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November 28, 2012
Students Michael Lane, front left, and Amanda Baijnauth, front right, write for softmatterworld.org with the help of Professor Linda Hirst, Merritt Writing Program Assistant Director Paul Gibbons and webmaster Adam...
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November 27, 2012
Counting the number of species that live in the Earth’s oceans sounds as impossible as counting the grains of sand on a beach.
But a global collaboration involving a UC Merced researcher and a graduate student is doing...
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November 21, 2012
UC Merced's Students First Center offers students a one-stop shop assisting with a wide array of areas.Students who visit the UC Merced Students First Center (SFC) in the lobby of the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library...
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November 19, 2012
Kaitlyn Lubetkin, an engineering graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, is studying conifer encroachment in Yosemite.Graduate student Kaitlin Lubetkin and several sure-footed assistants spent much of the summer in...
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November 14, 2012
They sleep in secret, fuzzy beds and have questionable dietary habits. They prefer to be active in the evenings and early mornings. They are easily startled and can, if the situation calls for it, do some damage with...
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November 13, 2012
UC Merced is one of only seven universities nationwide to receive a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools to develop new approaches for enhancing graduate student skills for assessing undergraduate learning, and...
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November 8, 2012
Chris Swarth, experienced reserve manager, and Steve Shackelton, former national parks leader, hired to shepherd acreage into a UC reserve, develop educational and research programs. MERCED, Calif. — The effort to...
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November 7, 2012
Qianting Chen, a junior physics major, participated in the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) summer program at UC Merced.More than two dozen UC Merced undergraduates spent the summer exploring a tiny...
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November 5, 2012
Zhijiang "Justin" Ye wasn’t expecting to attend the newest campus in the UC system.
He just wanted to work with Professor Ashlie Martini.
When Ye, then a student at University of Minnesota, connected with Martini and...
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November 5, 2012
When UC Merced first announced it would be sending students to the national political conventions through The Washington Center program, senior Chelsea Coe never expected she'd be one of the lucky two.
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November 1, 2012
The Bernard Osher Foundation gives $500,000 to help community college students
reach their potential at UC Merced
. Students transferring to the University of California, Merced, from California community...
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November 1, 2012
The state won’t see a superstorm like Hurricane Sandy, but UC Merced researchers monitoring precipitation and snowpack say weather can have comparable effects. MERCED, Calif. — California isn’t going to face a...
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October 31, 2012
Used acetone goes into the machine to be cleaned for re-use.Chemistry Professor Jason Hein and his students make a lot of compounds in the lab.
They also make a lot of chemical waste.
But Hein found a way to clean up...
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October 29, 2012
Chelsea Carey, right, works with fellow grad student Emma McCorkle in one of the labs on campus to further her soil research.Chicagoan Chelsea Carey faced quite a change in choosing UC Merced for her natural sciences...
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October 23, 2012
Cognitive science Professor Teenie MatlockIn an election year, as people are being machine-gunned with millions of dollars’ worth of political messages from all sorts of sources, it might be re-assuring (or distressing...
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October 22, 2012
UC Merced's Cognitive Chocolate gelato barPeople around here know UC Merced is cool, but now, it’s also creamy, chocolaty and delicious – at least when you serve it on a stick.
You see, UC Merced is now depicted in...
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October 22, 2012
Author Matthew Garcia will speak about his new book on Oct. 22.The author of a controversial new book offering fresh insight into Cesar Chavez and the labor union he led will speak Oct. 22 at UC Merced.
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October 17, 2012
On Oct. 25, the campus will celebrate its first 10 years since breaking ground in 2002 and the many successes it has achieved so far. UC Merced will commemorate the 10th anniversary of its groundbreaking with a...
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October 16, 2012
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland and campus staff members to visit Merced High School to tell students there's a place for them at UC
. University of California, Merced, Chancellor Dorothy Leland will...
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October 15, 2012
Professor Fabian Filipp is trying to put up roadblocks. But instead of stopping cars, he's trying to keep cancers from growing.Fabian Filipp
Filipp, a systems biology professor who started at UC Merced this fall,...
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October 11, 2012
UC Merced spent more than $15.8 million on research in 2011-12, while faculty members were awarded more than $22 million in grants. Research is the hallmark of the University of California, which develops more...
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October 11, 2012
Monica MedinaProfessor Mónica Medina started out as the only marine biologist in a National Science Foundation workshop last year, but she ended up with a group of new partners and an opinion piece in the prestigious...
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October 9, 2012
UC Merced's total investment in the San Joaquin Valley since July 2000 now tops $815 million while it has grown to be more than $1.5 billion in the state. With evidence mounting that the San Joaquin Valley...
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October 8, 2012
Sociology transfer student Nick Navarrette is one of the key people behind the Central Valley Sports Academy, which integrates athletics with education and life-skill development.At 33, Nick Navarrette isn’t the...
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October 4, 2012
The endowment will help connect student groups with area nonprofits who might not otherwise be able to take part in the campus’s Innovation and Design clinic. MERCED, Calif. — A generous gift from a Valley family...
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October 3, 2012
Sometimes, all you need is a little push, even if it comes from a mechanical arm.
That was the case with the UC Merced Robotics Society, which began in 2008 but languished after its founders graduated. This past year,...
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October 1, 2012
Staph, e-coli, meningitis, MRSA and botulism are just a few of the thousands of bacterial infections that plague people all over the world.
For example, almost 23,300 people in the United States were sickened by food-...
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September 27, 2012
The university sees largest graduate and freshman classes in its eight-year history with
the opening of the fall 2012 semester
. The University of California, Merced, began its eighth academic year with 5,760...
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September 26, 2012
Professor Anne S. WarlaumontFrom burps to babbling, cognitive science Professor Anne S. Warlaumont studies how children develop their ability to verbally communicate in the first year of their lives.
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September 26, 2012
Students and professionals from around the world are invited to design an administration or housing building using sustainable standards. MERCED, Calif. — A global sustainable architecture competition is turning...
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September 25, 2012
UC Merced professors will have $1.4 million over the next five years to examine and model how climate affects marine organisms and communities. MERCED, Calif. — A $1.9 million grant from the National Science...
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September 24, 2012
UC Merced doctoral student Nate Bogie and Central State University student Thad Mccants work on one of two farm sites where they are researching why a certain shrub helps other crops thrive.Shrubs blooming in a...
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September 19, 2012
Professor Arnold Kim performs his music from time to time in the Bay Area.Professor Arnold Kim’s music couldn’t be more different than that of student-staff-alumni band Feeling Gravity’s Pull.
Kim’s The Yellow Hope...
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September 17, 2012
"A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes of California" by artist and naturalist Laura Cunningham is this year's Common Read book.A richly illustrated book tracing centuries of change in the California...
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September 12, 2012
UC Merced’s first NAIA women’s soccer team is going to have a short season – five home games and nine away games.
That’s by design.
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September 10, 2012
Jacob Croasdale, a UC Merced alumnus, will head the campus’s Yosemite Leadership Program.The UC Merced Yosemite Leadership Program's first full-time leader plans to build on the program's momentum and expand its...
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September 5, 2012
Postdoctoal researcher Joey Blankinship spreads black sand over snow in the Sierra Nevada to adjust the rate at which the snow melts. From the white, sugary sands of Hawaii to the white, powdery slopes of the Sierra...
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September 4, 2012
Staff members Matt Hirota (in the bin) and Eric Scott invented the round recycle/compost/landfill containers that now stand in the Lantern Cafe area.UC Merced’s library used to be one of the trashiest places on campus...
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August 31, 2012
The UC Merced Center for the Humanities will explore a thematic topic using four different lenses — literature, digital technology, creative arts and public humanities. . With the help of a $2 million gift, UC...
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August 29, 2012
Nine new members of this year’s UC Merced Women’s Volleyball team, from all around the Central Valley, are among the campus’s first group of recruited student athletes.
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August 28, 2012
Scientists at UC Merced will examine climate-change data to see how changes are affecting the river’s flows and, in turn, how those changes affect water users and wildlife. MERCED, Calif. — People talk about...
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August 27, 2012
Patricia Paredes is one of a dozen UC Merced students who are working with community leaders to find ways to encourage children to stay in school.UC Merced senior Patricia Paredes didn’t grow up in the best...
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August 27, 2012
UC Merced's Society of Automotive Engineers team members gain hands-on experience that will help them in their future careers and beyond.
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August 24, 2012
Abraham Cereno demonstrates how the OZZI machine takes in the new recyclable containers for reuse, and will, when fully programmed, accept CatCards from those who have meal plans.Campus diners who take out their meals...
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August 23, 2012
UC Merced has added 26 new faculty members this year, giving the campus more than 150 ladder-rank professors. The campus has 1,200 staff and faculty members, not including student employees.
The faculty hires reflect...
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August 23, 2012
Total enrollment reaches new high as record numbers of freshmen, graduate students choose to matriculate at newest UC campus. The University of California, Merced, begins its eighth academic year today with record...
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August 22, 2012
The Lula Washington Dance Theatre will visit Merced on Sept. 29 as part of a 10-city tour throughout California, sponsored in part by the James Irvine Foundation.UC Merced will bring the acclaimed Lula Washington Dance...
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August 20, 2012
New students make their way across the Scholars Lane Bridge, an annual tradition. This week, UC Merced welcomes more than 1,400 new first-year, transfer and graduate students to campus. Special programs are happening...
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August 15, 2012
UC Merced's new chief academic officer brings extensive experience in higher education, research, fundraising and collaboration to vital position. Thomas W. Peterson (Photo courtesy of Sandy Schaeffer...
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August 15, 2012
UC Merced researchers with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute are taking mountain water monitoring to the next level with sensor network in the American River Basin. MERCED, Calif. — Researchers at UC Merced are...
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August 15, 2012
High school student Francisco Abendano Jr., pictured with his parents and siblings, is working hard to make college a reality. Francisco Abendano Jr., a sophomore at Madera High School, is like many 15-year-olds. He is...
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August 13, 2012
Sophomore Demonte Hughes from Inglewood enjoys the benefits of renting textbooks to keep his college expenses minimal.Like many students, UC Merced sophomore Demonte Hughes is gearing up for the fall semester....
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August 6, 2012
Catalina Hernandez with her youngest child.Catalina Hernandez, UC Merced's first Human Rights Center fellow, is spending this summer exploring how women decide to seek help from a midwife for childbirth instead of an...
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July 31, 2012
UC Merced researcher's newest paper for the California Energy Commission indicates higher risk as climate changes, growth increases and rural areas are developed. . The risk of losing your home to a wildfire...
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July 30, 2012
Graduate student Neeraj Sharma, left, and engineering Professor Gerardo Diaz work together to turn waste into steam to power equipment for their biomass research.There’s a reason the UC Merced plasma lab is isolated...
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July 23, 2012
Students Eunnara Cho (left) Keeryung Park (center) and Yea Na Shin, from Dankook University, near Seoul, South Korea, calibrate a thermocoupler in their summer class at UC Solar.They traveled nearly 20 hours by plane...
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July 23, 2012
Six more students accepted into medical education program that helps to address the pressing health concerns of the San Joaquin Valley
. Six students, all with ties to the San Joaquin Valley, have been admitted...
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July 18, 2012
UC Merced and the Great Valley Center release environmental indicators report showing some progress, though ozone levels still surpass state and federal air quality standards. California's Central Valley...
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July 16, 2012
Graduate student Graham Thompson and undergraduate student Priscilla Montez this summer will ask people to arrange animal names on a whiteboard to express how they conceptualize the semantic relations among them. From...
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July 13, 2012
Jim Genes, left, and John Elliott recently won a UC systemwide award for their work in making the campus sustainable.Making an entire campus sustainable takes a lot of planning, education and work.
But those efforts...
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