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UC Merced Launches Blog with News Items for Journalists, General Public

September 15, 2008
The University of California, Merced, has created its own news blog to serve the needs of journalists and others interested in what’s happening at the UC system’s newest campus. “As our university grows, it’s become more challenging to make sure everyone is able to find out everything happening on...

Professor Building Foundation for Future Health Breakthroughs

September 12, 2008
In between liquid and solid, there’s a kind of matter that we see much more than we realize. Soft matter includes everything from gels to rubber to most of the human body. That means understanding soft matter is important for human health as well as for technology applications like liquid crystal...

UC Merced Symposium Examines Emerging Solar Technologies

September 10, 2008
Nicola Cabibbo, head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, to anchor the university’s first solar symposium MERCED - Amid concerns about rising gas prices and the growing need for environmentally friendly alternatives to fossil fuels, the University of California, Merced, will host a solar...

UC Merced Establishes Planning Office to Finalize Medical School Proposal

September 9, 2008
MERCED -University of California, Merced,Chancellor Steve Kang today announced the appointment of Maria Pallavicinias vice provost for health sciences. Pallavicini, who is dean of theSchool of Natural Sciencesand has led the campus’medical school planning process, will now function in a dual...

A New Perspective on Yosemite: Under the Rocks, Little Creatures

September 5, 2008
Alejandro Miró Co remembers his parents, both doctors, telling him not to play in the dirt – he’d get sick. He’s come a long way from those days to his current work in the UC Merced Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, turning over rocks in the Merced River in Yosemite National...

A New Perspective on Yosemite: Under the Rocks, Little Creatures

September 5, 2008
Alejandro Miró Co remembers his parents, both doctors, telling him not to play in the dirt - he’d get sick. He’s come a long way from those days to his current work in the UC MercedResearch Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program, turning over rocks in the Merced River in Yosemite National...

New Professor Thinking Big on Sustainable Biofuels, Index Crop Insurance

September 5, 2008
Professor J. Elliott Campbelland his new employer - UC Merced - have one big thing in common: They may be the rookies on the block, but they don’t let that keep them from making a global impact. Campbell, a new assistant professor in theSchool of Engineering, has already received nationwide...

UC Merced Faculty Experts' Research on Society Provides Valuable Insight

September 5, 2008
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Major New Sculpture to Reflect UC Merced’s Mission in Central Valley

September 3, 2008
MERCED, CA - The hopes and aspirations of the rapidly growing University of California, Merced campus will be captured metaphorically in a major new piece of sculpture - a gift to the university - to be erected in the central courtyard this academic year. “Beginnings,” inspired by former Acting...

UC Merced Opens Expanded Dining Facility

August 28, 2008
Gift helps support new dining terrace and herb garden MERCED - The extraordinary growth and popularity of the University of California, Merced, in the last three years is accompanied by an increased demand for on-campus housing and support services. Just in time for the new academic year, UC...

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