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UC Merced Economist Studies Impact of College Rankings
August 25, 2008
MERCED - U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" is eagerly awaited by universities, high school students and their parents each fall. However, one economist at the University of California, Merced, believes those... Read More
Pioneering Professor Fills Endowed Chair for Economics
August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country’s innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-renowned University... Read More
Political Science Student Relishes Summer in Yosemite
August 22, 2008
Marie Armstrong, a UC Merced senior from Elk Grove, spent her teenage summers working in the Sacramento Zoo's summer camp programs, helping kids experience the zoo. So when she learned about the chance to help visitors experience... Read More
Pioneering Professor Fills Endowed Chair for Economics
August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country's innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-renowned University of... Read More
UC a ‘shining star’ for college campuses in sustainability
August 21, 2008
UC a 'shining star' for college campuses in sustainability Sierra magazine has placed the University of California's 10 campuses "in a league of their own" in the Sierra Club publication's second annual green college guide, which hit... Read More
$2.2 Million CIRM Award for Bioengineer to Create Heart Cells
August 18, 2008
MERCED - Bioengineering professor Kara E. McCloskeyof the University of California, Merced, was included in the recent announcement of approved New Faculty Awards from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. McCloskey will... Read More
Senior Earth Systems Science Major Immersed in Water Research
August 15, 2008
UC Merced senior Dannique Aalbu grew up in Sacramento learning principles of sustainability and conservation from her entomologist father. The broad range of disciplines represented in her earth systems science majordrew her in after... Read More
Charitable Gifts, Private Grants to UC Merced Increase Sharply in 2007-08 Fiscal Year
August 13, 2008
MERCED - Despite a marked downturn in statewide economic fortunes, charitable gifts and private grants to the University of California, Merced during the 2007-08 fiscal year increased by more than 70 percent, to nearly $10.6 million, the... Read More
Yosemite Summer Students in Public Symposium Aug. 15
August 7, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, and Yosemite National Park have hosted nineteen students from UC Merced and other institutions around the United States in two programs in the park this summer. As the students finish their... Read More
Students Publish Review in Top Scientific Journal
August 1, 2008
Corey Cainsaid he and his fellow grad students were bouncing off the walls when they learned their book review of two systems biology textswas going to be published in Science. The journal represents the pinnacle of achievement for... Read More
Students Publish Review in Top Scientific Journal
August 1, 2008
Corey Cain said he and his fellow grad students were “bouncing off the walls” when they learned their book review of two systems biology texts was going to be published in “Science.” The journal represents the... Read More
UC Merced Student Documents the Yosemite Soundscape
August 1, 2008
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Orion Agnew grew up in the Sierra Nevada - his home in Midpines is just minutes away from Yosemite National Park. So his choice to spend time there as an intern in UC Merced's Yosemite Leadership Program was an easy one. What he's... Read More
UC Merced Launches Athletics Initiative
July 29, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, is taking the first steps toward creating a formal intercollegiate athletics program and expects to have a plan of action in place next year. The Chancellor's Blue Ribbon Commission on... Read More
Professor Divides Summer Between Merced and Yosemite
July 25, 2008
Professor Benoit Dayratof the UC Merced School of Natural Sciencesleads the Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program. This summer he divides his teaching time between Yosemite National Park and his research labon campus,... Read More
Center Focuses on Getting More Valley Students to College
July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established its Center for Educational Partnerships in 2002.The university knew it would need outside help to accomplish its... Read More
Center Focuses on Getting More Valley Students to College
July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established its Center for Educational Partnershipsin 2002. The university knew it would need outside help to accomplish... Read More
RoboCup Team Places in World's Top Two for Virtual Robot Rescue
July 22, 2008
MERCED- The University of California, Merced, made history July 20 in the RoboCup Rescue Virtual Robots competition. No other team had fewer than two developers on site to compete in the international event in Suzhou, China; UC Merced... Read More
UC Merced Breaks Ground on Fourth Academic Building
July 21, 2008
New facility will nearly double size of School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts MERCED - With the ceremonial scooping of shovelfuls of dirt, the University of California, Merced, broke ground on the Social Sciences and Management... Read More
Trio Discovers Yosemite in High School and Returns as Rangers
July 18, 2008
This is the second in a two-part series on seasonal rangers at Yosemite National Park. For the first part, click here. Though they didn't know it at the time, a trip to Yosemite National Park during their sophomore year at Atwater... Read More
UC Merced Students Headed to Denmark to Study Wind Power
July 18, 2008
MERCED - Engineering and business students from the University of California, Merced, have found a unique, interdisciplinary opportunity to study the implementation of alternative energy in Denmark through the first-ever LoCal RE Summer... Read More