The University of California, Merced, has contributed approximately $650 million to the San Joaquin Valley economy since the campus began initial operations in July 2000, the university reported today.
Statewide, the value of UC Merced... Read More
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September 13, 2011
The University of California, Merced, will celebrate the first varsity sporting events on campus next week, with the women’s volleyball team playing its home opener on Sept. 22 and an Athletics Kickoff Tailgate event prior to... Read More
August 19, 2011
Although she’s the only full-time UC Merced staff member focused on alumni, Heather Buckner says the Alumni Affairs Office is definitely not about her.
“Alumni should feel a connection to the university, not to me,” she... Read More
August 15, 2011
Spencer Castro is moving from one of the nation's most established research universities and most successful athletics programs to one building its reputation in both regards. He's also coming home, or close to it.
Castro, 22, who... Read More
August 9, 2011
A relatively simple combination of naturally occurring sugars and amino acids offers a plausible route to the building blocks of life, according to a paper published in Nature Chemistry co-authored by a professor at the University of... Read More
July 26, 2011
MERCED — The University of California, Merced, announced today it has named John Sykes as men's basketball coach and Allen McCreary as women's volleyball coach. They are the first coaching hires for the budding sports program... Read More
October 13, 2010
Lloyd H. Dean of Catholic Healthcare West to inspire graduates
at May 2011 ceremony
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Lloyd H. Dean will speak to UC Merced's Class of 2011 at
commencement in May.
Dean is president and chief executive officer of Catholic... Read More
October 8, 2010
The 2010-11 budget, awaiting the
governor's signature, includes $81 million for construction of the
Science and Engineering II building.
MERCED, Calif. — California's state budget, approved
Friday by the Legislature, includes more than... Read More
September 2, 2010
Kang has served as UC Merced chancellor since March 2007;
Nationwide search for his successor to begin this fall
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Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang has announced that he will step down as UC
Merced's chancellor on June 30 to return to... Read More
June 25, 2010
Six UC Merced students from across the San Joaquin Valley to
channel leadership skills and lessons into serving the community
after a week of classes at Harvard University
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Six UC Merced students attended the Latino... Read More
June 11, 2010
For some UC Merced researchers, California’s San Joaquin Valley is the lab in which they can confront some of society’s problems.
Like other universities, UC Merced has professors conducting studies across the... Read More
May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010
Despite harsh economic climate, university shows strong overall
progress, sees surging student demand and continues expansion of
quality research and academic programs
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UC Merced will conclude its fifth year... Read More
April 22, 2010
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UC Merced's inaugural Sustainability Strategic Plan is a
document that outlines the campus' sustainability goals and how it
will achieve them.
The plan is supplemented by the university’s
sustainability website,... Read More
April 16, 2010
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UC Merced students are spearheading a series of events in
celebration of Earth Week, April 19 to 23.
The inaugural Earth Week Speaker Series, organized by Green
Campus UC Merced, will focus on the increasing availability of... Read More
April 1, 2010
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UC Merced's Research Week grows again, now expanding to fill a
full five-day period with some events open to the public and others
geared toward segments of the campus community.
The Research Poster Competition returns, as... Read More
March 25, 2010
March 25, 2010
University of California Board of Regents accepts 10-year
capital improvement plan, which calls for more academic buildings,
research space and student housing
Cathedral and Tenaya halls will be
ready for the freshman... Read More
March 24, 2010
March 24, 2010
Researcher to Serve for Six Years on National Institutes of
Health Study Section
UC Merced cognitive science
Professor Teenie Matlock has been appointed to a six-year term on a
National Institutes of Health study... Read More
February 24, 2010
Federal stimulus will fund imaging project at Critical Zone
Observatories throughout U.S.
Images like these will soon be
available to observatories across the United States thanks to a
stimulus-funded grant and the work of UC Merced... Read More
February 3, 2010
Proposed project would benefit energy suppliers that utilize
solar by allowing them to know in advance conditions that would
impact their systems ability to produce electricity
UC Merced researchers are
developing a system that will... Read More
January 13, 2010
More than 40 market-ready technologies created in engineering,
natural sciences
A less expensive therapy that
could suppress the ability of the hepatitis C virus to replicate is
among the 40 market-ready inventions that has come out... Read More