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UC Water Part of White House Summit
March 22, 2016
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The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosts a water summit today featuring 200 organizations that are committed to conservation and adaptation, including the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative (UC... Read More
Student-Athlete Takes Leadership to the National Level
March 21, 2016
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Junior Sammantha Fajardo wasn’t satisfied with merely representing UC Merced on the cross country course, so she stepped up to represent the university’s student-athletes at the national level. In April, Fajardo will attend... Read More
Campus Honors Impact of Top Donors at Annual Event
March 21, 2016
Campus supporters, administrative and academic leadership, faculty members, students and alumni gathered for UC Merced’s Celebration of Philanthropic Leaders event, held March 19 to recognize the campus’s annual giving and... Read More
Statement From Chancellor Dorothy Leland
March 17, 2016
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland issued the following statement regarding the results of the FBI’s investigation into the Nov. 4 attack on campus: “We are relieved to finally have resolution to this very tragic event on the... Read More
Students Can Catch Up, Save Up With Summer Session
March 17, 2016
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Completing degree requirements in eight semesters can be challenging for many students. Add a minor, a job or a semester abroad, and students can easily find themselves playing catch-up. That’s why UC Merced senior Shelby Smith, a... Read More
Study: Fishing Industry a Bigger Polluter than Previously Known
March 14, 2016
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Many studies have shown that raising cattle and pigs for food is hard on the environment, and fish has long been considered a better alternative. But the work of UC Merced graduate student Brandi McKuin indicates that because of emissions... Read More
Lecture to Highlight Campus’s Diverse, Interdisciplinary Spirit
March 14, 2016
UC Merced is launching a new public lecture series that combines the campus’s emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship with its strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. The Chancellor’s Dialogue on Diversity and... Read More
New Study Shows Early Human Impacts on Biodiversity
March 7, 2016
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Even without all the industrial and technological growth that has accelerated climate change, humans can — and do — dramatically impact ecosystems. A new paper in Nature Communications, co-authored by UC Merced Professor... Read More
Student Volunteers Work With Local Emergency Department
March 7, 2016
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In Fall 2007, Maricela Rangel-Garcia became one of the first UC Merced students to sign up for a new, non-clinical volunteer program in the busy Mercy Medical Center Emergency Department (ED). Her participation in what has become a vital... Read More
GradSLAM! Finalists Hope to Become Campus Champion
March 4, 2016
Ten UC Merced graduate students are going to the campuswide finals of the GradSLAM! competition in the hopes of becoming campus champion and competing with grad students from across the UC system. The Graduate Division kicked off its... Read More
Women's Basketball Wins Second Straight Conference Title
March 2, 2016
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The UC Merced women's basketball team won its second consecutive Cal-Pac Conference championship Tuesday night, with a 76-56 victory in the conference tournament title game on the road against the California Maritime Academy. After... Read More
UC Merced | Making Memories
March 2, 2016
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Young Professor Honored with Prestigious NSF Award
March 2, 2016
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In his first faculty position, in his first year at UC Merced, Professor Dong Li has won his first grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and it’s a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. “I... Read More
Sustainable Food Service Leader Speaking on Campus
March 1, 2016
Fedele Bauccio, CEO and co-founder of Bon Appétit Management Company, will speak on campus early next month at an event sponsored by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability, Dining Services, the Blum Center and the... Read More
Undergraduate Students Excel at Research Symposium
February 29, 2016
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Five UC Merced students earned recognition and gained valuable experience at a recent UC systemwide undergraduate research symposium. The California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP) is a statewide initiative funded by the... Read More
Researchers Identify Drug That Could Treat Melanoma
February 29, 2016
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Less than a year after mapping the genetic landscape of melanoma, a researcher from the University of California, Merced, has identified a drug that could be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer. UC Merced Professor Fabian V.... Read More
Dean Earns NEH Support for Book on Madrid Attacks
February 25, 2016
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Jill Robbins, dean of the UC Merced School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the completion of her book about the role of poetry in the... Read More
Community Group Recognized for Charitable Work
February 25, 2016
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The UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees recently honored the University Friends Circle (UFC) for its philanthropic efforts. Each year, the board honors a philanthropic leader — or in this year’s case, a group of leaders... Read More
Growing Research Week Offers Events and Activities for All
February 24, 2016
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The annual Research Week tabling event has more than doubled in size from last year, and that’s just one of the new and growing events featured in UC Merced’s weeklong celebration of research. More than 20 tables have been... Read More
Professor Elected to Leadership Role With American Physical Society
February 23, 2016
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Professor Anne Myers Kelley, with the School of Natural Sciences, has been elected vice-chair of the Division of Laser Science (DLS) of the American Physical Society (APS), the world's largest organization of physicists. Kelley, one... Read More