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UC Merced Professor's Research Could Rewrite History

August 18, 2006
MERCED - Combine an obscure, centuries-old work of literature, an international hunt for documents long thought lost and a race to reveal information and what do you get? It’s not the next “DaVinci Code,” but the research Manuel M. Martin-Rodriguez has been doing could rewrite portions of American...

UC Merced Fundraising Hits a High Note

August 11, 2006
UC Merced Fundraising Goes Beyond ExpectationsGifts top $19 million for the yearMERCED – The University of California, Merced, raised $19.6 million this fiscal year – quadruple last year’s total.Included in this year’s donations:* $5 million from United Health Foundation to develop medical-...

What Do Your Tunes Say About You? First Music Professor Takes a Closer Look

August 8, 2006
There’s a lot more to the study of music than whether a song has a good beat and you can dance to it. “I use music as a way of thinking about identity,” said Professor Kevin Fellezs, who’s starting to teach here this fall. “We’ll talk about how music helps us form and shape our identities and...

Grad Student Brings First CIRM Stem Cell Funds to UC Merced

August 8, 2006
When Dean of Natural Sciences Maria Pallavicini applied as a co-investigator on a UC Davis proposal to the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM - the state board which awards funds from the November 2004 measure that appropriated monies for stem cell research in California - she...

UC Merced Reiterates Commitment to Extensive Mitigation Measures While Balancing Central Valley’s Need for Expanded Access to Higher Education

July 29, 2006
MERCED, CA - The University of California, Merced said today (July 29) it remains optimistic that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will issue the federal permit it needs for next-phase development of its 910-acre campus and a contiguous university community. The university issued the statement...

Your Side of the UC Merced Story: UC Merced Memories Oral History Project

July 28, 2006
The official history of UC Merced will be kept by campus administrators and archivists. But Michelle Jacobs of the UC Merced Library staff had a feeling that students, faculty and staff had fascinating stories of their own to tell. She’s capturing those stories through the UC Merced Oral History...

Lisa Perry Runs Helpful One-stop Info Shop in Students First Center

July 28, 2006
When Lisa Perry started working in the Students First Center last summer, she wore a hard hat and had to push aside a large, plastic sheet to find her computer. This year, the center is fully functional, helping students with financial aid, admissions and registration questions and forms, campus...

UC Merced Receives $5 Million Donation to Help Create Medical Education Program

July 26, 2006
The University of California, Merced has been named to receive a $5 million charitable donation from United Health Foundation to assist in the development of medical education and related health-sciences programs, the university said today (July 27). The grant, to be distributed over the next three...

Writing Program Prepares Students for More than Just Term Papers

July 25, 2006
UC Merced’s writing program has a misleading name. The program isn’t just about writing, said Director Robert Ochsner. Sure, students will learn to be better writers. They’ll learn how to properly construct essays, term papers, and exposition and argument papers. But they’ll also learn how to read...

Professor Takes Historical, Social Approach to Words and the Natural World

July 25, 2006
“I’ve always been interested in what makes people write,” explains UC Merced literature professor Jan Goggans. “What’s going on in the writers personal lives, and what are their outside influences.” Goggans classes are part literature, part history lesson - no “trying to find five metaphors in...

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