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September 16, 2008
The Constitution of the United States—Four pages that created a new government more than 200 years ago—A covenant that continues to shape profoundly the lives of each one of us to this day.
On...
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September 15, 2008
MERCED -
The University of California,
Merced,will host an evening with cognitive scientist
George
Lakoffon Sept. 23. Lakoff, a UC Berkeley professor and senior
fellow at the Rockridge Institute, will speak at 6 p....
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September 15, 2008
The University of California, Merced, has created its own news blog to serve the needs of journalists and others interested in what's happening at the UC system's newest campus.
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September 12, 2008
In between liquid and solid, there's a kind of matter that we see much more than we realize. Soft matter includes everything from gels to rubber to most of the human body. That means understanding soft matter is...
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September 10, 2008
Nicola Cabibbo, head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, to
anchor the university's first solar symposium
MERCED - Amid concerns
about rising gas prices and the growing need for environmentally
friendly...
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September 9, 2008
MERCED -
University of California,
Merced,Chancellor Steve Kang today announced the appointment of
Maria Pallavicinias vice provost for health sciences.
Pallavicini, who is dean of the
School of Natural...
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September 5, 2008
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September 5, 2008
Alejandro Miró Co remembers his parents, both doctors, telling him not to play in the dirt – he’d get sick. He’s come a long way from those days to his current work in the UC Merced Research...
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September 5, 2008
Alejandro Miró Co remembers his parents, both doctors, telling him not to play in the dirt - he'd get sick.
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September 5, 2008
Professor J. Elliott Campbelland his new employer - UC Merced - have one big thing in common: They may be the rookies on the block, but they don't let that keep them from making a global impact.
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September 3, 2008
MERCED,
CA - The hopes and aspirations of the rapidly growing University of
California, Merced campus will be captured metaphorically in a
major new piece of sculpture - a gift to the university - to be
erected in...
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August 28, 2008
Gift helps support new dining terrace and herb
garden
MERCED - The extraordinary
growth and popularity of the University of California, Merced, in
the last three years is accompanied by an increased demand for
on...
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August 27, 2008
MERCED- Nine professors from the University of California,
Merced, have teamed up to win a $650,000 grant from the National
Science Foundation that will fund a high-tech, flexible laser
system that can be custom-...
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August 25, 2008
MERCED - Freshmen and transfer students aren't the only new
faces on campus at the University of California, Merced, this fall.
The three schools at the newest campus in the UC system are
welcoming 19 new faculty...
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August 25, 2008
MERCED - U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best
Colleges" is eagerly awaited by universities, high school students
and their parents each fall. However, one economist at the
University of California, Merced,...
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August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country’s innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world...
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August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country's innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-...
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August 22, 2008
Marie Armstrong, a UC Merced senior from Elk Grove, spent her teenage summers working in the Sacramento Zoo's summer camp programs, helping kids experience the zoo.
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August 21, 2008
UC a 'shining star' for college campuses in
sustainability
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...
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August 18, 2008
MERCED - Bioengineering professor
Kara E. McCloskeyof the University of California, Merced, was
included in the recent announcement of approved New Faculty Awards
from the
California Institute for
Regenerative...
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August 15, 2008
UC Merced senior Dannique Aalbu grew up in Sacramento learning principles of sustainability and conservation from her entomologist father.
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August 13, 2008
MERCED - Despite a marked
downturn in statewide economic fortunes, charitable gifts and
private grants to the University of California, Merced during the
2007-08 fiscal year increased by more than 70 percent, to...
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August 7, 2008
MERCED - 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 programs in the
park this summer.
As the...
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August 1, 2008
Corey Cain said he and his fellow grad students were “bouncing off the walls” when they learned their book review of two systems biology texts was going to be published in “Science.” The journal...
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August 1, 2008
Corey Cainsaid he and his fellow grad students were bouncing off the walls when they learned their
book review of two systems biology textswas going to be published in Science.
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August 1, 2008
Orion Agnew grew up in the Sierra Nevada - his home in Midpines is just minutes away from Yosemite National Park. So his choice to spend time there as an intern in UC Merced's
Yosemite Leadership Programwas an easy...
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July 29, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, is taking the
first steps toward creating a formal intercollegiate athletics
program and expects to have a plan of action in place next
year.
The Chancellor's Blue...
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July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established its Center for Educational Partnerships in 2002.The university knew it would need outside...
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July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established its
Center for Educational Partnershipsin 2002.
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July 25, 2008
Professor Benoit Dayratof the UC Merced
School of Natural Sciencesleads the
Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program.
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July 22, 2008
MERCED- The University of
California, Merced, made history July 20 in the RoboCup Rescue
Virtual Robots competition.
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July 21, 2008
New facility will nearly double size of School of Social
Sciences, Humanities and Arts
MERCED - With the ceremonial scooping of shovelfuls of dirt, the
University of California, Merced, broke ground on the Social...
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July 18, 2008
MERCED - Engineering and business students from the University
of California, Merced, have found a unique, interdisciplinary
opportunity to study the implementation of alternative energy in
Denmark through the first-...
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July 18, 2008
This is the second in a two-part series on seasonal rangers at Yosemite National Park. For the first part,
click here.
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July 11, 2008
MERCED - For the first time in history, a solar-powered car is
driving around the world without any carbon emissions - and it will
be in Merced next week (July 18).
Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer is taking a small,...
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July 10, 2008
When you visit Professor Jay Sharping’s lab Web site, you might notice something unusual. For now, he doesn’t advertise open positions. Instead, he invites each prospective team member to submit...
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July 10, 2008
When you visit
Professor Jay Sharping's lab Web site,you might notice something unusual.
For now, he doesn't advertise open positions. Instead, he invites each prospective team member to submit qualifications and a...
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July 10, 2008
This is the first in a two-part series on seasonal rangers at Yosemite National Park.
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July 8, 2008
MERCED -
Shawn Kantor, a founding faculty member at University of
California, Merced, has been appointed to the County Bank Chair in
Economics.
"Being appointed to an endowed chair is an honor for any faculty...
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July 1, 2008
MERCED - The Office of
Communicationsat
the University of California, Merced, is reaching out to a broad
audience with news and updates on the university's summer programs
in Yosemite National Park using several...
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June 23, 2008
Javier Rodriguez knows what it means to make the most of an opportunity. It's no surprise, then, that he has big plans for his newest one.
Rodriguez, who didn't speak English when he moved at age 24 from Mexico City...
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June 13, 2008
College towns have a reputation for being ghost towns in the summer time. Granted, many students head to points unknown for a much-needed break after a rigorous academic year, but that doesn’t mean there isn...
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June 13, 2008
College towns have a reputation for being ghost towns in the summer time. Granted, many students head to points unknown for a much-needed break after a rigorous academic year, but that doesn't mean there isn't still...
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June 13, 2008
Not many people can say they are paid to read minds, but as correspondence coordinator for
Chancellor Steve Kang, that pretty much sums up Marie Sardalla-Davis' daily duties.
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June 10, 2008
MERCED - Many college students gravitate to jobs and
opportunities that take them to the great outdoors for the summer.
The University of California, Merced, offers two programs that give
students the chance to spend...
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June 6, 2008
UC Merced will open its first major-specific living-learning community in the fall, with an entire section of the Valley Terraces set aside for freshmen management and economics majors.
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June 6, 2008
UC Merced will open its first major-specific
living-learning communityin the fall, with an entire section of the
Valley Terracesset aside for freshmen
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June 5, 2008
MERCED - The Valley Telehealth Partnership (VTP), spearheaded
by UC Merced, is set to begin establishing telehealth programs in
six different Central Valley communities in order to improve local
access to medical...
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June 3, 2008
MERCED - An interdisciplinary team of UC Merced professors is
bringing together the top minds in cognitive science and computer
graphics and animation this week to explore how the fields can
partner to create better,...
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May 23, 2008
If you had to sum up
Sonia Salazar'sadvice to her fellow graduates, it would be simple: Pay it Forward.
"We need to take what we've learned here at UC Merced and take it with us wherever we go," she said during a...
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May 19, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, was founded with
the commitment to apply its globally focused research to help meet
urgent regional needs related to education, poverty, medical care
shortages,...
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May 16, 2008
The University of California Regents this week
approved continued planningfor a
UC Merced School of
Medicineslated to open in 2013. The school is planned using an
innovative, yet proven distributed model,...
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May 16, 2008
About 100 students at the University of California, Merced, will participate in the campus’ third annual commencement exercise at 10 a.m. May 23. That means the number of UC Merced alumni will more than double...
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May 16, 2008
About 100 students at the University of California, Merced, will participate in the campus' third annual
commencement exerciseat 10 a.m. May 23. That means the number of UC Merced
alumniwill more than double after...
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May 16, 2008
Ricardo Cisneros is on campus only on Thursdays this semester, for the capstone course in his Atmospheric Aerosols and Public Health fellowship awarded through UC Davis. The rest of the time, he's focused on...
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May 15, 2008
Donation will help train students to be future
donors
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, has received a
$50,000 gift from the Westly Foundation that will help increase
access to a college education for...
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May 14, 2008
MERCED, CA - The University of California Regents' Committee on
Educational Policy and Committee on Health Services today (May 14)
unanimously authorized UC Merced to proceed with the next phase of
planning for a...
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May 12, 2008
Student Statements of Intent to Register for Fall 2008
Classes
Increase by 46% Compared with Fall 2007
MERCED - More than 1,000 freshmen have declared their intent to
register for classes at the University of...
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May 9, 2008
UC Merced has received $4.36 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicinefor a Stem Cell Instrumentation foundry.
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May 9, 2008
History Professor Sean Malloy is the newest faculty member in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts to publish his own book.
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