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May 10, 2005
YOSEMITE — When a television newscast reports two feet of new snow in the Sierra Nevada, you might anticipate a great ski weekend, but standard measurements like those used by TV news can be 20 to 30 percent off...
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May 9, 2005
UC Merced and the Communication University of China recently initiated an academic exchange program that will encourage the flow of understanding, ideas and information between the two universities. This is the first...
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May 9, 2005
UC Merced and the Communication University of China recently initiated an academic exchange program that will encourage the flow of understanding, ideas and information between the two universities.
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May 9, 2005
When UC Merced opens this fall, approximately 600 of the first 1,000 students will be living on campus. Other students will find assistance through the Office of Student Life to create housing arrangements off campus...
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May 3, 2005
Twelve University of California researchers were elected today
(May 3) to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their
achievements in scientific and engineering research. Election to
the academy is among...
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April 28, 2005
Twenty-four scholars affiliated with the University of California, including UC Provost and Senior Vice PresidentAcademic Affairs M.R.C. Greenwood, are among the 213 new fellows and foreign honorees elected to the...
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April 26, 2005
Last fall, Andrew Mamalis started his senior year at Modesto Christian High School with the intent of preparing to attend UC Davis as a freshman. Mamalis was recently admitted to UC Davis, but following encouragement...
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April 21, 2005
This Saturday, April 23, prospective UC Merced students and the community of Merced will get to know each other for the first time. Bobcat Day is an open house for newly admitted students and their families.
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April 21, 2005
This Saturday, April 23, prospective UC Merced students and the community of Merced will get to know each other for the first time. Bobcat Day is an open house for newly admitted students and their families.
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April 21, 2005
For Sherry Coane, who works in the Human Resources Department at UC Merced, family activities are an important part of life, and some of the most important of those activities are facilitated by the rural location of...
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April 18, 2005
Eight University of California researchers have been awarded
Guggenheim
fellowships for 2005, the New York-based John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation has announced.
UC's eight faculty were among the 30 recipients...
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April 7, 2005
Open Forums Will Contribute to Development of Signature
Research Institute
Through a broad range of research and public outreach programs,
the World Cultures Institute will be dedicated to the study and
exchange of...
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April 7, 2005
With green construction, maintenance and operational programs, the UC Merced Environmental Stewardship Program will make the campus a living laboratory, helping create solutions for regional environmental issues.
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April 7, 2005
With green construction, maintenance and operational programs, the UC Merced Environmental Stewardship Program will make the campus a living laboratory, helping create solutions for regional environmental issues.
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April 7, 2005
Growing up in the deserts of west Texas, Rudy Martin Ortiz dreamed of the sea. His imagination drew him into college studies of marine biology, and soon his fascination changed from what he calls a superficial interest...
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April 6, 2005
Last fall, Andrew Mamalis started his senior year at Modesto ChristianHigh School with the intent of preparing to attend UC Davis as a freshman.Mamalis was recently admitted to UC Davis, but following encouragementfrom...
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April 5, 2005
MERCED — Local donors have now contributed nearly $1 million to support the expansion of the Joseph Edward Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center at UC Merced. A new phase of the fund drive, the Bleacher Seat...
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April 1, 2005
Contact:
Allen Carden, Central Valley Higher Education Consortium
(559) 292-0576, acarden@csufresno.edu
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March 31, 2005
MERCED, CA. — Entrepreneurial programs at UC Merced have received the patronage of UC Regent Frederick "Fred" Ruiz, chairman of Ruiz Foods, and his wife, Mitzie, according to an announcement to be made...
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March 30, 2005
FRESNO — UC Merced will share information about the university's cutting-edge research directly with the people who will benefit from the scientific discoveries as part of the Chancellor's Forum Lecture...
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March 29, 2005
MERCED — Researchers in nanotechnology, a field high on the list of hot topics in science and engineering, are establishing a niche for their work at the University of California, Merced. The UC Merced School of...
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March 22, 2005
For the 11th consecutive year, the University of California is the leader among the nation's universities in developing new patents, according to a report announced last week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
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March 14, 2005
MERCED, CA — Recognizing that graduates of the University of California, Merced, will be an essential resource for regional companies that need prepared workers, the Max and Verda Foster family of Foster Farms...
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March 11, 2005
Faculty members from the University of California, Merced, and California State University, Fresno, gathered Friday morning, March 4, in Atwater to forge relationships and discuss the future of collaborations in...
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March 11, 2005
Sports and education are inextricable from each other in the life of Assistant Dean James Ortez. As a small child in nearby Madera, he honed his math skills figuring baseball statistics.
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March 8, 2005
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February 23, 2005
Access to previously published articles written by UC faculty will be available free online. MERCED, CA — The University of California Office of Scholarly Communication today (Wednesday) announced the public...
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February 18, 2005
21 journalists from Modesto to Ventura are set to participate in pioneering multicultural program. MERCED, CA — The USC Annenberg School for Communication and the University of California, Merced, are proud...
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February 18, 2005
In 2003, when UC Merced's opening was delayed because of the California budget crisis, a worried student had a question for Jeff Wright, the dean of the School of Engineering.
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February 18, 2005
After many years devoted to family issues, Benedict finally found time a few years ago for an evening painting class. Until that time, I had never touched a paintbrush to canvas, she says. Yet everyone was amazed at my...
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February 17, 2005
MERCED, CA — The School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced, has hired nine new faculty members in the last several months, bringing the total number of professors at the university so far...
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February 16, 2005
Free Application for Federal Student Aid a Requirement for Most Awards . MERCED, CA — March 2, 2005 should be a red-letter day for students who have applied for undergraduate admission to the University of...
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February 4, 2005
Students Offered Assistance with Free Application for Federal Student Aid. MERCED, CA — Financial resources are available to help pay the costs of a college or university education, but too many San Joaquin...
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February 4, 2005
In addition to the social and recreational opportunities offered by non-universityentities in town, UC Merced is planning on-campus facilities and programs to enhance the lives of students. As the first of these, the...
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February 4, 2005
There was just one little obstacle to Jessica Lee Green's plan to attend the first-ever international Scaling Biodiversity workshop in Prague in the fall of 2004. And it was only small in the most literal sense....
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January 21, 2005
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January 21, 2005
As a child, Marna Cooper did a little fishing off the hull of the Cement Ship in Santa Cruz. As a result, her picture landed on the front page of the newspaper. After what she calls a long hiatus, she's fishing...
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January 19, 2005
Campus Officials Say Overall Student Response Even Stronger than Expected. MERCED, CA — More than 9,000 students have applied to the University of California, Merced for admission to undergraduate and...
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January 12, 2005
Book documents developments in field with solar energy and other applications. MERCED, CA — Professor Roland Winston of The University of California, Merced, has authored a new textbook, "Nonimaging...
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January 12, 2005
MERCED, CA — Campus Community Our thoughts go out to the millions of individuals living through the horror of the tsunami that hit South Asia in late December.
Presidents George H. Bush and Bill Clinton are...
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January 11, 2005
Some might call him a glutton for punishment. But some would say that about any committed, competitive athlete. Professor David Kelley has taken his punishment on a bike as a competitive racing cyclist for the last 15...
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January 10, 2005
Radio jets from black holes collapse gas clouds into stars, van Breugel and colleagues observe. MERCED, CA — UC Merced adjunct professor Willem van Breugel helped lead a team of astronomers who have...
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January 10, 2005
MERCED, CA — After several years of substantial cuts at the University of California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's 2005-06 state budget proposal, released Jan. 10, offers a $97.5 million (3.6 percent)...
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January 6, 2005
MERCED, CA— Two top faculty members from the
University of California, Merced, will speak on Tuesday, Jan. 11,
at the Fresno Area Community Forum, an opportunity for California
citizens to learn about and comment on...
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January 6, 2005
UC Merced Writing Project Encourages Teachers to Share Best Practices. Teachers of kindergarten through community college are invited to join the more than 100 teachers who already have participated in the 2004-...
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January 4, 2005
Trustees' Scholarships are one-year, named scholarships created through attainably sized donations - an opportunity for everyday people to create a legacy at UC Merced and for students to receive merit-based...
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January 4, 2005
Growing up in nearby Gustine, UC Merced payroll assistant Carla Krogh had friends with a disabled son. Professionals assisting him felt it would help his coordination if he could experience the repeated right-left...
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December 15, 2004
Creative research is like assembling a complex puzzle, according to Christopher Viney, a professor in UC Merced's School of Engineering. Multiple pieces must be brought into place: ideas, people, equipment and...
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December 15, 2004
In 1991, Professor Anne Myers Kelley qualified for the Olympic trials in the marathon, the high point of her running career. But by the time of the trials, Kelley was injured. I had the dubious distinction of being the...
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December 8, 2004
MERCED — The latest issue of Nature magazine features an article by Jessica Lee Green, a new professor in the School of Natural Sciences at UC Merced. Not only did the magazine publish Green's work, her paper...
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December 6, 2004
The current edition of "State of Minds," the award-winning UCTV magazine program, features offers a sneak preview of the UC Merced campus and an interview with Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey.
Click hereto...
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December 6, 2004
On closing night, the cast of Crimes of the Heart watched in dismay as black clouds thickened and raindrops soaked their stage, an outdoor patio behind Merced's Mansion House restaurant. Cancellation seemed like a...
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December 1, 2004
FRESNO, CA — "Uncommon Threads," the final Community Art Reach exhibit of 2004, is opening this Thursday, Dec. 2, with a special reception at the UC Merced Center in Fresno. Scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to...
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December 1, 2004
MERCED — As many as one-third of all human pregnancies are said to end in miscarriage, and it's possible that 50 percent of those miscarriages occur because of inflammation due to infection. David Ojcius, a...
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November 29, 2004
To listen to the segment about UC Merced, scroll down to the story, which aired on Monday, November 29, 2004. www.californiareport.org/domains/californiareport/
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November 23, 2004
Most people picture a biologist cataloging wildlife or observing cells undera microscope. They might not imagine someone analyzing a computerized model ofhow an aspect of life works. Mike Colvin at UC Merced says that...
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November 23, 2004
Most people picture a biologist cataloging wildlife or observing cells under a microscope. They might not imagine someone analyzing a computerized model of how an aspect of life works. Mike Colvin at UC Merced says...
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November 22, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Doris Gonella and her late husband Louis Gonella always believed in the value of education. When they heard that the University of California might establish a campus in the San Joaquin Valley, the...
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November 19, 2004
Laura Gargano started four years ago volunteering for the San Francisco SPCA. When she came to work for UC Merced developing applications to manage academic personnel information, she saw a need for similar efforts in...
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November 12, 2004
The Gymnasium Expansion Campaign at UC Merced recently reached a milestone: it has now raised over half the funds needed for the expanded plans for the Joseph Edward Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center. Donations and...
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