The University of California, Merced, has been designated a “doctoral-granting university with higher research activity” — or R2, the second-highest classification for American research universities — in its first appearance on the highly cited Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
The R2 classification recognizes UC Merced as a selective institution that awards more than 20 doctoral degrees, primarily in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Rather than a brain-drain, the 13-country European Union (EU) expansion initiated more than a decade ago triggered a brain-reconfiguration — the rising circulation of knowledge through the increased mobility of highly skilled workers in high-demand fields.
Plant photosynthesis was stable for hundreds of years before the industrial revolution, but grew rapidly in the 20th century,
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A team of scientists led by UC Merced Professor 
Shakespeare might have been right when he wrote “what’s past is prologue,” but not when it comes to modeling climate change.
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