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Child's Play Leads to Serious Innovations in Shrinky Dinks Microfluidics

March 7, 2008
To see UC Merced students using Shrinky Dinks and PDMS to conduct research, check out a 7-minute video on the process by clicking here. Microfluidic devices play an important part in cell assay for diagnosis of diseases and in cancer research. Usually, though, creating microfluidics is...

Glushko-Samuelson Foundation Gift Supports UC MercedCognitive Science Program

March 4, 2008
MERCED, CA — The University of California, Merced, is quickly gaining international recognition in the cognitive science community because of its interdisciplinary approach to the study of thought and behavior. The Glushko-Samuelson Foundation has donated $50,000 to the UC Merced Cognitive Science...

Bite-size Science in Three Languages from UC Merced ResearchTeam

March 3, 2008
MERCED, CA — When Professor Mónica Medina of UC Merced's School of Natural Sciences applied for a National Science Foundation CAREER award last year, she knew she wanted to include in her research plans an outreach component to speak to the multicultural population of California's Central Valley...

Donor Gives Campus Radio Station a Boost

March 3, 2008
MERCED, CA — The University of California, Merced, may be one step closer to having a student-run radio station on campus, thanks to a donation from the Jane and Marc Nathanson Family Foundation. The $6,000 gift gave UC Merced the seed funding needed to submit a non-commercial FM station license...

UC Merced to Join UC Day Advocates in Highlighting GreenPractices

February 26, 2008
MERCED, CA — The newest campus in the University of California system will take its place among its older “sisters” on Tuesday, March 4, under a big, green tent by the state capitol in Sacramento. The University of California, Merced, will feature a natural-gas-powered car donated by Pacific Gas...

Summer Session Includes Housing Option

February 25, 2008
UC Merced is making it even easier on students to spend their summer here. For the first time, on-campus housing will be available to students enrolled insummer sessioncourses. According to Leslie Santos, director of housing and residence life, summer school students will live in theValley...

Summer Session Includes Housing Option

February 25, 2008
UC Merced is making it even easier on students to spend their summer here. For the first time, on-campus housing will be available to students enrolled in summer session courses. According to Leslie Santos, director of housing and residence life, summer school students will live in the Valley...

Research Week: A Growing Tradition of Discovery March 4 through 6

February 21, 2008
MERCED, CA— To help the community understand and engage in the research mission of the University of California, UC Merced will host its annual celebration of discovery and knowledge, Research Week, from March 4 through 6. Research Week, expanded from last year’s Research Day celebration, has...

Intern Fair Helps Students Find Work

February 19, 2008
UC Merced’s annual internship fair was a hit last week – both with students and with prospective employers. Kelly Patterson, assistant director of career services, said that about 250 students registered for the fair, giving them access to internships offered by almost 40 companies. Among the...

Professor Creates Machine Learning Algorithms to Address Diverse Problems

February 19, 2008
EngineeringprofessorMiguel Carreira-Perpiñánconcedes his work is a little tricky to explain to someone who isn’t all about mathematics and computers. He works to build models that can automatically extract useful information from extremely complex data. “Machine learning is at the intersection...

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