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Swine Influenza Precautions Urged

April 27, 2009
UC Merced is closely monitoring the swine flu investigations underway in California and elsewhere, and will provide updated information as it becomes available. No cases of swine flu have been reported in Merced County at this time. University leaders and personnel from health services and...

Research Opportunity Turns Into Management Role for Psych Major

April 27, 2009
InMichelle Chouinard’sdevelopmentalpsychologylab, the focus is on children and the way language influences how they learn. Threegraduate students, two managers and 11researchassistants work together in the professor’s lab to understand the keys that unlock and stimulate the learning processes in a...

UC Merced Names Student-Athlete Award After U.S. Soccer Icon

April 27, 2009
MERCED - UC Merced has renamed its male athlete award after U.S. soccer icon and retired Los Angeles Galaxy star Cobi Jones, who currently serves as assistant coach for the team. Jones has made significant contributions to the UC Merced as a member of the Chancellor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on...

Blue Ribbon Commission Releases Intercollegiate Athletics Report

April 22, 2009
Proposal provides guidelines for creation of competitive sports program at UC Merced MERCED - The University of California, Merced, now has a strategic plan to guide the future of its athletics program. The Chancellor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics,which was convened in...

ABC Conference Comes to UC Merced

April 17, 2009
While attending their first African Black Coalition Conference in 2007, students from UC Merced received a newbie award for their participation. Conference organizers took notice of their eagerness to participate and enthusiasm.  Now, just two years later, the UC Merced newbies are running the ...

ABC Conference Comes to UC Merced

April 17, 2009
While attending their first African Black Coalition Conference in 2007, students from UC Merced received a “newbie” award for their participation. Conference organizers took notice of their eagerness to participate and enthusiasm.  Now, just two years later, the UC Merced “newbies” are running the ...

UC Merced Showcases Student Talent at ‘Debut’

April 15, 2009
MERCED - Arts UC Merced Presents “Debut,” an evening of student performance art on April 23. Beginning at 7 p.m., “Debut” will feature students showcasing a variety of artistic talent.Among the performers are Bhangra, an ethnic dance group; FLO, an a cappella group that was among the very first...

Injury Leads Student to Pursue True Calling

April 10, 2009
Erik Olstad was apolitical sciencemajor attending school in Fresno when he had an accident that changed his life. While snowboarding in 2004, he fell and sustained a debilitating back injury. The accident left him with compressed vertebrae and bedridden for three weeks. When he was finally able to...

Student Research Highlighted

April 10, 2009
The following students are the winners of the 2009 Student Research Poster Competition: Undergraduate competition First Place: Leily Kiani Title: Dispersive Broadening of Ultrafast Optical Pulses from a Femtosecond Laser Co-authors: Christiane Goulart-Pailo, Chenji Gu and Jay Sharping Second...

UC Merced Professor Receives $483,000 Grant to Develop Tool Used in Stem Cell Research

April 7, 2009
MERCED - University of California, Merced, professor Michael Cleary has received a $483,803 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop a tool that could allow previously impossible experiments to be performed in stem cell research. The tool is known as RNA...

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