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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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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)...
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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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/...
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?...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...