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UC Merced hosts peace exhibition honoring Gandhi, King, Ikeda
September 27, 2007
MERCED - The "Gandhi, King, Ikeda: A Legacy of Building Peace" exhibit will be on display at the University of California, Merced, from Saturday, Sept. 29 through Saturday, Oct. 13. A public tribute ceremony will take place from noon to 1... Read More
Fall Enrollment Jumps Sharply
September 26, 2007
University Officials Cite Major Increases in Academic Offerings Facilities, Extracurricular Activities for Surge in Student Interest Highly qualified, diverse student population again a hallmark of campus MERCED, CA— As the... Read More
UC Merced Set to Improve Valley Health and Connect LocalCommunities Through eHealth
September 26, 2007
The University of California, Merced is set to address two pressing issues that affect the overall quality of life in the San Joaquin Valley thanks to three grants totaling nearly $1 million. With the help of a $500,000 contribution from... Read More
Student Mentor Finds There’s No Place Like Home
September 21, 2007
Claudia Zepeda is giving back to the community she grew up in the best way she knows how - mentoring students about what it takes to get accepted into college. Zepeda, a junior psychology major and the first in her family to attend... Read More
Intercultural Programs Celebrate Diversity, Promote Equality
September 21, 2007
Intercultural programs are a given on any campus during Black History Month in February and Herstory Month in March, but under the direction of Jason Juarez, coordinator for intercultural programsin the Office of Student Lifeat UC... Read More
NSF Funds High-tech Visualization and Motion Capture Equipment
September 20, 2007
MERCED - A year from now, if you're watching a person in a motion-capture exoskeleton interacting with a giant high-resolution screen, you could be watching the special features on the latest CGI-effects action movie - or you could be... Read More
UC Merced Celebrates Constitution Day
September 14, 2007
Each year, to celebrate that day the 55 men of the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia and signed America's most important living document, the University of California observes Constitution Day. Sept. 17 is that... Read More
Health Psychologist Working on Medical Education Program
September 14, 2007
The resilience and strength he saw in chronically ill children led Jan Wallander to the then-new study of health psychology. "I was touched by how such young beings could manage such difficulties so well," he said. "Why is it that some... Read More
Yosemite Research Pays Off Next Year for 8 Top Undergrads
September 10, 2007
MERCED - Undergraduate students need research opportunities, and the Sierra Nevada need researchers to explore and document their wonders and challenges. In a new program funded by the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences... Read More
Childcare Update: "Baby Bobcats" May Have Space on Campus Soon
September 7, 2007
In the next couple of years, UC Merced's faculty, staff and student Bobcats will be able to keep their cubs nearby as they work and study. The pieces are falling into place for childcare on campus. A site near the campus entrance will... Read More
New Lecturer Brings Dino Expertise to Merced
September 7, 2007
Matt Wedel is a new lecturer at UC Merced this semester, but you won't have any trouble distinguishing his office. "I'll probably fill it up with bones," said Wedel, whose main interest is paleontology. "I'm constantly accumulating them... Read More
UC Merced Meets World
August 31, 2007
If you notice a different vibe on campus this fall, it might just be the increased presence of global influences. You could even say this is the year UC Merced becomes an international campus. About 40 international students are on... Read More
Excelling Student Gets Help from Gates Foundation
August 31, 2007
Not everyone can say Bill Gates came looking for them, but Salysia Perez can. As a senior in high school, she was recruited by the Gates Millennium Scholars program to apply for the group's college scholarship. Now, three years later,... Read More
14 New Professors Join UC Merced for Fall Semester
August 27, 2007
MERCED - When classes begin today (Aug. 27) at the University of California, Merced, students will notice some important new faces on campus. Fourteen new professors have joined the faculty lineup for the fall semester, bringing the total... Read More
"Bones" Professor Finds Clues to Lives, Deaths in Skeletal Remains
August 24, 2007
Vicki Wedel might have been an amazing doctor, except for one minor problem."The only patients I wanted to be around were the dead ones," she said. That's why she spends her time examining bones:  prehistoric bones, bones from Colonial... Read More
Social Sciences and Management Building Groundbreaking Planned
August 24, 2007
At the beginning of its third year serving undergraduate students on campus, UC Merced is preparing for still more construction to start. Design approval came over the summer from the UC Regents for the next academic building, a three-... Read More
Learn About Farmworker Life in "Living Under the Trees" Exhibit Beginning Sept. 4
August 22, 2007
The School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts at UC Merced Presents "Living Under the Trees," a photo documentary exhibition and associated events. David Bacon has documented the lives of Mexican indigenous farmworkers in California... Read More
UC Merced Research Awards Top $12 Million This Year
August 21, 2007
MERCED - Research grants and awards for the University of California, Merced's 80 professors sharply increased this past fiscal year, with more than $12 million coming from a variety of sources for some of the state's most cutting-edge... Read More
Writing Workshops Help Teachers Learn Best Practices
August 17, 2007
Merced - Kindergarten through community college teachers are invited to the UC Merced Writing Project's 2007-2008 Saturday Outreach Series to learn more about best practices for teaching to the California State Writing Standards. More... Read More
Staff Member Looks to the Global Future
August 17, 2007
Fatima Paul, the committee analyst at UC Merced, makes her home in the Central Valley, but she lives in a global world. Born in the French Alps, Paul finished her education at Montpelier with a master's degree in English literature. She... Read More