1972 with a master s degree in public Communication It offers bachelor s and master s degrees College of Education Edit The Eugenio Maria de Hostos College of Education in Spanish Facultad de Educacion Eugenio Maria de Hostos is the biggest and oldest college of the University of Puerto Rico founded on October 1 1900 as the Normal School of Teachers Escuela Normal para Maestros in the Puerto Rican eastern city of Fajardo The college has an estimate of 3 400 students who study in six different colleges of the university The college headquarters are located in the New Building of Education in the south of the campus and administrate nine buildings in all the campus including a house in downtown Rio Piedras district in San Juan The college moved to Rio Piedras once the university was founded on March 12 1903 36 University High School Edit Main article University High School San Juan The University High School was built in the year 1913 It is currently operated by the Faculty of Education of the University of Puerto Rico It currently has around 500 students from seventh to twelfth grade College of General Studies Edit The General Studies Division was created in 1943 and became a college in 1945 The creation of the general studies program was the cornerstone of the 1942 University Reform Within the university s system the college has the particularity of being constituted as a multi and interdisciplinary one wherein three great sections of knowledge converge Humanities including Vernacular Spanish its literary and linguistic components Social Sciences and Natural Sciences and English for Academic Purposes including its literary and linguistic components The College of General Studies offers these courses which will vary depending on the requirements asked by the different Colleges the student heads to Humanities Spanish English Biological Sciences Social Sciences and Physical Sciences The main building of the College of General Studies is called Domingo Marrero Navarro after one of its deans 37 38 College of Humanities Edit Established in 1943 the faculty currently has about 2 000 students in the undergraduate program and about 300 students in its graduate program This faculty offers undergraduate graduate and doctoral degrees in various disciplines such as fine arts drama Hispanic studies English comparative literature philosophy history modern languages linguistics music translation interdisciplinary studies among others It has various investigation centers as well as seminars specialized libraries in fine arts philosophy music and English and publishes several educational magazines 39 School of Law Edit See University of Puerto Rico Law SchoolThe University of Puerto Rico School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association College of Natural Sciences Edit See UPRRP College of Natural Sciences College of Social Sciences Edit The College of Social Sciences CISO Ciencias Sociales in Spanish from where the acronym comes CIencias SOciales was established in 1943 with the mission of teaching universal knowledge on the social sciences advancing the social comprehension of the nation The college offers undergraduate studies in the Departments of anthropology sociology psychology political science social sciences general economics social work geography and labor relations The college offers graduate studies in the Departments of rehabilitation counselling public administration social work economics sociology and psychology Graduate School of Planning Edit In April 1965 the Board of Education approved the establishment of the Graduate School of Planning EGP which commenced its first academic year in August the same year The program was funded with funds from the University of Puerto Rico and the Ford Foundation The orientation of the curriculum was influenced by the dominant planning perspectives during the 1960s in the United States and the Economic Commission for Latin America At this early stage the Faculty had distinguished colleagues from Cornell University and other international institutions In addition educators and researchers from across the island and abroad participated in the design and establishment of priorities of the curriculum Areas of specialty include economic planning regional urban and social Already in 1975 it established a new discipline of environmental planning Regional and Urban Planning Social Planning Economic Planning Environmental PlanningGraduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies Edit EGCTI Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologias de la Informacion Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies The master s program is accredited by the American Library Association ALA Master in Information Science Librarian Teacher Certificate Post Baccalaureate Certificate of Records and Archives Manager Post Baccalaureate Certificate Manager Academic and Special Libraries Post Master Division of Continuing Education Edit Encompasses continuing education and professional studies offerings Student life EditAthletics Edit The University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras is a founding member of the island wide Inter University Athletic League LAI and participates in all of the sports included in that organization 40 The university competes at the NCAA Division II level as an Independent for various sports including basketball 41 Cultural activities Edit One of the most enriching aspects of student life in Rio Piedras is the vast number of cultural and social events organized by the university In addition to the usual academic conferences and lectures there are a host of activities to choose from on any given day Cultural Activities run by the dean of students is the central agency at Rio Piedras that plans and sponsors major events on and off campus They run a busy schedule with a cultural activity virtually every day of the week and on many weekends too The Serie de Cine al Aire Libre runs every month throughout the school year presenting classic and contemporary films in the Baldorioty de Castro Plaza in front of the Tower Admission is always free Additionally there are indoor concerts by musical groups such as the Orquesta Filarmonica de Puerto Rico the Tuna of UPR Rio Piedras and the voice emsambles of the campus Coro de la Universidad de Puerto Rico founded in 1936 by Augusto Rodriguez and Coralia the concert choir 42 Student organizations Edit Academic interestsAmerican Chemical Society ACS American Medical Student Association AMSA American Marketing Association AMA Society for Human Resources Management SHRM UPRRP Geography Students Association Graduate Biology Students Association AEGB Asociacion Puertorriquena de Estudiantes de Periodismo Accounting Students Association AEC Financial Management Association FMA Asociacion de Estudiantes de Consejeria en Rehabilitacion Asociacion de Estudiantes de Economia Asociacion de Estudiantes de Estadistica y Sistemas Computarizados de Informacion Asociacion de Estudiantes de Comunicacion Empresarial COMCE Asociacion de Estudiantes de Trabajo Social Asociacion de Estudiantes Escuela Graduada de Administracion Publica Sociedad de Estudiantes de Fisica Asociacion de Estudiantes de Ciencias de Computos Asociacion Estudiantil de Pre Veterinaria Asociacion Premedica de Puerto Rico APPR EnvironmentalSociedad Eco Ambiental SEA CESAMReligiousMinisterio Cristiano La Escalerita Asociacion Biblica UniversitariaPoliticalCollege Democrats Federacion Universitaria Pro Independencia Juventud Universitaria del Partido Independentista Puertorriqueno Puerto Rico Statehood Students Association Capitulo de UPR Rio PiedrasGreek life Edit Social societies Fraternities Phi Eta Mu Phi Sigma Alpha Nu Sigma Beta Alpha Beta Chi Phi Delta Gamma Sororities Mu Alpha Phi 43 Eta Gamma Delta Zeta Phi Sigma Member of Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico Inter Fraternity Council of Puerto Rico Greek lettered service professional and or honor societies Phi Alpha Delta co ed professional law fraternity Alpha Phi Omega 43 co ed service fraternity Psi Chi honor society in PsychologyNotable people EditSee List of University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras people nbsp Anibal Acevedo Vila BA 1982 JD 1985 eighth governor of Puerto Rico 2005 2009 U S Representative Resident Commissioner D Puerto Rico 2001 2004 44 State Representative P R House of Representatives 1992 1999 nbsp Nydia Velazquez BA 1974 U S Representative D New York 1993 present 45 nbsp Hans Hertell JD U S Ambassador to the Dominican Republic 2001 2007 nbsp Kenneth McClintock 1960 1962 pre elementary 1962 1968 elementary 1968 1974 high school 1974 1977 undergraduate 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico 2009 present 13th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico 2005 2008 State Senator Senate of Puerto Rico 1993 2008 nbsp Alejandro Garcia Padilla BS 11th governor of Puerto Rico 2013 2016 See also Edit nbsp Puerto Rico portal nbsp Education portalUniversity High School San Juan 2010 University of Puerto Rico strike Rio Piedras massacre Rio Piedras School of Tropical MedicineReferences Edit Monitoring Report to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Recintos de la UPR Directorio de Rectores Universidad de Puerto Rico Archived from the original on 14 May 2021 Retrieved 22 March 2017 Directorio Decanato de Administracion UPR RP Archived from the original on 22 March 2017 Retrieved 22 March 2017 a b c Agencia Universidad de Puerto Rico Documento Tomo II Recomendado Aso 2011 Presupuesto gobierno pr Archived from the original on 2009 06 28 Retrieved 2010 05 02 La Universidad Hoy La Universidad Hoy Hoy upr edu Archived from the original on 2010 01 27 Retrieved 2010 05 02 a b Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2008 05 29 Retrieved 2008 05 05 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Tu Futuro Solo en la IUPI Archived 2021 05 14 at the Wayback Machine Universidad de Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Admisiones Accessed 5 October 2019 University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus Indiana University 2021 Retrieved July 24 2021 Catalogo Graduado UPR Rio Piedras Graduados uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 06 10 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Decanato de Estudiantes Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras Retrieved 2021 12 09 Historia de la Educacion en Puerto Rico www salonhogar net Retrieved 2021 12 09 a b Historia Universidad de Puerto Rico in Spanish Retrieved 2021 12 09 Comision por la Verdad y la Justicia Archived from the original on 2008 01 03 Retrieved 2008 01 05 Inicio UPR v2 0 Universidad de Puerto Rico Archived from the original on 2014 10 25 Retrieved 2014 10 26 Rafael Carmoega aacupr uprrp edu in Spanish 2010 06 11 Archived from the original on 2010 06 11 Retrieved 2021 05 14 Mapa del Recinto gt Rectoria Recinto de Rio Piedras de la UPR uprrp edu in Spanish 2013 12 19 Archived from the original on 2013 12 19 Retrieved 2021 09 13 Translated from Historia del Recinto de Rio Piedras Recinto de Rio Piedras de la UPR Recinto Archived from the original on 2008 12 05 Retrieved 2008 05 05 Spanish website Cuadrangulo Historico y Torre de la UPR Alumni University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus Archived from the original on 9 June 2010 Retrieved 30 December 2013 Bennett Parsons and Frost San Juan Puerto Rico Plan University of Puerto Rico additions Plan and perspective rendering for proposed additions to the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras The Art Institute of Chicago Archived from the original on 30 December 2013 Retrieved 30 December 2013 Weekly List 20180720 National Register of Historic Places U S National Park Service www nps gov Retrieved 2022 03 25 Catalogo Graduado UPR Rio Piedras Graduados uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 06 10 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Bienvenidos al Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigacion Graduados uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 06 10 Retrieved 2010 05 02 College Search University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras UPR Housing amp Campus Life Collegesearch collegeboard com Archived from the original on 2021 05 14 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras 1968 Certificacion del Consejo General de Estudiantes 1968 69 Rio Piedras PR Decanato de Estudiantes Academia Recinto de Rio Piedras de la UPR Uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 05 27 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Administracion Recinto de Rio Piedras de la UPR Uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 05 27 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Carnegie Classifications 2022 Retrieved December 18 2022 Instituto de Estudios del Caribe Institute of Caribbean Studies iec ics uprrp edu Universidad de Puerto Rico Retrieved 27 December 2017 Caribbean Studies publica articulo sobre las poblaciones vulnerables ante desastres iec ics uprrp edu Universidad de Puerto Rico Retrieved 27 December 2017 Archive for 1961 2015 available through JSTOR at Caribbean Studies published by Institute of Caribbean Studies UPR Rio Piedras Campus JSTOR JSTOR 00086533 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 24 July 2011 Retrieved 3 November 2010 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Rankings Biological Sciences Graduate Schools Education US News Archived from the original on 2011 01 01 Retrieved 2014 10 26 Best Chemistry Programs Top Chemistry Schools US News Best Graduate Schools Archived from the original on 2014 10 26 Retrieved 2014 10 26 Escuela de Arquitectura Universidad de Puerto Rico San Juan Archweb uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 05 02 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Escuela de Arquitectura Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto de Rio Piedras Archived from the original on 2021 05 14 Retrieved 2021 05 14 AACSB acredita la FAE Archived from the original on 2021 05 14 Retrieved 2021 05 14 Bienvenido a la Facultad de Educacion Educacion uprrp edu Archived from the original on 2010 06 09 Retrieved 2010 05 02 Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Institute generales uprrp edu 2007 02 13 Archived from the original on 2007 02 13 Retrieved 2021 05 14 Interamerican University of Puerto Rico Datos Biograficos PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2010 07 30 Retrieved 2010 06 05 UPR RP Facultad de Humanidades humanidades uprrp edu in Spanish 2008 05 09 Archived from the original on 2008 05 09 Retrieved 2021 05 14 Decanato de Estudios Graduados e Investigacion Catalogo graduado graduados uprrp edu NCAA Directory Directory Organization Detail web3 ncaa org UPR RP English Department Students Campus Information for Prospective Students Humanidades uprrp edu 2009 12 11 Archived from the original on 2010 03 23 Retrieved 2010 05 02 a b UPRRP PDF in Spanish Retrieved 2008 01 16 dead link ACEVEDO VILA Anibal Biographical Information Archived from the original on 2011 09 16 Retrieved 2014 10 26 Biographical information Archived 2011 06 28 at the Wayback Machine from the Biographical Directory of the U S CongressExternal links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus amp oldid 1172967013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.