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Campus Receives National Award for Educational Programming
January 20, 2012
The University of California, Merced, has been awarded the 2012 Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) Award for Outstanding Institutional Practice in Student Learning Outcomes. “The CHEA award affirms UC Merced’s... Read More
Researchers' Refinement Increases Solar Concentrator Efficiency
January 19, 2012
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A team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, has redesigned luminescent solar concentrators to be more efficient at sending sunlight to solar cells. The advancement could be an important breakthrough for solar energy... Read More
Dean Charts Vision for Natural Sciences
January 18, 2012
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Dean of Natural Sciences Juan Meza began his tenure at UC Merced in September, and he wasted no time in meeting with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff to learn about the areas where the school is doing well and look... Read More
Campus Sees Another Increase in Applications
January 12, 2012
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The University of California, Merced, continues to see growing interest from prospective students, as witnessed by a 9.9 percent rise in applications over the 2011 academic year according to data released today by the UC Office of the... Read More
Poli Sci Graduate Discipline to Debut in Fall
January 10, 2012
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Graduate students interested in studying at UC Merced will have one more discipline to pursue this fall. The political science group will launch its doctoral degree track within the Social and Cognitive Sciences graduate emphasis in... Read More
UC Merced and Fresno Unified Leverage Resources to Increase Rate of Valley Grads Going to College
January 10, 2012
The Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) at the University of California, Merced, has teamed up with the Fresno Unified School District to support an important mission — helping more high school students graduate and get... Read More
Graduate Student at Home with Mountain Water Research
January 6, 2012
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Peter Kirchner may have been born in California’s San Fernando Valley, but his heart and mind have always been close to the mountains. Much of his life has been spent living in Mono County, where he worked at a wilderness scout camp... Read More
Students Benefit from Professor's Costume Design Expertise
January 3, 2012
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Dunya Ramicova's costume designs have enchanted audiences for decades, but some of her biggest fans now sit in UC Merced classrooms. Ramicova, the university's first arts professor and one of its founding faculty members, also is... Read More
Campus Fulfilling Mission to Give Back
December 23, 2011
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From spearheading canned food drives to collecting toys for underprivileged children, UC Merced students, staff and faculty are giving back this holiday season. A group of UC Merced students spent the week before Thanksgiving collecting... Read More
Grant Benefits Valley High School Students
December 22, 2011
Students from eight San Joaquin Valley high schools are getting extra assistance in preparing for college, thanks to a federal grant received by the Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) at the University of California, Merced. The... Read More
Campus' Ties with Community Continue to Increase
December 21, 2011
The bond between the San Joaquin Valley and the University of California, Merced, continues to strengthen. This past year, UC Merced's ongoing research endeavors produced new knowledge that serves the San Joaquin Valley's... Read More
Campus' Ties with Community Continue to Increase
December 21, 2011
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The bond between the San Joaquin Valley and the University of California, Merced, continues to strengthen. This past year, UC Merced's ongoing research endeavors produced new knowledge that serves the San Joaquin Valley's... Read More
Graduate Student's Research Rocks Around the Body's Clock
December 16, 2011
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Roger Tseng was an undergraduate student studying molecular biology and biochemistry when he got his first opportunity to do research at UC Merced, working with Professor Benoit Dayrat researching the evolution of mollusks. Tseng found the... Read More
Study Shows Sugarcane Ethanol Production Causes Air Pollution
December 15, 2011
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The burning of sugarcane fields prior to harvest for ethanol production can create air pollution that detracts from the biofuel’s overall sustainability, according to research published recently by a team of researchers led by... Read More
Innovative Solar Research Highlighted During Symposium
December 14, 2011
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From improving the performance and efficiency of solar cells to using solar technology to speed up fruit drying, a wide array of topics were covered by distinguished scientists at the UC Solar Research Symposium at UC Merced on Dec. 9.... Read More
Ancient Chinese Government Lends Perspective to Modern Challenges
December 9, 2011
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Government, for better or worse, hasn't changed all that much in two millennia. China's government 2,000 years ago confronted the same kinds of problems as their modern counterparts — making decisions that are limited by... Read More
Campus Teach-In to Discuss Occupy Movement
December 5, 2011
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As the Occupy social movement sweeps across the nation, UC Merced students, faculty and staff have planned a teach-in on campus from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 in an effort to assist the campus community to better understand the... Read More
New Art Gallery Showcases Student Photography
December 2, 2011
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UC Merced can add another first to its list — dedicated space for an art gallery. The UC Merced Art Gallery is in the northeast corner of the Social Science and Management Building, which opened this semester. The room was designed... Read More
Family Provides Inspiration for Graduate Student
December 1, 2011
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Growing up in the village of Juchipila in central Mexico, Jesus Luna knew exactly what he would do some day. “When I was 3 or 4 years old, I told my mom I would be a scientist,” Luna said. “I told her I would discover... Read More
Scientists Propose Thinning Sierra Forests to Enhance Water Runoff
November 30, 2011
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Runoff from the Sierra Nevada, a critical source of California’s water supply, could be enhanced by thinning forests to historical conditions, according to a report from a team of scientists with the University of California, Merced... Read More