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Chancellor to Unveil Vision for UC Merced at Inauguration

October 29, 2007
Four days of celebrations and academic events will surround theNov. 6 ceremonyinauguratingSteve Kangas UC Merced’s second chancellor. Kang, who became chancellor March 1, is a fitting choice to lead the University of California’s newest campus as it seeks to make UC-level education more accessible...

Chancellor to Unveil Vision for UC Merced at Inauguration

October 29, 2007
Four days of celebrations and academic events will surround the Nov. 6 ceremony inaugurating Steve Kang as UC Merced’s second chancellor. Kang, who became chancellor March 1, is a fitting choice to lead the University of California’s newest campus as it seeks to make UC-level education more...

Student Advises Peers to Do Their Best

October 26, 2007
Ifengineeringgraduatestudent Emily Reed was asked to give advice to undergraduates, she would say, “Do your best in all of your work. You don’t know how useful something could be later on.” Reed knows about this firsthand. While an undergraduate at UC Merced, she was a Regents Scholar, which she...

UC named one of America's Top 10 "coolest" schools

October 25, 2007
Sierra Magazine has named the University of California system one of America’s Top 10 “coolest” schools for its efforts to stop global warming. UC ranked No. 4 on the Sierra Club magazine’s inaugural listing of the nation’s greenest campuses ( http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra), which hit...

UC Merced Moves Forward with Med School Plans

October 19, 2007
Efforts to establish a UC Merced School of Medicine recently crossed another milestone and received a boost at the same time. The “Preliminary Program Proposal and Business Plan to Establish a UC Merced School of Medicine” was recently completed and is being submitted to UC Merced faculty for...

Balancing Acting: Senior Takes the Stage

October 19, 2007
Despite a successful weekend performing as Curly in the Playhouse Merced production of “Oklahoma!” H.D. Southerland wasn’t exactly singing “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” on a cool October Monday. He’d worked his overnight hotel job and also had his full-time course load inpsychologyandphilosophyto...

UC Merced Moves Forward with Med School Plans

October 19, 2007
Efforts to establish aUC Merced School of Medicinerecently crossed another milestone and received a boost at the same time. The Preliminary Program Proposal and Business Plan to Establish a UC Merced School of Medicine was recently completed and is being submitted to UC Merced faculty for comments...

$1.1 Million McNair Grant Awarded to UC Merced

October 15, 2007
MERCED - The U.S. Department of Education has awarded University of California, Merced, with a Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program grant, which should give the university at least $220,000 each year for the next five years. The grant will allow 25 students, generally low-income...

A Family Affair: Family Weekend Oct. 20-21

October 12, 2007
UC Merced will become one big family affair when it hosts its annual Family Weekend on Oct. 20 and 21. The fun-filled weekend will offer something for the whole family – from carnival games and activities for the little ones to open houses and receptions for moms and dads. “The idea behind Family...

New Course Will Train Students in Nanotechnology Device Fabrication

October 12, 2007
DuringProfessor Jennifer Lu’s10 years working in the nanotechnology industry, she noticed that newly hired grads often couldn’t apply their knowledge or integrate knowledge from different fields to solve real-world problems. She found they needed a broader knowledge base, more hands-on experience...

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