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UC Solar Symposium Focuses on Innovations and Policy
October 5, 2015
California Public Utilities Commission Commissioner Liane Randolph will offer the opening remarks at this year's UC Solar Research Symposium in San Francisco, scheduled for Oct. 16. UC Solar, based at UC Merced, will present a variety... Read More
UC President’s Whirlwind Visit Covers Many Bases
October 2, 2015
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University of California President Janet Napolitano learned about UC Merced’s outreach to local high school students and efforts to support the UC system’s Global Food and Carbon Neutrality initiatives during a visit to Merced... Read More
Get Involved With Sustainability This Fall
September 30, 2015
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After such a hot summer, a cool campus will be a welcome change this fall. UC Merced is aiming to be the coolest by participating in the University of California’s inaugural systemwide Cool Campus Challenge. And that’s just... Read More
UC Merced Researchers Gathering Data to Tackle California’s Water Crisis on Multiple Fronts
September 25, 2015
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Note: This story originally ran in the Fall 2015 issue of UC Merced Magazine. By Joel Patenaude California, long envied by the rest of the country for its climate, beauty and natural resources, is four years into a drought and in the... Read More
Humanities Center Aims to Bring Depth to Water Issues
September 23, 2015
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Open any newspaper — or news website — and you’re likely to see at least one article about California’s water crisis. From climate change to wildfires to groundwater to El Niño, there’s no shortage of water-... Read More
Sun and Salt: How Solar Tech Can Help California’s Drought
September 11, 2015
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By Andy Murdock University of California Newsroom In the midst of California’s ongoing drought, researchers at the University of California Advanced Solar Technologies Institute (UC Solar) at UC Merced are turning to an unlikely... Read More
Sustainability Ideas Lead to Award-Winning Proposal
August 10, 2015
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Undergraduate student Andrew John De Los Santos wasn’t passionate about sustainability until he started sorting through trash as a recycling and composting intern at UC Merced last fall. While picking out recyclable and compostable... Read More
Campus Continues to Set Precedents in Sustainability
August 3, 2015
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UC Merced is the only university in the country to have all of its buildings certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. That body of work was honored at the spring... Read More
Regents Approve UC Merced’s New Downtown Center
July 23, 2015
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The University of California, Merced, has moved a step closer to realizing its plan to build a new center in downtown Merced that will provide space for administrators and collaborations with community partners. The UC Regents today... Read More
Researchers Win CITRIS Grants for Four New Technology Projects
July 8, 2015
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UC Merced researchers won four of only 11 seed grants given out by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) for the year. CITRIS received 24 highly competitive proposals from the four CITRIS... Read More