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Men’s Soccer Team Builds Framework for Success in Debut Season

January 27, 2014
In its inaugural intercollegiate season, the UC Merced men’s soccer team showed plenty of promise by defeating the eventual conference champions and producing the California Pacific Conference freshman player of the year. “It was a season of firsts,” said Coach Albert Martins, who now is recruiting...

Natural Reserve Earns Regents’ Approval

January 22, 2014
The protected land adjoining the northeast corner of campus is officially part of the UC Natural Reserve System now that the UC Board of Regents gave the proposed reserve final approval today at its January meeting.   The Merced Vernal Pools and Grasslands Reserve is the 39th reserve in the...

Campus Pitches In for Day of Service

January 21, 2014
A day off meant a day of service for some UC Merced students and staff and faculty members who volunteered to help spruce up Luther Burbank Elementary School in Merced as part of the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. Associate Director of the Office of Student Life Vernette Doty...

Campus Receives Record Number of Applications for 10th Academic Year

January 17, 2014
As the 10th campus in the UC system approaches the start of its 10th academic year, the University of California, Merced, has received a record number of applications for undergraduate admission this fall. According to admissions data released today (Jan. 17) by the UC Office of the President,...

UC Merced Presents New Student Initiatives to White House

January 16, 2014
The University of California, Merced, unveiled six ambitious new initiatives to help college attainment and success among underserved students at an elite White House education summit today. Chancellor Dorothy Leland joins representatives from about 140 American colleges and universities meeting...

Professor Studies How Information Consumption Impacts Health Behaviors

January 13, 2014
From sunrise to sunset, people consume all kinds of information from television, online and from other sources. UC Merced public health Professor A. Susana Ramirez wants to know how that influences people’s health decisions and behaviors. Quite often, misconceptions about leading a...

Professor Helps Transform Carbon Monoxide into Sickle Cell Treatment

January 6, 2014
You probably know that carbon monoxide can be lethal. But one UC Merced professor is working to harness its health benefits to treat people with sickle cell disease. Henry Forman, a professor of biochemistry and chemistry at UC Merced, has developed a way to provide therapeutic levels of the gas to...

Video | Discover UC Merced: Eduardo Rojas-Flores Charts His Course

January 6, 2014

Video | Impact: Feeding the Campus and Community

January 5, 2014

Video | Impact: Fighting HIV Infections Across the Globe

January 5, 2014

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