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Mechanical Engineering Now an Officially Accredited Graduate Degree
October 17, 2016
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Current and prospective graduate students now have the option to earn degrees in mechanical engineering, after the UC system and the WASC Senior College and University Commission recently granted accreditation for both master’s and... Read More
Boys & Girls Clubs Partner With UC to Prepare Youth for College
October 17, 2016
UC Merced is one of three campuses in the University of California system to team up with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to prepare young Californians for college success. The partnership begins with three pilot projects in Merced... Read More
UC Merced Kicks Off Historic $1.3 Billion Expansion
October 14, 2016
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The University of California, Merced, today broke ground on the largest expansion project in campus history. The four-year Merced 2020 Project will add approximately 1.2 million gross square feet of teaching, research, residential and... Read More
Campus to Celebrate Spendlove Winner Anita Hill
October 12, 2016
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UC Merced will honor Anita Hill as the 10th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance in an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre. The ceremony... Read More
Winston Feted for Golden Anniversary of Landmark Discovery
October 10, 2016
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Fifty years ago this year, while a freshman faculty member in the University of Chicago Physics Department, Roland Winston published a paper introducing a new field he called nonimaging optics. In it, he described the compound parabolic... Read More
UC Merced Chosen to Lead Agricultural Archiving Project
October 7, 2016
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UC Merced has been chosen as the hub of an archiving initiative aimed to document and preserve the history of the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE). Lisa Vallen has been hired by UC Merced under a memorandum of understanding with the UC... Read More
Researchers Eye Foggy Link Between Redwoods, Climate Change
October 6, 2016
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Most Americans have probably seen gorgeous photos of fog winding its way through California’s coastal redwoods. The trees are one of the state’s most prominent icons, drawing more than 2 million visitors a year. But at a time... Read More
Campus Set to Break Ground on Major Expansion
October 5, 2016
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The symbolic beginning to UC Merced’s next phase of growth happens Friday, Oct. 14, when the university holds a groundbreaking ceremony for the Merced 2020 Project.  The ceremony, led by Chancellor Dorothy Leland and featuring... Read More
Professor’s Findings Help Illuminate the Human Immune System
October 3, 2016
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Professor Anna Beaudin is just starting up her lab at UC Merced, but a paper she recently published already has some big implications for understanding autoimmune disease, allergies and rejection of transplanted organs. A... Read More
New Financial Aid Application Process Benefits Students
September 30, 2016
This year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process has two major changes aimed at making it easier for students to apply for financial aid. The FAFSA for the 2017-18 academic year is available beginning Oct. 1,... Read More
Researchers to Bring Global Arts to Downtown Merced
September 29, 2016
The Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) at UC Merced will present a series of lectures to connect the Merced community with the research and artistic activities taking place on campus. Music Professor Jayson Beaster-Jones, who organized... Read More
Research Breakthrough Could Help Diagnose, Treat Biofilm Infections
September 28, 2016
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Biofilms — colonies of microorganisms living inside a protective coating — are everywhere, from the plaque we scrub off our teeth each day to the slimy green masses that form on rocks in streams. They are on the inside and... Read More
$3.6 Million Grant Funding Helps Valley Students Realize Educational Dreams
September 27, 2016
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Three grants totaling more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced’s Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) continue its Talent Search program, which helps high school students from... Read More
Future Public Servants Get a Boost From UC Fellowships
September 23, 2016
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UC Merced student Stephanie Maldonado was excited when she earned a slot in the University of California’s public service internship program in Washington, D.C., this fall — then came the financial reality check. Maldonado, a... Read More
Winston’s Innovative Project Highlights UC Solar Symposium
September 22, 2016
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UC Merced Professor Roland Winston will deliver details on a groundbreaking hybrid solar collector he’s working on that simultaneously generates electricity and very-high-temperature heat at the annual 2016 UC Solar Research... Read More
Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants
September 21, 2016
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Graduate students at the University of California, Merced, will benefit from extensive new research, funding and training opportunities, thanks to two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling more than $3.25 million.... Read More
Rising Student Demand Drives UC Merced Enrollment Growth
September 20, 2016
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The University of California, Merced, enters its 12th academic year with a record-breaking incoming class, signifying strong demand for the newest campus in the UC system. “More and more students are finding the unique qualities of... Read More
Run Raises $2,500 for Scholarship Funds
September 20, 2016
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More than 300 participants, including students, alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the campus, gathered for the second annual UC Merced Journey 5K Fund Run earlier this month. First-year biological sciences major Guillermo... Read More
Mind and Body Join Robotics in New Research Project
September 19, 2016
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Three UC Merced researchers are connecting eye-tracking hardware with a robotic exoskeletal arm to further understand the mind-body connection and, someday, to help people with disabilities have better use of their limbs. A National... Read More
New Director Looks to Build on Sexual Violence Prevention Efforts
September 15, 2016
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UC Merced was ahead of the curve in 2009, when it created the Violence Prevention Program to combat sexual violence, dating and domestic violence, and stalking on campus and in the community just four years after opening its doors to... Read More