| 1990 |
Chang-Lin Tien is the first Asian-American
to be named a UC chancellor; he is appointed by the Regents
to head the Berkeley campus. |
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The first All-University
Faculty Conference since 1976 is convened to discuss faculty
and graduate student affirmative action. |
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UC San Diego professor Harry
Markowitz receives the Nobel Prize in Economics. |
| 1991 |
Karl S. Pister
becomes chancellor at UC Santa Cruz. |
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The Pister Task Force Report
on Faculty Rewards is issued. |
| 1992 |
Jack W. Peltason,
chancellor of UC Irvine since 1984, becomes UC's 16th president. |
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Raymond L. Orbach becomes chancellor
at UC Riverside. |
| 1993 |
The University
celebrates its 125th anniversary. |
| |
Laurel L. Wilkening becomes chancellor
at UC Irvine. |
| |
Joseph B. Martin
becomes chancellor at UC San Francisco. |
| 1994 |
Larry N. Vanderhoef becomes chancellor
at UC Davis. |
| |
Henry T. Yang
becomes chancellor at UC Santa Barbara. |
| |
UC Berkeley professor John C.
Harsanyi receives the Nobel Prize in Economics. |
| 1995 |
Richard C. Atkinson,
chancellor of UC San Diego since 1980, becomes UC's 17th president. |
| |
Three UC faculty members receive
Nobel Prizes: F. Sherwood (Chemistry, Irvine), Frederick Reines
(Physics, Irvine), and Paul Crutzen (Chemistry, San Diego). |
| 1996 |
Regents approve
formation of UCSF Stanford Health Care. |
| |
Oakland City Council approves
new UC headquarters. |
| |
UC announces
plans to open regional office in New Mexico. |
| |
M.R.C. Greenwood becomes chancellor
at UC Santa Cruz. |
| |
Robert Dynes
becomes chancellor at UC San Diego. |
| 1997 |
UC announces founding of the
California Digital Library. |
| |
UC and Mexico
agree on Joint Research and Education Pact. |
| |
Regents approve lease for new
Genome Sequencing Facility. |
| |
Regents approve
UC Partnerships Plan with public schools. |
| |
Robert M. Berdahl becomes chancellor
at UC Berkeley. |
| |
Albert Carnesdale becomes chancellor at UCLA.
|
| |
Haile T. Debas becomes chancellor
at UC San Francisco. |
| |
20 UC faculty
members are named Fulbright Scholars. |
| |
Two UC faculty members receive
Nobel Prizes: Stanley Prusiner (Medicine, San Francisco), and
Paul Boyer (Chemistry, Los Angeles). |
| 1998 |
New state budget
invests in UC access and outreach. |
| |
UC launches a national search
for a chancellor to head the planned UC Merced campus, the first
new campus in the system in 33 years. |
| |
Graduate student
teaching assistants go on strike throughout the UC system. |
| |
Ralph J. Cicerone becomes chancellor
at UC Irvine. |
| |
J. Michael Bishop
becomes chancellor at UC San Francisco. |
| |
Two UC faculty members receive
Nobel Prizes: Louis J. Ignarro (Medicine, Los Angeles), and
Walter Kohn (Chemistry, Santa Barbara). |
| 1999 |
Stanford University
withdraws from UCSF Stanford Health Care. |
| |
Fourteen UC faculty elected to
National Academy of Sciences. |
| |
UC launches
Principal Leadership Institutes . |
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California House opens in London. |
| |
Groundbreaking
at UC Washington Center . |
| |
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey becomes
chancellor at UC Merced. |
