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UC Merced's Sixth Summer Session Starts June 5

May 25, 2006
Current University Students and Eligible High School Students Invited to Enroll Summer is the season for San Joaquin Valley students to get a head start or catch up on earning university credits by enrolling in UC Merced Summer Session 2006. More than 100 students have already enrolled for the...

Student Affairs Fellow Heads to Africa with Fond Memories of UC Merced

May 22, 2006
This summer, Student Affairs Fellow Tiffany Williams will begin a new chapter in her life. And although she will be a world away from home, UC Merced will stay in her heart. “This place becomes a part of you. After investing so much, it kind of becomes your baby,” she said. Williams will spend the...

David Johnson Photographs On Display at UC Merced Until June 19

May 22, 2006
A living legend is making his mark with the next generation at UC Merced. David Johnson, who photographed important moments in African-American life and history throughout the 20th century, is seizing the opportunity to share his experiences with college students and others in the community...

Study Explores How Chlamydia Bacteria Control Infected Cells

May 18, 2006
MERCED - Top-level scientific research takes years from its inception to its ultimate goal of publication in peer-reviewed journals. Professor David Ojcius (OH-shus) of the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences is celebrating the completion of that process for one of his projects, a study of the...

Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost David Ashley Will Become New President of UNLV

May 18, 2006
Campus Leader Headed Development of First Academic Programs, Hiring of Founding Faculty MERCED - David B. Ashley, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of California, Merced, has accepted the position of president at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, officials...

UC Merced IT Projects Chosen for Computerworld Honors Program

May 17, 2006
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, has been selected as a 2006 Laureate in the Computerworld Honors Program based on the identity-based service architecture the Information Technology department developed for the new campus. The honors program, based in Washington, D.C., is associated...

Prestigious Spencer Grant to Benefit Pre-calculus Course, Student Research Journal

May 15, 2006
MERCED — A collaborative proposal by three individuals from UC Merced has won a prestigious $25,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation’s Forum for Excellence in Higher Education. Robert Ochsner, Bruce Birkett and Professor Arnold Kim will use the funds to further improve UC Merced’s pre-calculus...

Commencement Ceremony Streaming Video

May 12, 2006
Commencement Ceremony Streaming VideoMay 12, 2006The UC Merced Inaugural Commencement Ceremony on May 11, 2006, was recorded as a streaming video and is posted forviewing.This requires using Windows Media Player. If you do not already have this installed on your computer, it is available as afree...

Graduate Student Among the First to Walk in a UC Merced Commencement

May 11, 2006
At the end of May, graduate student Daniel Santillano will celebrate his birthday, and he can’t think of a better gift than being among the first to graduate from UC Merced. The Sacramento native is one of three students participating in the first commencement exercise on May 11. After graduating...

UC Merced Raises Flags for Cleaner Air

May 11, 2006
Representatives from UC Merced and community health organizations gathered at the campus entrance on May 2 to commemorate World Asthma Day by raising UC Merced’s air quality flags for the first time. Campus health services director Greg Spurgeon hosted the event, welcoming UC Merced staff members...

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