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Pesquisador do Programa Fulbright em Busca de 'Ciência Perdida' no Brasil

April 17, 2017
Por James Leonard, Comunicações Universitárias Traduzido por Gracy Durães Mantoan Chris Fradkin, professor e ex-aluno da Universidade da Califórnia em Merced, está indo para o Brasil em busca de “ciência perdida.” O termo, “ciência perdida,” criado pela primeira vez em 1995 por W. Wayt Gibbs em um...

Campus to Showcase Sustainability Initiatives During Earth Week

April 13, 2017
Earth Week is UC Merced’s chance to highlight some of the ways the campus community is committed to being good stewards of the environment. From working to divert all waste from the landfill to operating smart energy-monitoring systems in buildings to help reduce the campus’s environmental...

Campus Mainstay Chou Her Named Chief of Police

April 12, 2017
The University of California, Merced, announced today (April 12) the appointment of Chou Her to chief of police, effective immediately. Her, the first person of Hmong descent to lead a UC public safety agency, brings nearly two decades of law enforcement experience and years of demonstrated...

Study Identifies Effects of EU Expansion on Labor, Research

April 12, 2017
Rather than a brain-drain, the 13-country European Union (EU) expansion initiated more than a decade ago triggered a brain-reconfiguration — the rising circulation of knowledge through the increased mobility of highly skilled workers in high-demand fields. UC Merced Professor Alexander M. Petersen...

Cheer Team Takes Second Place at National Competition

April 11, 2017
UC Merced’s Cheer Team traveled to Anaheim last month to compete alongside 11 other teams in the 2017 USA Collegiate Championships, placing second in the Four-Year Large Coed division.             Overall, 49 colleges were represented at the two-day competition.   “This is huge for our campus...

UC Merced, National Park Service to Present Shakespeare in Yosemite

April 10, 2017
In partnership with the National Park Service and the University of Warwick (U.K.), the University of California, Merced, will produce “Shakespeare in Yosemite,” featuring local and student actors performing excerpts from classic works of William Shakespeare, as well as writings by naturalist John...

Hannah Brown Named Second Women's Soccer Coach

April 10, 2017
With nine seniors graduating, the UC Merced’s women’s soccer will take to the field with many new faces in the fall, including Hannah Brown at the helm. Brown was recently named the team’s second head coach, after Megan Atoigue stepped down last month. As the lead assistant coach for the past five...

NASA Astronaut to Share Space Flight and Science Experience with Campus

April 6, 2017
Astronaut Tammy Jernigan, who completed five missions aboard U.S. space shuttles, will speak to students, faculty and staff in a special presentation during the annual open house for the Merced nAnomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES) Center. She is slated to speak about her experiences...

Meza Elected to AAAS Executive Committee

April 5, 2017
School of Natural Sciences Dean Juan Meza was recently elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) Committee on Council Affairs. His selection became official during this year’s annual AAAS conference in Boston in late February. His term lasts two years, and he is...

Alchemy Turns Thought into Art

April 5, 2017
Join renowned artist Dwight Wigley and create your own piece of a community art project. As part of the annual Merced Art Hop, everyone is invited to paint tiles that will be placed into a structure designed by Wigley to create a collective work of art. Each contributor will be photographed with...

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