Chancellor Wilcox will depart as the second-longest-serving chancellor in UC Riverside’s history. (Photo: UC Riverside)

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox has announced that he will retire in the summer of 2025 after nearly 12 years leading the university.

Wilcox led UCR during a season in which it emerged as one of America’s leading research universities and the national leader of the social mobility and student success movement.

He announced his plans in a letter to the campus community in which he celebrated a campus culture of shared values around the university’s mission. “While I take pride in our achievements, I am even prouder of the fact that we have upheld our core values,” Wilcox said.

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. lauded Wilcox for his transformative leadership and service to the campus.

“Under Chancellor Wilcox’s leadership, UC Riverside has reached the top ranks of research universities while also serving as a national leader for inclusive excellence and social mobility,” Drake said. “Whether through its admission to the American Association of Universities, or the addition of a leading medical school to improve the health of Californians, the entire region has benefitted from the progress UCR has achieved during Chancellor Wilcox’s tenure. UC Riverside exemplifies what any university – and particularly a public university – should be: a home for academic and research excellence that values the belonging of its whole community.”

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