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Multicampus Grant Provides for Advances in Learning Interventions
March 29, 2017
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UC Merced Professor Jeffrey Gilger is an integral part of a new intercampus effort to understand and reduce education-related risks in California’s young English-language learners. Funding for the three-year project comes from the... Read More
Study: Dust Helps Regulate Sierra Nevada Ecosystems
March 28, 2017
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“Collecting dust” isn’t usually considered a good thing. But dust from as near as the Central Valley and as far away as the Gobi Desert in Asia provides more nutrients — especially critical phosphorus — than... Read More
Paleorecord Critical to Future Conservation Efforts, Scientists Say
March 27, 2017
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The rapid pace of global change has large impacts on nature, and on the work conservation biologists will have before them, too. From here on out, experts say, the fossil record is going to be critical to guide nature into the future. A... Read More
New Classroom Building Earns Campus’ 17th LEED Certification
March 23, 2017
UC Merced has earned LEED platinum certification for Classroom and Office Building 2.
Ten years after receiving its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), UC Merced has earned platinum certification for Classroom and Office Building 2 (COB2).... Read More
UC Merced Celebrates Pride Week
March 22, 2017
Pride Week 2017 is April 3-9.
Lambda Alliance, in collaboration with other campus units, offices and departments, will host UC Merced’s annual Pride Week program celebrating LGBTQ+ identity and culture. From April 3-9, students and staff and faculty members are... Read More
Renewable Power Project Could Help Cut Food Processing Costs, Feed People and Animals
March 21, 2017
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Researchers at UC Solar have developed and tested an innovative solar thermal-powered process for turning the pomace, or byproduct, of vegetable and fruit processing into reusable products, potentially lowering food-processing plant costs... Read More
Startups Poised to Make Strides for Local Economy
March 17, 2017
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Two startup companies run by UC Merced alumni have taken big steps toward the kind of success many entrepreneurs can only hope for. St. Vincent’s Solutions, which makes a humidifying respirator for premature babies, and Sweep Energy... Read More
Ancient Biological Clockwork Revealed Using ‘Secret Sauce’
March 16, 2017
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In finding a way to see assemblies of the proteins that direct cyanobacterial circadian rhythms, or biological clocks, UC Merced biochemistry Professor Andy LiWang and his colleagues have done what no one else has been able to, despite... Read More
Alumni Bring Unique Experience to Bobcats’ Coaching Ranks
March 15, 2017
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Some of UC Merced’s most celebrated sports stars of the recent past are now helping to lead the newest generation of student-athletes at their alma mater. For these former players, coaching is a chance to remain connected to a... Read More
Graduate Programs on the Rise, U.S. News Rankings Show
March 14, 2017
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At just 12 years old, the graduate programs at the University of California, Merced, are already among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings. UC Merced’s... Read More
New Initiative Advances Agriculture Technology Education
March 13, 2017
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As agriculture and food production achieve greater high-tech heights and resources such as water become more scarce, the country will increasingly depend on innovative solutions from its brightest minds. A new initiative at UC Merced aims... Read More
Donation Encourages Grad Students to Share Their Research
March 13, 2017
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The contest for top honors in UC Merced’s Grad Slam competition will be even more intense this year thanks to a generous donation from Jane Binger, Ed.D., and her husband, Robert Bernstein, M.D. Binger and Bernstein — a UC... Read More
New UC Solar Project Produces Both Heat and Power
March 7, 2017
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One of California’s greatest energy challenges is finding innovative ways to lower natural gas consumption to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. To help meet that challenge, a new solar energy... Read More
Pulitzer Winner, HP Executive to Speak at Commencement Ceremonies
March 6, 2017
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar and HP Inc. Chief Diversity Officer Lesley Slaton Brown are the keynote speakers for the University of California, Merced’s 12th commencement exercises, May 13 and 14. The... Read More
New Math Center Aims to Enhance Student Support, Success
March 6, 2017
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Student success has always been a priority at UC Merced, and now students looking for support in math have an additional resource with the launch of The Math Center. “We’re very excited to collaborate with the Applied Math... Read More
Annual Research Week Celebrates UC Merced’s Innovation and Advances
March 2, 2017
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It’s time for the annual celebration of one of the main missions of UC Merced, along with education and public service — research. From March 6-10, people on and off campus can get an up-close look at how UC Merced research... Read More
Annual Research Week Celebrates UC Merced’s Innovation and Advances
March 2, 2017
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It’s time for the annual celebration of one of the main missions of UC Merced, along with education and public service — research. From March 6-10, people on and off campus can get an up-close look at how UC Merced... Read More
Precision Targeting Provides New Insights Into Therapy-Resistant Cancers
March 1, 2017
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The National Cancer Institute’s “cancer moonshot” tasks researchers with, among advancing other new biotechnologies, delving into immunotherapy and epigenomic analysis. UC Merced Professor Fabian V. Filipp is doing his... Read More
Hundreds of Coders Compete in Second Annual Hackathon
February 28, 2017
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Computer enthusiasts from all areas of study gathered at UC Merced earlier this month for the second annual HackMerced competition. Nearly 400 high school and university students from all over the world comprised more than 40 teams vying... Read More
Researcher Illuminates the Olfactory Life of Crabs
February 27, 2017
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If you want to know what the ocean really smells like, you’ll have to ask a crab. Yes, crabs have a sense of smell. In humans, chemicals in the air flow into our nasal cavities toward specialized sensory cells. Olfaction occurs... Read More