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Donor’s Land Gift Helps Campus Break Fundraising Record
July 13, 2016
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The University of California, Merced, has broken its own fundraising record, bringing in more than $20.8 million during the 2015-16 fiscal year — a more than 300 percent increase over last year. “This is a record-breaking year... Read More
UC Merced Extension Offerings Launch With Yosemite Excursions
July 11, 2016
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UC Merced Extension, a combination of professional development and personal enrichment courses that mark the campus’s first extension offerings, launches this summer with educational excursions to Yosemite National Park and fully... Read More
Campus Takes Steps to Stay Green Despite Drought
July 11, 2016
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Don’t be surprised if, as the warmer weather kicks in, you continue to see green lawns at UC Merced. Maintenance crews are not using more water to keep the quad lush. In fact, they are using less. Facilities Management has adopted... Read More
Alumnus Finds His Purpose in Education
July 8, 2016
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Editor's note: The following story appeared in the spring issue of UC Merced Magazine. When Abraham Olivares moved to Merced at age 20, a career in education was the furthest thing from his mind. Olivares said he didn’t have a... Read More
Professor’s Mercurial Studies Involve Tree Bark, Fish and Water
July 6, 2016
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From the forests of Tuscany, Italy, to the shores of a San Diego reservoir, Professor Marc Beutel is hunting mercury. Beutel, one of the newest professors in the UC Merced School of Engineering, has two summer projects to keep him busy... Read More
Poetry Prize Recognizes Instructor’s Accomplishments, Potential
July 6, 2016
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has awarded its prestigious May Sarton Prize for Poetry to Vanesha Pravin, a lecturer in UC Merced’s Merritt Writing Program. The award, considered one of the top national prizes in... Read More
MACES Focuses on Tiny Particles, Broad Horizons
June 29, 2016
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Researchers at UC Merced are making a big deal out of a piece of equipment that lets them look at really tiny things. And they should — the new Zeiss Gemini SEM 500 scanning electron microscope is the first of its kind installed in... Read More
Students Show Climate Impacts, Pitch Solutions in UC-wide Contest
June 27, 2016
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Several students, faculty members and the provost represented UC Merced at the University of California’s recent Carbon Slam event, placing in the presentation competitions and increasing the campus’s visibility among peers and... Read More
Students Present 'Revolutionary Theatre' Event in Merced
June 27, 2016
UC Merced students will offer a window into race and racism through a unique theater presentation both on campus and in the Merced community on June 30. Sponsored by the university’s Center for the Humanities and School of Social... Read More
Campus Supporters Get Sneak Peek at New Building
June 24, 2016
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Members of the UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees and other campus leaders and supporters got a firsthand look at the university’s newest building during a ribbon cutting reception Wednesday, June 22. The Classroom and Office... Read More
Students Present the Face of Yosemite to the First Family
June 22, 2016
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For many UC Merced students, visiting Yosemite is a relaxing way to spend a weekend. But for several UC Merced students, the past weekend was extremely hectic and a little nerve-wracking — but full of pride — as they helped... Read More
Studying the ’Saurs: New Class is a ‘Gateway to Science’
June 21, 2016
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One of the campus’s newest professors is teaching one of its newest classes on one of the world’s oldest subjects: dinosaurs. But there’s much more to Professor Justin Yeakel’s Natural History of Dinosaurs class... Read More
Bioengineering Student Wins Strauss Scholarship to Help Visually Impaired
June 20, 2016
Harkanwalpreet Sodhi, a third-year bioengineering student, won a $10,000 Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarship to help visually impaired people in Merced. The scholarship will help Sodhi start a campus organization titled Engineers for... Read More
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Origins of Himalayan Populations
June 20, 2016
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In a collaborative study by the University of California, Merced, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Chicago and Uppsala University in Sweden, researchers conduct the first ancient DNA investigation of the Himalayan arc,... Read More
Campus Police Officers Hit the Road for Special Olympics
June 16, 2016
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The Merced County portion of the 2016 Law Enforcement Torch Run made its way to the UC Merced campus yesterday. This is the fifth year that UC Merced police officers and staff members have run in the event to raise awareness for the... Read More
Campus Announces Major Expansion
June 15, 2016
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The University of California, Merced, today named Plenary Properties Merced (PPM) the winning bidder for its next major phase of campus development – an unprecedented four-year project that will nearly double the physical capacity of... Read More
Campus Ranks Among Best for Scholarships
June 14, 2016
The GoodCall 2016 Best Schools for Scholarships Report has ranked UC Merced No. 8 out of 4,000 U.S. public colleges and universities for earning scholarships. The report examined the amount of scholarship and fellowship dollars available... Read More
Dedicated Student Breaks Ground With Ph.D., Autism Research
June 13, 2016
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When Nikko Da Paz decided to go to graduate school, she didn’t limit herself to one degree — or even one campus. The mother of two young children with autism enrolled at UC Merced in 2011, and in May she became the university... Read More
Medical Students Reach Out to Create a Healthier Valley
June 9, 2016
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Six medical students, all with ties to the San Joaquin Valley, are spending part of their summer reaching out and giving back to the community they call home. The students are taking part in a four-week, voluntary summer program called... Read More
New Downtown Facility to Enhance Ties Between University and City
June 8, 2016
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The University of California, Merced, will take a significant step toward establishing a permanent presence in downtown Merced today (June 8), when it breaks ground on its Downtown Campus Center, a three-story administrative facility to be... Read More