Five UC Merced students have been selected as scholars in theRonald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, which helps them secure a summer internship and apply to graduate school.
Each student will get a stipend up to $2,800 that can go toward paying for travel tointernshipsand...
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March 10, 2010
Nation’s 39th Chief Executive and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Will
DeliverKeynote Address at Seminar on Management of Parks and
Protected Lands
MERCED, CA— President Jimmy Carter will
visit the campus of the University of California, Merced, on May 3
to deliver the keynote address at a National...
March 5, 2010
The UC MercedCheerand Dance squads traveled to Anaheim in February to compete in the 2010 USA All Star Spirit, Dance and College Nationals. Although it was thesecond competition for the Cheer team, it was the first opportunity the Bobcat Dance Team had to compete at a collegiate level.“We competed...
March 5, 2010
An iPod that replenishes its own energy while you walk. A pacemaker that powers itself by way of a patient’s own beating heart. A motion sensor that operates without a battery or external power source of any kind.
Those are just a few of the potential real-world applications that could come forth...
March 3, 2010
MERCED, CA—UC administration and student
leaders forged a united front in Sacramento when they joined forces
to press lawmakers to fully fund the university and student
financial aid.
“The students were on point, passionate advocates for the
university system,” UC President Mark Yudof said after...
March 1, 2010
Two UC Mercedalumniare headed to Morocco for what promises to be an adventure of a lifetime.Jackie Shay and Socorro Composanto (2009) are the first UC Merced graduates to sign up for the Peace Corps. Their decision to help the world reflects the university’s commitment to instilling a sense of...
March 1, 2010
MERCED, CA— President Mark Yudof and UC
Regents Chairman Russell Gould met face to face Monday with
students concerned about recent incidents of intolerance at
University of California campuses and pledged to focus attention
systemwide on strategies to prevent such acts in the future.
“These are...
February 26, 2010
Funding to Support More Student Researchers in Effort to Build
Quantum Computer
MERCED, CA— University of California,
Merced, physics ProfessorLin
Tianhas been awarded the National Science Foundation’s esteemed
Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the fourth
professor here in four...
February 26, 2010
UC Merced recently celebrated another laudable academic first.
Andreas Kolling became the campus’ first student to graduate with adoctorateinelectrical engineering and computer sciencewhen he successfully defended his dissertation, “Multi-Robot Pursuit-Evasion,” in December.
Kolling, who was born...
