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Campus Expands with New Science and Engineering Building
August 27, 2014
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The long-awaited Science and Engineering Building 2 officially opens today, providing more space for instruction, research and offices. The ribbon-cutting ceremony begins at 1 p.m. Thirty months in the making, the building is designed to... Read More
Rare Flower Variant Discovered by Professor Offers Insight into Evolution
August 25, 2014
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The discovery of a new, rare species of monkey flower by Professor Jason Sexton provides clues as to how new species are born. Sexton, who researches the monkey flowers that grow wild throughout California, and are especially prolific in... Read More
California Overspends Water Rights by 300 Million Acre Feet
August 19, 2014
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California is deficit-spending its water and has been for a century, according to state data analyzed recently by researchers from the University of California. UC Merced Professor Joshua Viers and postdoctoral researcher Ted Grantham,... Read More
Campus Ranks Among "Cool Schools" for Commitment to Sustainability
August 13, 2014
UC Merced has been ranked among the “Cool Schools” by the Sierra Club’s Sierra Magazine because of its commitment to sustainability. The ranking, which was released this week, looked at more than 170 campuses around the... Read More
Educator’s Legacy Lives on Through Campus Endowment
August 11, 2014
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Throughout his 51-year teaching career, John Elia made a profound impact on the lives of more than 10,000 students. Now, his legacy will continue through an endowment created by his family. A generous gift from the John Elia Education... Read More
Engineering Students Working on Water Issues for Summer Research Project
August 4, 2014
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Spending a summer finding ways to make toilet water reusable and trying to extract urine from wastewater might not sound glamorous. But the results of the work two UC Merced students are doing though a prestigious research partnership... Read More
Campus Receives Six Statements of Qualifications for 2020 Project
August 1, 2014
MERCED, Calif. — In a strong indication of broad interest in partnering with the University of California, Merced, to further grow the UC system’s newest campus, six respondent teams submitted statements of qualifications (SOQ) to... Read More
President Napolitano Delves into UC Merced-Yosemite Partnership
July 28, 2014
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A two-day visit to Yosemite gave University of California President Janet Napolitano an up-close look at UC Merced’s partnership with the neighboring national park, including some of the students whose lives have been transformed by their... Read More
Provost, Professor Appointed to President’s Environmental Council
July 21, 2014
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UC Merced Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Peterson and founding faculty member Professor Roger Bales have been named members of UC President Janet Napolitano’s new Global Climate Leadership Council. The council has been... Read More
FAA Approves Data Drone Research at UC Merced
July 14, 2014
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Other UC campuses have drone research programs, but UC Merced might be the only one with two certificates of authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing students to fly autonomous, unmanned systems at higher... Read More
Professor Discovers Key Elements for Biofilm Spreading
July 7, 2014
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A biology professor at the University of California, Merced, discovered mechanisms that allow a potentially fatal biofilm to spread and resist drugs. The research was published last month in mBio, an open-access online journal by the... Read More
Facilities Management Seeks Campus’s Help in Attaining Sustainable Certifications
June 30, 2014
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UC Merced is one of the greenest campuses in the nation, with 100 percent of its new construction having earned LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Those certifications have been earned on the basis of building... Read More
Campus Purchasing Land in Downtown Merced for 2020 Project
June 30, 2014
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UC Merced is the top bidder for a piece of publicly auctioned land in downtown Merced that will likely serve as the site of a building for staff members, a significant step forward in the campus’s 2020 Project, designed to accelerate... Read More
Big-Data Project Nets Professor a Big Award
June 23, 2014
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Professor Florin Rusu’s passion for analyzing voluminous amounts of data has won him a prestigious early-career award from the federal Department of Energy, making him the fifth of the nine eligible faculty members in the computer science... Read More
Book Explores Tea Party's Rise, Dynamics
June 16, 2014
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There’s a tendency for researchers to only study leftist movements, but a new book co-edited by UC Merced sociology Professor Nella Van Dyke analyzes the Tea Party movement. “We need to understand them, too. They have different dynamics... Read More
UC Cooperative Extension Positions to Connect Research, Community
June 11, 2014
Two UC Cooperative Extension specialists are being deployed to UC Merced to take advantage of its location at the center of California agriculture and build on ongoing research into agriculturally significant matters related to climate,... Read More
Southern California Edison Earns Engineering Vanguard Award
June 9, 2014
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Southern California Edison has been selected as this year’s recipient of the UC Merced School of Engineering Vanguard Margin of Excellence Award. “Southern California Energy’s partnership with UC Merced has created countless opportunities... Read More
De Acker Named Staff Advisor-Designate to the Regents
June 4, 2014
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Campus Ombuds Deidre “De” Acker has been appointed Staff Advisor-designate for 2014-16, UC President Janet Napolitano announced this week. Acker joins Donna Coyne of UC Santa Barbara, the 2013-15 staff advisor, after a systemwide search.... Read More
Scholarship Helps UC Merced Senior Expand Her Worldview
June 2, 2014
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Patricia Leslie is the first in her family to attend college. And the UC Merced senior is making the most of it, both on campus and beyond. Leslie is studying abroad in Córdoba, a small city located in the Andalusian region of southern... Read More
Project to Bring Attention to Overlooked American Artists
May 27, 2014
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For the past several years, art history Professor ShiPu Wang has been on a detective mission to find every work produced by a group of overlooked artists from the early 20th century. Wang has reviewed copious primary source documents,... Read More