Campus News
May 15, 2013
More than 1,000 students will turn their tassels at commencement this weekend;
most graduates in the campus’s history
. This year isn’t the first time Maxine Umeh-Garcia has walked across the commencement stage...
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May 15, 2013
Computer science and engineering major Andy Luhrs has landed a job working for Microsoft beginning in July.On his first tour of UC Merced almost five years ago, Andy Luhrs decided the campus was the right place...
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May 15, 2013
The amendment is a vital component in UC Merced's plan to build enough facilities to serve 10,000 students within the next eight to 10 years.
The University of California, Merced, today received approval...
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May 13, 2013
Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina, who earned his doctorate in Quantitative Systems Biology, landed a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in central Mexico, the sea has long...
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May 8, 2013
Senior sociology major Stephanie Toledo will be pursuing a master’s degree in public health at UC Davis.Stephanie Toledo didn't want anything to get in the way of her academic success when she arrived at UC Merced.
The...
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May 7, 2013
Donors Fred and Mitzie Ruiz creating endowment to honor the legacy of matriarch Rose Ruiz that will help students for years to come. Longtime UC Merced supporters Frederick R. and Mitzie Ruiz have made a generous...
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May 6, 2013
Tyler Shaddix’s house looks like most of the other houses on his block in a subdivision not far from the UC Merced campus.
It’s what’s inside that’s different – the home office of a startup company offering a web...
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April 29, 2013
From the microbes in the guts of living things to the idea of life elsewhere in the universe, Professor Marilyn Fogel is pondering some of life’s deepest questions.
When and how did life originate on Earth? What does...
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April 26, 2013
Researchers discovered that the electric charge causes water molecules (oxygen is red and hydrogen is gray) to rearrange themselves to create a water bridge across the cell’s wall connecting the inside and the outside...
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April 24, 2013
Corporate sponsors take competition to the next level by helping students turn
their entrepreneurial ideas into viable businesses
. After six months of intense planning and programming, the winning team of the...
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April 18, 2013
Margo Souza makes $1 million gift to campus to motivate students to take
initiative and become civic-minded leaders
. Spurred by a gift from a prominent dairy woman, the University of California, Merced,...
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April 17, 2013
Management major Leanne McKenzie and economics major Mustafa Nawabzada are interning at the California State Assembly chief clerk’s office.Students Leanne McKenzie and Mustafa Nawabzada are getting an up-close look at...
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April 15, 2013
Students play games and participate in Earth Day activities.Sustainability being a campus hallmark, it’s no surprise the UC Merced campus takes Earth Day very seriously, even though the events planned are fun.
Each...
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April 11, 2013
The appearance of functional flexibility early in the first year of human life may have been a critical step in the evolution of human language.
The squeals, vowel-like sounds and growls made by infants are...
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April 9, 2013
"Paying for the Party" shows how a Midwest university accommodated the interests of socially oriented and out-of-state students to the detriment of students from less privileged backgrounds..
Many...
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April 8, 2013
As everyone knows, space is limited on the UC Merced campus.
But with a little money and a lot of persistence, Engineers for a Sustainable World has found a way to carve out a little room for a community garden.
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April 3, 2013
Karin Leiderman, left, and Suzanne Sindi, use mathematics to answer biological questions.Professor Suzanne Sindi found her calling in seventh grade, while reading “Jurassic Park.”
“I liked the idea that math is a tool...
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April 1, 2013
Kelly McNeil decided to enter the art show with her piece "Missionary to the Mole: Emily Dickinson" after taking two classes last semester.UC Merced artists are sharing their best work this semester in the...
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March 25, 2013
Team Leader Cesar Gamez and his fellow NISE Net group members plan their project.One group of engineering students is focusing on tiny ways to make big strides in education.
A 10-member Nanoscale Informal Science...
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March 22, 2013
Retired astronaut Jose Hernandez and award-winning author David Mas Masumoto
will address the Class of 2013
. Retired astronaut and engineer Jose Hernandez and acclaimed author and organic farmer David Mas...
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