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UC Merced Commencement a Fun, Spirited Ceremony

May 22, 2007
Please visit ourmulti-media presentation. Celebrating the courage, determination and spirit of UC Merced students, the university graduated 75 students on Friday. The campus is quiet now, but the quad was packed with people applauding, snapping photos and honking air horns as friends and family...

UC Merced Summer Session Registration Far Exceeds Expectations

May 22, 2007
MERCED - UC Merced’s Summer Session 2007 promises to be lively, with more than three times last year’s enrollment. Courses are available on campus as well as at the Bakersfield and Fresno centers for those who want to fit in some classes over the summer. However, students should firm up their...

UC Merced Commencement a Fun, Spirited Ceremony

May 22, 2007
Please visit our multi-media presentation. Celebrating the courage, determination and spirit of UC Merced students, the university graduated 75 students on Friday. The campus is quiet now, but the quad was packed with people applauding, snapping photos and honking air horns as friends and...

UC Davis, UC Merced and Buck Institute Cooperate to Meet Stem Cell Oversight Requirements

May 18, 2007
SACRAMENTO - Taking a cue from the state’s stem cell agency, which has galvanized stem cell research and opened up lines of communication among researchers in California, scientists at the University of California, Merced and the Buck Institute for Age Research in Marin County have established a...

Graduation Ceremony Fast Approaching

May 11, 2007
Hard to believe it’s almost graduation day again. The Commencement Committee has been working hard to plan a ceremony for about 75 students who will receive their diplomas this year, said organizer Stefani Martinez. Commencement will look quite a bit different this time around. “This year, it’s a...

Graduation Ceremony Fast Approaching

May 11, 2007
Hard to believe it’s almost graduation day again. The Commencement Committee has been working hard to plan a ceremony for about 75 students who will receive their diplomas this year, said organizer Stefani Martinez. Commencement will look quite a bit different this time around. This year, it’s a...

Meet the 2007 Commencement Keynote Speaker: John Garamendi, Sr.

May 11, 2007
As a student at UC Berkeley, California’s Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, Sr., was an All-American football player. This year, he’s going to tackle Bobcat graduation as the keynote speaker at the May 18 ceremony. UC Merced might be new, but not to Garamendi. He helped form the UC Merced Foundation Board...

Two UC Merced Students Win Strauss $10K Public Service Scholarship

May 9, 2007
MERCED - The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to at least 14 California college juniors annually, has announced that UC Merced students Christiane Pailo and...

Lieutenant Governor to Address This Year's Graduates

May 9, 2007
MERCED - The Class of 2007 is getting ready for its big moment. University of California, Merced’s second commencement ceremony will feature California’s Lt. Gov., John Garamendi, Sr., offering the keynote address and new Chancellor Steve Kang presiding over the ceremony. “John Garamendi, Sr., has...

Medina's Coral-Algae Symbiosis Work Wins Prestigious NSF Award

May 8, 2007
Professor Mónica Medina of the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for her work on Coral Health Genomics. The continuing grant will fund Medina’s work at $361,238 annually over five years. “NSF’s selection of Mónica Medina for...

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