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Financial Aid Director Remembers Campus' Earliest Days

June 4, 2010
Many UC Merced staff members go all the way back to university’s beginnings. One is Diana Ralls, director offinancial aid and scholarships, who first started with the university in 1998. An alumna of UC Davis, she was working in financial aid at Fresno Pacific University. “I noticed the ‘UC Center...

UC Tops All Universities in Winning U.S. Patents

May 27, 2010
The University of California was awarded the most U.S. patents of any university last year, according to an annual report by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. In 2009, the 10-campus UC system received 251 patents for discoveries made by its researchers. The patents stem from UC ideas...

UC Merced to Test Sustainable Landscape Rating System

May 26, 2010
Planned Science and Engineering 2 building will be one of more than 150 sites in pilot program for the nation’s first rating system for green landscape design, construction and maintenance MERCED — The University of California, Merced, will be one of the first landscapes to participate in...

Students Put Heads Together to Form Robotics Society

May 25, 2010
The formation of UC Merced’s Robotics Society is a story of collaboration and cooperation. Its existence, so far, has been no different. The brainchild ofengineeringmajors Ernesto Mora and Joshua Gonzales, the Robotics Society formed last summer and has grown to include 12 members representing all...

Student Athletes of the Year Chosen

May 25, 2010
Tim Bell and Darlene Escobedo couldn’t have predicted how their athletic endeavors at UC Merced would turn out, but they were both certain of one thing:Sportswould be a big part of their time here. Both ended up focusing on sports that were new to them when they came to UC Merced, and both...

Sociology Student Focuses on Building Tomorrow's Leaders

May 21, 2010
Olivia Bentley has a deep-seated passion for community service which, bolstered bysociologyclasses at UC Merced, grows stronger each year. Bentley has been involved with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life since the eighth grade and will draw on her considerable experience May 22-23 when...

Medical Education Plans Take Another Step Forward at UC Merced

May 19, 2010
The University of California, Merced, today announced the appointment of Donald M. Hilty, M.D., to the position of co-director of the UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education. The appointment is the latest step in the university's long-term plan to develop a medical education...

UC Merced Commemorates Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 NBC News anchor Lester Holt gives keynote speech at commencement event MERCED — Award-winning broadcast journalist Lester Holturged some 321 graduates of the University of California, Merced to become free thinkers and critical consumers of news during his keynote address at the...

Remarks by Chancellor Steve Kang at Commencement 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 “Every End is a New Beginning” CHANCELLOR STEVE KANG: Good evening. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the University of California, Merced for our fifth commencement ceremony. I offer a special thank you to Regents Odessa Johnson and Fred Ruiz, and Mr. Lester Holt for joining us...

Commencement Speech by Jill Tsai, UC Merced Senior, Class of 2010

May 15, 2010
May 15, 2010 JILL TSAI: Good evening and thank you for having me here tonight. I know tonight is a celebration for our class of 2010, but I would like to start with having everyone give a round of applause for the family and professors who have guided us to this moment. After four long years we...

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