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March 5, 2010
An iPod that replenishes its own energy while you walk. A pacemaker that powers itself by way of a patient's own beating heart. A motion sensor that operates without a battery or external power source of any kind.
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March 5, 2010
The UC Merced
Cheerand Dance squads traveled to Anaheim in February to compete in the 2010 USA All Star Spirit, Dance and College Nationals.
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March 3, 2010
MERCED, CA—UC administration and student
leaders forged a united front in Sacramento when they joined forces
to press lawmakers to fully fund the university and student
financial aid.
"The students were on point,...
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March 1, 2010
MERCED, CA— President Mark Yudof and UC
Regents Chairman Russell Gould met face to face Monday with
students concerned about recent incidents of intolerance at
University of California campuses and pledged to focus...
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March 1, 2010
Two UC Merced
alumniare headed to Morocco for what promises to be an adventure of a lifetime.
Jackie Shay and Socorro Composanto (2009) are the first UC Merced graduates to sign up for the Peace Corps.
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February 26, 2010
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February 26, 2010
Funding to Support More Student Researchers in Effort to Build
Quantum Computer
MERCED, CA— University of California,
Merced, physics Professor
Lin
Tianhas been awarded the National Science Foundation's esteemed...
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February 26, 2010
UC Merced recently celebrated another laudable academic first.
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February 24, 2010
Federal stimulus will fund imaging project at Critical Zone
Observatories throughout U.S.
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February 22, 2010
Whether you are a
prospective studentor a
current student, filing the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)should be first on your "to-do" list this week.
In today's economic
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February 19, 2010
There's a little something going on for everyone — from high school students to graduate students — at UC Merced's
Yosemite Field Stationeach summer. And the time is now for students who want to get involved to...
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February 12, 2010
Patricia Dugan joined
UC Merced's Facebook pagewhile she was deciding whether she wanted to attend the university.
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February 12, 2010
"What did you learn in school today?" may be one of the most important questions parents can ask their child.
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February 8, 2010
Engineering professor to use $407,588 grant from National Science Foundation to study production of biofuels on abandoned agricultural lands. Engineering professor Elliott Campbell has received the prestigious...
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February 5, 2010
Teams of UC Merced graduate students will develop innovative curriculum that addresses the needs of undergraduates, especially first-generation college students.
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February 5, 2010
Tara Backman
transferredto UC Merced as a junior in 2007, drawn by the chance to major in
environmental engineering, a field that sparked her interest.
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February 3, 2010
Proposed project would benefit energy suppliers that utilize
solar by allowing them to know in advance conditions that would
impact their systems ability to produce electricity
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February 1, 2010
On Jan. 1, Mark S. Aldenderfer took the helm as dean of the
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts(SSHA) - UC Merced's fastest-growing school. He had been an anthropological archaeologist at the University...
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January 29, 2010
It's supersmall, ultracold and hyperfast. It's the extreme science carried out in some of UC Merced's labs.
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January 22, 2010
All politics is local, and for UC Merced Professor
Jessica Trounstine, it's the most fruitful level to study.
City and county governments are where she digs to find answers to larger political questions, such as...
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January 22, 2010
Most humanities scholars' research involves reading a book, article or poem, analyzing it and relaying the conclusions. Basically solitary, it leaves little time for talk about what they're discovering.
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January 15, 2010
All the benefits of UC Merced’s Greek life will be showcased during spring recruitment week, Jan. 21 through Feb. 1.
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January 15, 2010
All the benefits of UC Merced's
Greek lifewill be showcased during spring recruitment week, Jan. 21 through Feb. 1.
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January 15, 2010
Jason Baumsteiger is conducting some "fishy" research as a
doctoralstudent at UC Merced.
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January 14, 2010
21 percent gain shows strong demand for seats at newest
University of California campus
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January 14, 2010
MERCED, CA— UC Merced cognitive science Professor Michael Spivey has been awarded the 2010 William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement.
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January 13, 2010
More than 40 market-ready technologies created in engineering,
natural sciences
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January 11, 2010
FRESNO, CA— UC Merced and UC Berkeley
Extension announced the schedule of continuing education and
professional development courses to be offered in Fresno, beginning
this month.
Spring 2010 offerings at UC Merced's...
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January 8, 2010
Anley “T” Tefera, Bernardo Zepeda and Heather Orrell are three aspiring bioengineers who have decided to pursue advanced studies at UC Merced after graduating from here in May.
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January 8, 2010
Anley T Tefera,
Bernardo Zepedaand
Heather Orrellare three aspiring
bioengineerswho have decided to pursu
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January 8, 2010
Planaria are curious creatures. The tiny flatworms will grow a new head if it's cut off. They'll produce a new body if they're sliced in half. Manipulate their genes, and they'll develop multiple heads.
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January 7, 2010
David Hosley has been appointed
interim vice chancellor for University Relations to oversee
fundraising, trustee relations, government relations and
communications.
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December 17, 2009
There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to help students get their creative juices flowing.
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December 17, 2009
There's nothing like a little friendly competition to help students get their creative juices flowing.
Each semester, students in the
Foster Family Center for Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)program...
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December 17, 2009
Professor
Michael Modestuses a simple analogy when explaining the concept of radiative heat transfer, his primary
researchinterest.
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December 11, 2009
UC Merced graduate student Jane HyoJin Lee is studying what happens to cells when they’re exposed to an electric field, part of an effort to create more treatments for diseases such as cancer.
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December 11, 2009
UC Merced
graduatestudent Jane HyoJin Lee is studying what happens to cells when they're exposed to an electric field, part of an effort to create more treatments for diseases such as cancer.
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December 11, 2009
Two years of coding a computer database paid off for graduate student Elijah Meeks when the finished project landed him a job at Stanford University.
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December 8, 2009
UC Merced will be among the seven University of California
campuses studying the effectiveness of national, state and UC
education initiatives.
"California often spends billions of dollars on educational
programs with...
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December 3, 2009
Converting the most abundant source of renewable energy – the sun – into electricity is relatively costly for wide-scale use.
In an effort to make solar energy more efficient and cheaper to use, a...
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December 3, 2009
Converting the most abundant source of renewable energy - the sun - into electricity is relatively costly for wide-scale use.
In an effort to make solar energy more efficient and cheaper to use, a group of UC Merced...
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December 3, 2009
When Jo-Anne Rodriguez said goodbye to UC Merced in May, she knew she was leaving a special place.
"I didn't go home, ever. I was on campus all day," the
2009 alumnafondly recalls. "I absolutely loved it, though,...
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December 2, 2009
UC Merced application filing period for freshmen and transfer
students for fall 2010 has been extended through December 15.
Applications must be submitted online at
universityofcalifornia.edu/applyby 11:59 p.m. on...
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December 1, 2009
For the past two evenings, the University of California online application system has experienced a slowdown that has prevented some students from submitting their applications. Due to these unforeseen circumstances,...
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November 30, 2009
Students in professor Matthew Meyer’s Chemistry 101 lab class are seeing “green."Undergraduate students taking Meyer’s advanced synthetic laboratory course have conducted lab experiments using...
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November 30, 2009
Students in professor
Matthew Meyer'sChemistry 101 lab class are seeing green.
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November 30, 2009
Brittany Best is a
seniorwho has truly enjoyed her college career at UC Merced. Now, she has found a way to share her affection and loyalty for the university with the wider Merced community by writing a regular...
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November 27, 2009
When it comes planning for life after high school, students have a lot of choices to make. Whether to they can afford college shouldn’t be one of them.
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November 27, 2009
When it comes planning for life after high school, students have a lot of choices to make. Whether to they can afford college shouldn't be one of them.
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November 23, 2009
Applying for college is an exciting time for high school students as they consider the next steps in their educational journey. Keeping all available options open is a simple process. The key to the...
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November 23, 2009
Applying for college is an exciting time for high school students as they consider the next steps in their educational journey. Keeping all available options open is a simple process. The key to the university...
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November 23, 2009
David Chengis the young film producer who created the
"We Believe"video that helped woo
Michelle Obamato campus for
C
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November 19, 2009
The UC Merced's Yosemite Field Station, part of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, is now part of the UC Natural Reserve System.MERCED, CA — The University of California Board of Regents approved today (Nov....
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November 19, 2009
University life is never easy, but it can be even tougher when you don’t seem to fit the mold of the average college student. For students like Jennifer Short and Jason Niemetz, however, the experience of life at...
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November 19, 2009
University life is never easy, but it can be even tougher when you don't seem to fit the mold of the average college student. For students like Jennifer Short and Jason Niemetz, however, the experience of life at UC...
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November 19, 2009
Five years ago, Volkan Ceylan was new to California and didn't speak a word of English. But science and math came easily to him.
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November 16, 2009
When seven ambitious UC Merced students signed up to participate in this semester’s UCDC program, they were eager to study and live in the nation’s capital, but they didn’t realize it would be the...
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November 16, 2009
When seven ambitious UC Merced students signed up to participate in this semester's
UCDC program, they were eager to study and live in the nation's capital, but they didn't realize it would be the opportunity of a...
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November 16, 2009
Junior Lucia Perez brings plenty of experience and a whole lot of passion to her role as the
Resident Housing Government (RHG)president at UC Merced.
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November 13, 2009
Public Invited to Evening Lecture Focusing on Connection
MERCED - Faye J. Crosby, a social psychologist and expert on
affirmative action, is the recipient of this year's Alice and
Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social...
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