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November 12, 2004
Skiing is where business and pleasure meet for Roger Bales, a professor in the School of Engineering at UC Merced. As an grad student at UC Berkeley, he started downhill skiing. Soon he was exploring the backcountry on...
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November 11, 2004
MERCED — Engineering, by definition, is science applied to solve practical problems and improve people's lives. Faculty members at the University of California, Merced, are building engineering programs with...
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November 10, 2004
MERCED — A solar water-heating system based on non-imaging optics technology pioneered by Professor Roland Winston of the University Of California, Merced, received a prestigious award today from the editors of...
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November 5, 2004
High school juniors and seniors as well as community college students considering careers in engineering are invited to a Engineering Conference sponsored by the University of California, Merced on Saturday, November...
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November 5, 2004
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October 29, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
University of California Office of the President
tel. (510) 987-9200
Starting today (Oct. 29) and continuing in the coming weeks, dedications for three new research buildings that are part of...
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October 29, 2004
Opening Day of Classes on New Campus Site Set for September 6, 2005. MERCED, CA. — Calling all students: UC Merced is seeking applications from prospective freshman and transfer students who wish to be the...
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October 28, 2004
MERCED — UC Merced Professor Roland Winston and two colleagues have published a solution to a 40-year-old quandary in particle physics. They reanalyzed many years of measurements of mu meson and neutron decay to...
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October 26, 2004
Native Americans in the Yosemite area called the site of the current town of Wawona Pallachun, "a good place to stay." Student and faculty researchers of the UC Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI)...
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October 26, 2004
About 10 years ago, Kenji Hakuta was on sabbatical leave from Stanford and decided to try something new. He picked up rock climbing through a weekend climbing class with UC Berkeley and has been climbing ever since.
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October 15, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Ricardo Vázquez (510) 287-3301
ricardo.vazquez@ucop.edu
To better serve Spanish-speaking families throughout the state, the University of California Office of the President has published a new...
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October 13, 2004
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October 13, 2004
Center to Enable Research, Training Opportunities in Cutting-edge Field. MERCED — The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Advanced Scientific Computing has awarded a three-year, $900,000-per-year grant...
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October 11, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
News Office (510) 987-9200
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today (Monday) announced that the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Finn E....
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October 4, 2004
Experts to address emerging industry for local entrepreneurs. FRESNO — The October 15th Biofuels or Bust! conference at the UC Center in Fresno aims to educate small business owners and aspiring...
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October 4, 2004
MERCED, CA. — When The McClatchy Company purchased the Merced Sun-Star in January 2004, one of its first acts was to begin the process of creating an endowed chair at the University of California, Merced. The...
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September 27, 2004
Whether it's above or below the ground, water is key to some of California's most pressing environmental problems.
In the next several years, floods and droughts, reservoirs, groundwater, rivers and their...
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September 27, 2004
Over 800 students from 20 area schools attended the first-ever UC Merced Health Sciences Fair on Friday, September 21, 2004. Senator Jeff Denham also visited the event, which was organized in partnership with Merced...
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September 23, 2004
UC Merced Welcomes Nine New Faculty Members. MERCED, CA. — Nine new faculty members, in academic disciplines from economics to philosophy to theater, have joined the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and...
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September 22, 2004
First Central Valley Walk for Education Set for October 2 College Fair Showcases Local Colleges and Universities. Kara Lapish,
California Dollars for Scholars
(800) 335-4504
or
Cheri Cruz,
Central Valley...
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September 13, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Are you interested in pursuing a career as a physician, dentist, pharmacist, nurse, veterinarian or lab technician? Have you considered the impact you could have as a scientist whose research...
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September 8, 2004
MERCED, CA — Emma Moffat McLaughlin's world revolved around UC Berkeley and the things she learned there. After graduating in 1902—when a woman with a college degree was still a rarity—she became...
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September 8, 2004
Saturday Outreach Series Targets K-14 Educators. The UC Merced Writing Project is inviting teachers of kindergarten through community college to participate in a continuing "Saturday Outreach Series" at...
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August 31, 2004
Gift Will Support Expansion of Joseph Edward Gallo Center. MERCED, CA — The Modesto-based Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation has contributed $500,000 for the expansion and enhancement of the Joseph Edward Gallo...
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August 27, 2004
Start for First Eleven Students is August 30, 2004. August 27, 2004 — Gifted young scholars often seek the leading edge of civilization in search of the sheer joy of discovery and accomplishment. The...
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August 26, 2004
Graduate Program Applications are now being accepted through the Online Graduate Application system.
Students interested in applying to the UC Merced Graduate Program for the Fall 2005 semester are invited to file an...
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August 26, 2004
MERCED, CA — Several years into his career as a computational biologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Michael Colvin, Ph.D., received a phone call from a science outreach worker at the local...
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August 6, 2004
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August 2, 2004
Campus to open in fall 2005, increasing UC access to region and state. MERCED, CA. — California State Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday afternoon (July 31, 2004) signed a budget package for 2004-05...
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July 15, 2004
Facility Envisioned as Highlight of Joseph Edward Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center. MERCED, CA — Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey announced today that the UC Merced gymnasium expansion campaign is...
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June 10, 2004
This summer is the perfect time for students to get a head start on earning University of California credit by taking general education courses offered right here in the San Joaquin Valley during the fifth annual UC...
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June 8, 2004
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June 3, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Visitors to the electron microscopy laboratory at UC Merced soon will be able to play Superman. No, they won't be able to fly, but they will be able to experience sight that is a million times...
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May 24, 2004
MERCED, CA — The UC Merced Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Regional Network is all about growing small businesses in Central California.
As a primary provider of quality business education and counseling...
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May 19, 2004
More California public high school students are meeting the University of California's eligibility requirements, according to a new report released today (May 19) by the California Postsecondary Education...
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May 12, 2004
The University of California, Merced announced today (May 12, 2004) the appointment of Patti Waid as Director of Communications for the campus. Waid served as Senior Public Information Representative and deputy for...
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May 11, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Brad Hayward (510) 987-9091
brad.hayward@ucop.edu
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, UC President Robert Dynes, and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed today (May 11) announced...
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May 10, 2004
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April 30, 2004
Deadline for student scholarships May 12. The University of California, Merced will offer its third annual Spanish Immersion Program in Fresno this summer for young students from June 14 through July 9, 2004.
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April 28, 2004
Sixteen researchers affiliated with the University of California were elected to the National Academy of Sciences during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in recognition of their achievements in scientific and...
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April 28, 2004
Six University of California campuses enroll more low-income
students than any other top university in the country, public or
private, according to a new national study.
The study by Tom Mortenson of Postsecondary...
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April 22, 2004
Professor Henry Forman a Leader in Research of Lung Disease, Free Radicals. MERCED, CA. — Free radicals. That's a big buzz word these days, but Professor Henry Jay Forman was focusing his research on...
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April 21, 2004
Study finds that investment in renewable energy better for jobs as well as environment. MERCED, CA. — The City of Chicago recently announced a $5 million new initiative to place solar energy collectors on...
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April 16, 2004
In the coming weeks San Joaquin Valley students who are currently high school juniors and their parents will have the opportunity to attend special conferences sponsored by UC Merced's Office of Admissions/...
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April 14, 2004
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April 5, 2004
Professor William Shadish Joins School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. MERCED, CA. — Does psychotherapy benefit people who are depressed? What is its effect on couples seeking marriage counseling?...
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April 2, 2004
Seminars Feature Professors, Planning Update, Information on Admissions and Student Life. MERCED, CA. — Principals, teachers and guidance counselors from around the San Joaquin Valley are encouraged to...
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April 1, 2004
UC Merced Professors Debut in 5th Year of Summer Courses Presented in Atwater, Fresno and Bakersfield. MERCED, CA. — For the first time, several members of UC Merced's founding faculty will be among the...
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April 1, 2004
UC's libraries affirm the importance of alternative publishing models. The University of California libraries today (April 1, 2004) demonstrated their commitment to supporting innovations that provide wider...
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March 12, 2004
Students to Enroll as Campus' First Students for the Fall 2004 Semester. MERCED, CA — UC Merced, the 10th campus of the prestigious University of California system and the first major American research...
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March 5, 2004
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March 5, 2004
UC Merced Professor Shares Passion of Nature's Own Engineering. MERCED, CA — Professor Christopher Viney tailors his stories to his audience. Some may hear about a life lived in Britain, South Africa,...
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February 27, 2004
Unique proposal wins approval by the California Student Aid
Commission
MERCED, CA— GPAs. Entrance exams. Financial
aid. Interest rates. In the San Joaquin Valley, where almost a
quarter of households live below...
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February 26, 2004
MERCED, CA — Imagine a group of middle school students - perhaps later this year - clustered on the banks of the upper Merced River. They're collecting data on stream water temperature and air temperature....
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February 18, 2004
MERCED, CA — During their regular meeting in January 2004, UC regents endorsed the facilities bond act of 2004 that, if ratified by California voters in March, would pave the way for some $10.8 million in...
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February 17, 2004
MERCED, CA — Recently, we discovered an unfortunate situation regarding student information that our outreach units store. Specifically, a computer was hacked between October 2003 and January 2004, and a laptop...
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February 17, 2004
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February 17, 2004
MERCED, CA — For the 10 th consecutive year, the University of California is the leader among the nation's universities in developing new patents, according to a report announced this week by the U.S. Patent...
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February 3, 2004
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January 27, 2004
Start Date for First 11 Students is August 30, 2004. MERCED, CA — Gifted young scholars often seek the leading edge of civilization in search of the sheer joy of discovery and accomplishment. The academic...
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