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Graduate Students Publish, Network Through Orientalism Conference

April 23, 2010
Four UC Mercedgraduatestudents expanded their curriculum vitae after publishing essays in a book that builds on Orientalism, an idea from literary and culture critic Edward Said, who was critical of the way Western countries viewed the East. The book,“One World Periphery Reads the Other: Knowing...

Financial Crash Sends UC Merced Mathematician into New Territory

April 23, 2010
UC Mercedapplied mathProfessorHarish Bhatwatched the financial markets collapse while he was teaching at Columbia University several years ago. The costly miscalculations by so many major Wall Street firms and the unanswered questions about what went so wrong compelled Bhat to look into the...

Sustainability Strategies Outlined in New Planning Document

April 22, 2010
Quick Facts UC Merced’s inaugural Sustainability Strategic Plan is a document that outlines the campus’ sustainability goals and how it will achieve them. The plan is supplemented by the university’s sustainability website, sustainability.ucmerced.edu. The formation of the plan and Web site was...

Professor Awarded Grant to Study Educational Interventions

April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010 UC Merced psychological sciencesProfessorWilliam Shadishhas received a grant to develop new statistics for measuring the effects of educational interventions on individual students. Beginning May 1, the research will be funded at $974,523 over three years. The grant is from the...

Students to Celebrate Earth Week with Series of Events

April 16, 2010
Quick Facts UC Merced students are spearheading a series of events in celebration of Earth Week, April 19 to 23. The inaugural Earth Week Speaker Series, organized by Green Campus UC Merced, will focus on the increasing availability of “green” jobs and how to go about finding them. Other...

Possibilities Unlimited for Alumni

April 16, 2010
When it comes to preparing the leaders of tomorrow, UC Merced is making good on its mission. Whether attendinggraduateschool or pursuing a career, the university’salumniare already making their mark.  One thing they know for sure is that their education from UC Merced has opened up a world of ...

Marine Scientists Finding a Home at UC Merced

April 16, 2010
Monica Medinaand her students have recently gleaned new insight into the effect of climate change on coral reef health.Michael Dawsonis using marine studies to learn about how environmental variation influences the distributions of genes, organisms, populations and species. Michael Bemanstudies...

Student Helps Organize Indie Film Festival

April 8, 2010
Community involvement has helped one UC Merced student fulfill one of his top goals , putting on a film festival. David Cheng, a founder and president of the UC MercedFilm Association, has teamed up withThe D magazinepublisher Tom Price Jr. and theMerced County Arts Councilto organize the ”...

Mark Matsumoto Appointed Interim Dean of Engineering

April 8, 2010
April 8, 2010 UC Riverside professor, associate dean will serve one-year term; Search for permanent dean under way MERCED — The University of California, Merced today announced the appointment of Mark Matsumoto to the position of interim dean of the UC MercedSchool of Engineering, effective...

Local Students Get Hands-on Science Lessons

April 8, 2010
After hearing first lady Michelle Obama’s call to action during last year’s commencement ceremony, graduate student David Gravano felt inspired to give back to the community. Obama recalled feeling no connection with University of Chicago growing up because the campus never reached out to her....

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