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Breault Research Organization Supports Optics Research, Teaching at UC Merced
May 31, 2005
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, has received a major donation from an Arizona software company that will assist with research and facilitate teaching students at all levels in the field of non-imaging optics. Breault... Read More
Noted Fund-Raiser Named as Vice Chancellor for University Relations
May 25, 2005
Central Valley Native to Increase Visibility of Newest UC Campus MERCED, CA. -- Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey today announced the appointment of John Garamendi, Jr. as vice chancellor for University Relations at the University of... Read More
Student Advising and Learning Center to Enrich University Experience
May 20, 2005
As a Spanish professor at Eastern Oregon University, Elizabeth Boretz found herself emotionally unable to let troubled students slide out of sight. It kills me when students are not doing their best, she explains. Sometimes I couldn';t... Read More
Support Makes the Difference After Losing a Child
May 20, 2005
When Marisela Angel started work at UC Merced in May 2002, she was excited to be assisting the IT division with technical and business tasks. The Planada native and first-generation Fresno State graduate was also expecting her second... Read More
UC Merced Prepares to Welcome First Students on Campus
May 18, 2005
Central Valley Students Represent Almost 30 Percent of Developing Freshman Class MERCED, CA. --- After 17 years of planning and development, UC Merced is making its final preparations to welcome freshman, transfer and graduate... Read More
Engineer Pursues Cultural, Academic Exchanges With Colombian University
May 13, 2005
Engineer Pursues Cultural, Academic Exchanges With Colombian University Germán Gavilán, who joined UC Merced as an Academic Coordinator in March 2004 and last January became the assistant dean in the School of Engineering, is working... Read More
Researchers Find Accurate Mountain Snow Data Using NASA-developed Sensor Webs
May 10, 2005
YOSEMITE — When a television newscast reports two feet of new snow in the Sierra Nevada, you might anticipate a great ski weekend, but standard measurements like those used by TV news can be 20 to 30 percent off the mark on the... Read More
Graduate Students Find Living Together Rewarding on Many Levels
May 9, 2005
When UC Merced opens this fall, approximately 600 of the first 1,000 students will be living on campus. Other students will find assistance through the Office of Student Life to create housing arrangements off campus cooperative,... Read More
Academic Exchange Program Established with Chinese University
May 9, 2005
UC Merced and the Communication University of China recently initiated an academic exchange program that will encourage the flow of understanding, ideas and information between the two universities. This is the first international... Read More
Academic Exchange Program Established with Chinese University
May 9, 2005
UC Merced and the Communication University of China recently initiated an academic exchange program that will encourage the flow of understanding, ideas and information between the two universities. This is the first international... Read More
Twelve UC Researchers Elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 3, 2005
Twelve University of California researchers were elected today (May 3) to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their achievements in scientific and engineering research. Election to the academy is among the highest honors... Read More
Twenty-Four UC Scholars Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 28, 2005
Twenty-four scholars affiliated with the University of California, including UC Provost and Senior Vice President­Academic Affairs M.R.C. Greenwood, are among the 213 new fellows and foreign honorees elected to the American Academy of Arts... Read More
Next Step: Orientation
April 26, 2005
Last fall, Andrew Mamalis started his senior year at Modesto Christian High School with the intent of preparing to attend UC Davis as a freshman. Mamalis was recently admitted to UC Davis, but following encouragement from his teachers... Read More
Calling All Students: Bobcat Day
April 21, 2005
This Saturday, April 23, prospective UC Merced students and the community of Merced will get to know each other for the first time. Bobcat Day is an open house for newly admitted students and their families. “At Bobcat Day,... Read More
UC Merced Family Enjoys Rural California Life Through 4-H Activities
April 21, 2005
For Sherry Coane, who works in the Human Resources Department at UC Merced, family activities are an important part of life, and some of the most important of those activities are facilitated by the rural location of their home in the... Read More
Calling All Students: Bobcat Day
April 21, 2005
This Saturday, April 23, prospective UC Merced students and the community of Merced will get to know each other for the first time. Bobcat Day is an open house for newly admitted students and their families. At Bobcat Day, students who... Read More
Eight UC Faculty Members Receive Guggenheim Fellowships
April 18, 2005
Eight University of California researchers have been awarded Guggenheim fellowships for 2005, the New York-based John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced. UC's eight faculty were among the 30 recipients in the Pacific Coast... Read More
UC Merced's Environmental Stewardship Program
April 7, 2005
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With green construction, maintenance and operational programs, the UC Merced Environmental Stewardship Program will make the campus a living laboratory, helping create solutions for regional environmental issues. The Environmental... Read More
Cultural Research in the 21st Century: Designing the World Cultures Institute
April 7, 2005
Open Forums Will Contribute to Development of Signature Research Institute Through a broad range of research and public outreach programs, the World Cultures Institute will be dedicated to the study and exchange of ideas about the range... Read More
UC Merced's Environmental Stewardship Program
April 7, 2005
With green construction, maintenance and operational programs, the UC Merced Environmental Stewardship Program will make the campus a living laboratory, helping create solutions for regional environmental issues. “The Environmental... Read More