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November 14, 2005
Josh Franco traces his passion for politics back to sixth grade, when he was eager to run for student body president, but didn't. Recently he has come to believe that his decision not to run actually influenced his...
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November 4, 2005
UC Merced may not have a music program yet, but that doesn't mean that students still can't rock out.
The Mainzer Theater shut its doors to the public on Halloween weekend for a special students-only concert. The...
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November 4, 2005
Professor Katie Winder feels her research on the economics of how childbearing influences women's employment and wages is very important not just to mothers, but all of society. Growing concern and attention in the...
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November 1, 2005
Priority Application Filing Period for Freshman and Transfer Admission is Nov. 1-30. MERCED, Calif. — Today kicks off a red-letter month for students with their eyes focused on attending the University of...
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October 26, 2005
MERCED - The University of California Institute for Mexico and
the United States (UC MEXUS) provides seed funding for developing
research and teaching collaborations between institutions in Mexico
and the United...
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October 24, 2005
You might think it would be hard to impress NASA astronaut Steve Robinson. After all, he recently completed a successful space walk perched on the end of a robot arm to cut away material between the insulating tiles...
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October 24, 2005
After nine years at UC Davis Counseling and Psychological Services, Dr. Paul Ratanasiripong is well qualified to head UC Merced's Counseling Services department. Dr. Paul, as he is known, joined the staff in July,...
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October 18, 2005
UC Merced's first annual Family Weekend, October 21 -; 23, 2005, provides an opportunity for the families of current students to see the campus, attend a variety of programs and create memories together.
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October 13, 2005
In its short lifetime so far, UC Merced has brought in more than $15 million in grants and contracts for research and other programs. What does the university do with that money? UC Merced's faculty and staff have...
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October 13, 2005
Eve Delfin Polk arrived in the Merced area in 1986, partway through a college degree and planning to commute to finish her education at UC Berkeley. She did so for a year, but the arrival of the first of her four...
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October 11, 2005
MERCED - With genomes of humans and many other organisms
sequenced, scientists worldwide now aim to discover what the genes
in those genomes do and how they interact with each other. Several
promising genomics...
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October 6, 2005
Prospective Freshman and Transfer Students Invited to Free Events in Fresno and Bakersfield. MERCED, Calif. — The University of California's online application period for Fall 2006 is just around the corner...
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October 3, 2005
Books from the UC libraries will be scanned and made freely
available online through a new consortium
OAKLAND, CA - The University of California libraries today (Oct.
3) announced their participation in a...
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October 3, 2005
When students attended orientation sessions this past summer they had the usual questions about academics and campus facilities at UC Merced. One question that kept coming up was: What is there to do on campus?
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October 3, 2005
Students, staff, faculty and friends of UC Merced who walk into Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey's office are always greeted by a friendly face. Katie Unruh has worked as Tomlinson-Keasey's assistant since 1999,...
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September 30, 2005
Thirty-Eight Percent of First Students Hail from the Central
Valley
MERCED, CA - The new University of California campus in Merced,
which opened Sept. 5, has completed its first campus census now
that students have...
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September 22, 2005
Director Mary Willis is creating an inviting, innovative environment where students and alumni can make informed, intentional decisions about their careers and their future.
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September 22, 2005
Jessica Harris, Tanis Matlock, Alexandria Lewis and Mindi Wise were voted "Best Friends" for their yearbook at Fresno's Central High School, West Campus. All four participated in the Advancement Via Individual...
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September 21, 2005
Researchers expended $5.48 million last fiscal year alone,
contributing to economy and advancing knowledge
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September 14, 2005
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September 14, 2005
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September 14, 2005
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September 13, 2005
Constitution Day is usually observed on September 17, celebrating the day that the 55 men of the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia to sign the United States Constitution. This year, Sept. 17 falls on...
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September 13, 2005
For Mitch Vanagten, landing the job as executive chef of UC Merced was the realization of a dream.
"I always wanted to open my own restaurant," said Vanagten. "This position at a new school is a way of doing it."
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September 6, 2005
Distinguished guests, parents, students, members of the UC
Merced family, our good neighbors throughout the Valley, our
wonderful Chancellor - referred to as Carol by the young and old,
and everyone will soon know her...
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September 5, 2005
UC MERCED CAMPUS OPENING CEREMONY
Monday, September 5, 2005 - Merced, California
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Jesse Climenko
Professor of Law & Founding/Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston...
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September 5, 2005
MERCED, CA - With a stirring tribute to its 137-year history and
a message of hope for the future, the University of California
today officially opened its first new campus in 40 years - the
University of California,...
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September 5, 2005
It is my privilege to greet the University of California
Merced campus community, on behalf of your colleagues throughout
UC, as you open your academic year.
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September 5, 2005
Introduction
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September 5, 2005
Links to Opening Convocation and Celebration speeches:
UC Regents Chairman Gerald Parsky
UC President Robert C. Dynes
UC Merced Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey
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September 2, 2005
To Members of the UC Merced Campus Community:
Our entire University responds in sympathy and sorrow to the
horrific devastation of the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina.
For those of you who are from the region, as well...
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August 19, 2005
Top UC Officials to Welcome
Inaugural Class of 1,000 in Special Convocation Ceremony
First New University of California Campus in 40 Years
Is 10th in UC System - and First in San Joaquin Valley
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August 11, 2005
Faculty and staff at UC Merced have consistently promised students that their education in the field of engineering will be not just theoretical, but practical. And the follow-through on that promise is beginning...
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August 11, 2005
Leng Xiong remembers when his family fled their village in Thailand in his early childhood, in 1990.
"There wasn't any food," he says. "Traveling through the jungle we had to get what we could, but people suffered...
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August 9, 2005
Million-dollar Grant Will Provide Opportunities for Disadvantaged San Joaquin Valley Youth
MERCED, CA— Bank of America and UC Merced announced today the awarding of a $1 million Bank of America Charitable...
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August 3, 2005
David Dunham was the director of club sports at UC Davis earlier this year when he took a group of students to the job board at a national conference of intramural sports organizers. He meant to show them how to look...
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August 3, 2005
Mary L. Hayes knows to achieve her goals she has to be better than average. The incoming freshman student from Oakland has interests in medicine, law and music as well as entrepreneurial aspirations.
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July 26, 2005
Reception for "At Work" Exhibit Set for Sept. 29 in Kolligian Library
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July 18, 2005
The UC Merced Center in Bakersfield was abuzz with activity and energy as the campus hosted its very first New Student Orientation on Saturday, July 9, for 230 participants, including more than 100 incoming freshman...
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July 18, 2005
Matthew Meyer's educational background incorporates math, physics, chemistry and biology. He uses all those disciplines in his research, working to develop targeted pharmaceuticals for problems like asthma, arthritis...
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July 15, 2005
UC Merced professor Roger Bales' research team is using wireless sensor pods to make more accurate measurements of snow depth and density. They hope to apply what they learn to help forecasters make more accurate...
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July 11, 2005
The 2005-06 state budget signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
today (July
11) fulfills his "compact" with the University of California,
ending four years of budget cuts with increases for student
enrollment growth,...
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July 5, 2005
Looking out his bedroom window a mile from campus, incoming freshman David Thatcher has watched UC Merced's buildings rise in the last two years. But he's had his eye on the tenth campus in the UC system for a lot...
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June 24, 2005
Students, faculty and staff at UC Merced will be treated daily to nutritious, tempting, restaurant-quality choices at the Valley Dining Commons, the main dining center on campus. On any given day, they can choose the...
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June 24, 2005
When Teenie Matlock was a child in nearby Mariposa, she listened to deer-hunting stories told by her paternal grandfather, who was part Sierra Miwok. She remembers him drawing symbols in the dirt as he spoke. For...
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June 23, 2005
UC contact: Ravi Poorsina (510) 587-6194
ravi.poorsina@ucop.edu
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June 20, 2005
MERCED - In 1988, California voters approved Proposition 99, an
initiative specifying that five percent of cigarette tax revenue be
appropriated for research on tobacco-related disease. UC Merced
professor Henry Jay...
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June 20, 2005
Readers may not have recognized them, but construction machines from the UC Merced campus site appeared in the April 2005 issue of Model Magazine to show how hard work in hard conditions can affect heavy machinery.
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June 13, 2005
As of June 10, more than 1000 undergraduates have submitted their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) for fall 2005 at UC Merced! Hundreds of faculty and staff members - not to mention friends of UC Merced in this...
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June 13, 2005
Growing up, Salysia Perez watched multiple family members " including her mother and the aunt who reared her up until her freshman year at Fresno's Hoover High School " succumb to substance abuse and addiction.
"I...
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June 10, 2005
To support student health throughout the UC system, a policy of
reciprocity is being adopted by the Recreational Sports Consortium,
starting June 1, 2005. During the one year pilot program, all
registered UC students...
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June 8, 2005
Four years ago, local elementary students chose the Golden Bobcat as UC Merced’s mascot. Today, a real live bobcat would like to be a part of UC Merced’s first class on opening day. A four-month-old cub...
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June 8, 2005
Four years ago, local elementary students chose the Golden Bobcat as UC Merced's mascot. Today, a real live bobcat would like to be a part of UC Merced's first class on opening day.
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June 3, 2005
Professor Martha Conklin and postdoctoral researcher Sarah May visited Thailand after last year's tsunami to train volunteers in the GLOBE program, which provides opportunities for students to participate in...
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May 31, 2005
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, has received a
major donation from an Arizona software company that will assist
with research and facilitate teaching students at all levels in the
field of non-imaging...
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May 25, 2005
Central Valley Native to Increase Visibility of Newest UC
Campus
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May 20, 2005
As a Spanish professor at Eastern Oregon University, Elizabeth Boretz found herself emotionally unable to let troubled students slide out of sight.
It kills me when students are not doing their best, she explains....
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May 20, 2005
When Marisela Angel started work at UC Merced in May 2002, she was excited to be assisting the IT division with technical and business tasks. The Planada native and first-generation Fresno State graduate was also...
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May 18, 2005
Central Valley Students Represent Almost 30 Percent of
Developing Freshman Class
MERCED, CA. --- After 17 years of planning and development, UC
Merced is making its final preparations to welcome freshman,
transfer...
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May 13, 2005
Engineer Pursues Cultural, Academic Exchanges With Colombian University
Germán Gavilán, who joined UC Merced as an Academic Coordinator in March 2004 and last January became the assistant dean in the School of...
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