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‘Energize Colleges’ Sustainability Internships Available

October 10, 2017
UC Merced’s sustainability office is seeking undergraduate students who are thinking about careers in energy to fill this fall’s Energize Colleges internships. UC Merced is one of 12 college and university campuses across California that offer undergraduate students internships...

Another First for Nobile: NIH Outstanding Investigator Award

October 10, 2017
Professor Clarissa Nobile is changing the way we look at microbes. She wants to understand them as they’re found in nature, not as they exist in the laboratory. And she was just awarded a five-year, $1.89 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bolster her efforts....

Open Enrollment Benefits Fair for Faculty and Staff

October 9, 2017
The UC Merced Faculty and Staff Open Enrollment Benefits Fair is an annual fall tradition. RSVP by Oct. 19, and the Human Resources Benefits Office will even have lunch ready for you. The event will go from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, in the Joseph E. Gallo Recreation and Wellness...

Interdisciplinary Collaborations Broaden Archaeology Research

October 9, 2017
Archaeologists have been asking where high-elevation populations came from for decades; how they are going about answering the question, however, is new. “Fifty years ago, I would have consulted other archaeologists,” UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer said. “It used to be the...

Photographer’s Exhibit Depicts Students’ Decade-Long Journeys

October 5, 2017
Through a series of black-and-white photographic portraits taken 10 years apart, photographer Roger J. Wyan’s “Transitions” exhibit explores the journeys of some of UC Merced’s first students during an influential period of growth in their lives. In 2005-06, Wyan...

Conference Boosts Students’ Leadership Skills, Confidence

October 5, 2017
UC Merced students had the chance to gain knowledge and leadership skills for their personal and academic careers at the 2017 Leadership Conference, hosted by the campus’s Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center on Sept. 23. Now in its 11th year, the annual conference was redesigned to help...

The Fresno Bee: Why play national anthem at a sporting event?

October 4, 2017
Following the recent NFL controversy, lecturer Mark T. Harris questions the need to play the Star-Spangled Banner before games.

Fall Grads Get a Commencement Ceremony All Their Own

October 4, 2017
Beginning this year, UC Merced’s fall graduates will have an earlier occasion to celebrate their outstanding accomplishments. UC Merced is launching a new tradition with its first Fall Commencement. The intimate ceremony, which will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 16 in the Art Kamangar Center at...

Beyond the Basics: Training Better Teachers

October 3, 2017
It was only after graduate school, while working as a professor, that James Zimmerman realized something had been missing from his education. Trained as a nuclear scientist, Zimmerman was well-prepared for a life in the laboratory, where success is measured in data and discovery. Though confident...

Campus Voices: To Reach Potential, Students Need a Personal Touch

October 3, 2017
It’s not easy to be a college student these days. Rising tuition has made obtaining a degree feel like more of a dream than reality for many students. Yet, now more than ever, a college degree is a prerequisite for even entry-level jobs — the bachelor’s is the new baseline. Here...

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