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January 24, 2008
MERCED, CA— Students and professors at the
University of California, Merced, have organized a teach-in on
global climate change that will take place Thursday, Jan. 31 on the
newest UC campus. Based on a model from...
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January 23, 2008
University raises $6.7M in first half of fiscal year
MERCED, CA— Fundraising at the University of
California, Merced, is up by 82 percent in the first six months of
the 2007-08 fiscal year, according to university...
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January 22, 2008
MERCED, CA— In keeping with its commitment
to education, Merced School Employees Federal Credit Union has
donated $25,000 to start an endowed scholarship fund to benefit
students at the University of California,...
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January 22, 2008
When it comes to studying how corals respond to increasing ocean temperatures as the climate warms, the corals are just part the puzzle.“If we don’t look at the algae that live in symbiosis with the corals...
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January 22, 2008
When it comes to studying how corals respond to increasing ocean temperatures as the
climate warms,the corals are just part the puzzle.
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January 22, 2008
When you think of a young woman who's spent most of her life in the San Joaquin Valley, you might not picture a Ph.D.
bioengineer.
Fresno native Alicia Blancas is bound to change that.
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January 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA— Sierra magazine has placed
the University of California's 10 campuses "in a league of their
own" in the Sierra Club publication's second annual
green college guide, which hit newsstands today (Aug...
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January 18, 2008
MERCED, CA— Faculty researchers at the
University of California, Merced have been awarded nearly $8.4
million in research grants and awards during the first half of the
2007-08 fiscal year, the largest six-month...
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January 16, 2008
MERCED, CA— Amid international concern about
the public health threat of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aurea
bacteria, researchers at the University of California, Merced, have
filed for a patent on a powerful new...
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January 14, 2008
Kolligian Library is second campus facility to meet USGBC
"Gold" standard for sustainable development
MERCED, CA— A second major building complex
at the University of California, Merced has earned "LEED Gold"...
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January 11, 2008
A particle of dust might not seem particularly special when you wipe it off your windshield or breathe it in. But a new UC Merced professor can analyze particulate pollution for distinct chemicals that show where it...
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January 8, 2008
MERCED, CA— Efficiency is the name of the
game when it comes to making non-gasoline vehicles more attractive,
both to manufacturers and to consumers. But testing engine
efficiency can be an expensive proposition,...
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January 7, 2008
MERCED, CA— The University of California,
Merced, and Yosemite National Park have hosted nineteen students
from UC Merced and other institutions around the United States in
two programsin
the park this summer.
As...
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January 7, 2008
The deadline to apply to graduate school is quickly approaching, and UC Merced officials are busy spreading the word about the benefits and opportunities of applying to one of the many tailored graduate programs...
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January 7, 2008
The deadline to apply to
graduate schoolis quickly approaching, and UC Merced officials are busy spreading the word about the benefits and opportunities of applying to one of the many tailored graduate programs...
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January 7, 2008
Debye Conte tried many times since graduating high school to advance her education. But each time she enrolled in college classes, life got in the way and forced her to shelve her plans.
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January 5, 2008
MERCED, CA— As UC Merced welcomes its fourth
freshman class, the
School of Social Sciences,
Humanities and Artsintroduces its newest major course of study:
Anthropology.
A social science dedicated to understanding...
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January 3, 2008
GM has given UC Merced a gift that will keep on giving. Professor Stefano Carpin of the School of Engineering has received a $23,000 gift from General Motors Research and Development to help support his studies on...
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January 3, 2008
GM has given UC Merced a gift that will keep on giving.
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January 2, 2008
Most graduates spend the summer between high school and college enjoying newfound adult freedoms before having to buckle down under increased academic expectations. But freshman Eric Meltzer chose a different path.
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January 1, 2008
Professor's online press offers a home for unpublished literary
works
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December 19, 2007
MODESTO - David H. Hosley, president and general manager of KVIE
Public Television in Sacramento, has been named president of the
University of California, Merced's Modesto-based Great Valley
Center. The veteran...
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December 18, 2007
When UC Merced senior Roselia Ekhause first found out her husband, Shaun, was starting a chapter of Engineering Without Borders on campus, she thought it was a great project – but she didn’t figure there...
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December 18, 2007
When UC Merced senior Roselia Ekhause first found out her husband, Shaun, was starting a chapter of
Engineering Without Borderson campus, she thought it was a great project - but she didn't figure there would be a...
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December 18, 2007
As skeletons go, our cells bear greater resemblance to Marvel's Mr. Fantastic or Pixar's Elastigirl than we do.
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December 17, 2007
MERCED - There's a bridge to be crossed before stem cell
therapies are ready for widespread use, according to Professor
Jennifer O. Manilay at the University of California, Merced.
Tissues derived from embryonic stem...
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December 17, 2007
MERCED - A proposal for a Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry at
the University of California, Merced, has passed the first round of
reviews by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
(CIRM), and the new UC...
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December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free.How else would...
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December 12, 2007
According to Webster's, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced's student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free.
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December 10, 2007
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - Curiosity about a wasp's waist led
University of California, Merced, alumna and grad student Emily
Reed to a prestigious award.
Reed was among 26 first place award-winners for outstanding...
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December 10, 2007
After seven years with the University of California system,
Kevin Brownesaid he moved to Merced this past summer because he was interested in doing things a new way.
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December 5, 2007
Spend five minutes with Le'Trice Curl and one fact clearly emerges: She's confident that she has the best job on campus. As director of
student lifeand
judicial affairs, it's Curl's job to help students become good...
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December 3, 2007
Last month, UC Merced’s students voted to invest in their own future by approving a referendum to raise fees from $10 each semester to $65.Having students agree to dig into their own wallets for the greater good...
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December 3, 2007
Last month, UC Merced's students voted to invest in their own future by approving a referendum to raise fees from $10 each semester to $65.
Having students agree to dig into their own wallets for the greater good is...
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November 28, 2007
MERCED - Representatives from Pacific Gas and Electric Company
visited the campus of the University of California, Merced, today
and left behind a few important things - a sign on an engineering
service learning...
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November 26, 2007
MERCED - University of California, Merced, Trustee John Y.
Tateishi, an activist for civil rights, has won this year's Alice
and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and
Tolerance, awarded by a...
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November 23, 2007
During a recent trip to South Korea, Chancellor Steve Kang signed four memoranda of understanding with universities that will enable UC Merced students and faculty to interact with their peers on an international level...
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November 23, 2007
During a recent trip to South Korea,
Chancellor Steve Kangsigned four memoranda of understanding with universities that will enable UC Merced students and faculty to interact with their peers on an international...
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November 23, 2007
Coell and Madison Simmons are two of a kind - literally. The 21-year-old twins are
historymajors in the
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. Their grade-point averages only vary by a hair.
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November 16, 2007
At 22 years old, Bernardo Zepeda took the long way to UC Merced. But for the
bioengineeringmajor who
transferredthis fall from Merced College, the journey has been as valuable as the destination.
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November 13, 2007
Perhaps the best part about having a research university in the Central Valley, according to Jorge Aguilar, is the access it provides to locals.
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November 13, 2007
Perhaps the best part about having a research university in the
Central Valley, according to Jorge Aguilar, is the access it provides to locals.
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November 7, 2007
University life can be tough for any student, but for transfers, the transition can be even more difficult. They vary in age and life experience, making them a tough population to serve and support, but UC Merced is...
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November 7, 2007
University life can be tough for any student, but for transfers, the transition can be even more difficult. They vary in age and life experience, making them a tough population to serve and support, but UC Merced is...
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November 6, 2007
MERCED - Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang, Ph.D., was inaugurated as the
second chancellor of the University of California, Merced, today
(Nov. 6) in a ceremony on the campus' academic quad at 10 a.m.
Kang was joined on the...
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November 5, 2007
MERCED - Steve Kang, the University of California, Merced's
chancellor, knows what the opportunity to go to college on
scholarship can mean to a student. That's how he started his own
education.
He also knows the...
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November 5, 2007
UC Merced's
Martial Arts Clubrecently returned from its first competition, bringing home two gold medals and a trophy.
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November 1, 2007
MERCED - Shawn Newsam, an assistant professor in the School of
Engineering at the University of California, Merced, has been
selected for a prestigious award from the White House.
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October 29, 2007
Four days of celebrations and academic events will surround the Nov. 6 ceremony inaugurating Steve Kang as UC Merced’s second chancellor.Kang, who became chancellor March 1, is a fitting choice to lead the...
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October 29, 2007
Four days of celebrations and academic events will surround the
Nov. 6 ceremonyinaugurating
Steve Kangas UC Merced's second chancellor.
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October 26, 2007
Submitted by Thomas Swetnam (University of Arizona), Anthony
Westerling (University of California, Merced), Gregg Garfin
(University of Arizona).
In the wake of the news regarding the catastrophic Southern...
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October 26, 2007
If
engineering
graduatestudent Emily Reed was asked to give advice to undergraduates, she would say, "Do your best in all of your work. You don't know how useful something could be later on."
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October 25, 2007
Sierra Magazine has named the University of California system
one of America's Top 10 "coolest" schools for its efforts to stop
global warming.
UC ranked No. 4 on the Sierra Club magazine's inaugural listing
of the...
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October 19, 2007
Efforts to establish a UC Merced School of Medicine recently crossed another milestone and received a boost at the same time. The “Preliminary Program Proposal and Business Plan to Establish a UC Merced School of...
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October 19, 2007
Efforts to establish a
UC Merced School of Medicinerecently crossed another milestone and received a boost at the same time.
The Preliminary Program Proposal and Business Plan to Establish a UC Merced School of...
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October 19, 2007
Despite a successful weekend performing as Curly in the Playhouse Merced production of "Oklahoma!" H.D. Southerland wasn't exactly singing "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" on a cool October Monday.
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October 15, 2007
MERCED - The U.S. Department of Education has awarded University of California, Merced, with a Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program grant, which should give the university at least $220,000 each...
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October 12, 2007
UC Merced will become one big family affair when it hosts its annual Family Weekend on Oct. 20 and 21. The fun-filled weekend will offer something for the whole family – from carnival games and activities for the...
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October 12, 2007
UC Merced will become one big family affair when it hosts its annual
Family Weekendon Oct. 20 and 21. The fun-filled weekend will offer something for the whole family - from carnival games and activities for the...
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October 12, 2007
During
Professor Jennifer Lu's10 years working in the nanotechnology industry, she noticed that newly hired grads often couldn't apply their knowledge or integrate knowledge from different fields to solve real-world...
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