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Charitable Gifts, Private Grants to UC Merced Increase Sharply in 2007-08 Fiscal Year

August 13, 2008
MERCED - Despite a marked downturn in statewide economic fortunes, charitable gifts and private grants to the University of California, Merced during the 2007-08 fiscal year increased by more than 70 percent, to nearly $10.6 million, the university said today (Aug. 13). Approximately 950...

Yosemite Summer Students in Public Symposium Aug. 15

August 7, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, and Yosemite National Park have hosted nineteen students from UC Merced and other institutions around the United States intwo programs in the park this summer. As the students finish their summer experience, they will share the knowledge they have...

Students Publish Review in Top Scientific Journal

August 1, 2008
Corey Cainsaid he and his fellow grad students were bouncing off the walls when they learned theirbook review of two systems biology textswas going to be published in Science. The journal represents the pinnacle of achievement for many researchers, and the group of graduate students had...

Students Publish Review in Top Scientific Journal

August 1, 2008
Corey Cain said he and his fellow grad students were “bouncing off the walls” when they learned their book review of two systems biology texts was going to be published in “Science.” The journal represents the pinnacle of achievement for many researchers, and the group of graduate students had...

UC Merced Launches Athletics Initiative

July 29, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, is taking the first steps toward creating a formal intercollegiate athletics program and expects to have a plan of action in place next year. The Chancellor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics will convene on campus Wednesday, July...

Center Focuses on Getting More Valley Students to College

July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established itsCenter for Educational Partnershipsin 2002. The university knew it would need outside help to accomplish its goal: to forge partnerships with schools from throughout the...

Center Focuses on Getting More Valley Students to College

July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established its Center for Educational Partnerships in 2002. The university knew it would need outside help to accomplish its goal: to forge partnerships with schools from throughout...

Professor Divides Summer Between Merced and Yosemite

July 25, 2008
Professor Benoit Dayratof the UC MercedSchool of Natural Sciencesleads theResearch Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program. This summer he divides his teaching time between Yosemite National Park and hisresearch labon campus, a prospect that, although daunting, is exciting. “It’s very busy,...

RoboCup Team Places in World's Top Two for Virtual Robot Rescue

July 22, 2008
MERCED- The University of California, Merced, made history July 20 in the RoboCup Rescue Virtual Robots competition. No other team had fewer than two developers on site to compete in the international event in Suzhou, China; UC Merced had only one. But UC Merced proudly placed second in the final...

UC Merced Breaks Ground on Fourth Academic Building

July 21, 2008
New facility will nearly double size of School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts MERCED - With the ceremonial scooping of shovelfuls of dirt, the University of California, Merced, broke ground on the Social Sciences and Management Building today (July 21). “This is an exciting day for UC...

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