Campus News
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 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 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 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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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 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 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 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 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
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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