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Gajic-Bruyea Enjoying Challenge of New Job, New Country

December 15, 2006
Making the transition to a new job isn’t always easy, but add that to the efforts of moving to another country, and it really becomes a challenge. A native of Toronto, Canada, Susana Gajic-Bruyea always imagined she’d live and work somewhere else. But when it came to the United States, she...

Chancellor Park on UCLA Database Breach

December 12, 2006
Dear UC Merced Faculty, Staff and Student Employees, I am writing to notify you of a computer hacking incident of a restricted UCLA database that may involve your personal information. Evidence of the break-in was discovered Nov. 21, 2006, and computer security staff immediately shut down the...

Student Alex Kang , UC Merced's First Webvoice

December 11, 2006
UC Merced student Alex Kang has a voice meant for the airwaves - or in this day and age, the Internet. An economics major, Kang, 23, didn’t envision spending his senior year as a broadcaster. But he’s the creator and host of UC Merced’s bi-monthly podcast, keeping the college community up on...

UC Merced Extends Application Deadline, Offers More New Majors, Minors

December 11, 2006
Prospective students have plenty of time to explore UC Merced’s newest offerings for fall 2007 political science and history because the application deadline has been extended until Jan. 31, 2007. UC Merced joins a number of other UC campuses in allowing extra time for fall 2007 applicants to...

UC Merced Extends Application Deadline, Offers More New Majors

December 6, 2006
Editor’s note: Only select programs are open for the extended application period at Davis and Los Angeles. MERCED - Students who want to get in on the ground floor of a new UC campus with all its new programs and enjoy a world-class UC education in a more intimate setting have even more...

Sink or Source? Professor Examining Ecosystems, Carbon, Climate Interactions

December 5, 2006
Every second, plants take in carbon dioxide through photosynthesis. At the same time, soil microbes produce carbon dioxide when they consume dead organic materials. These exchanges with the atmosphere historically have been in balance. But global climate change could upset that carbon cycling ...

Engineering Staff, Students Collaborate on Open Source Solutions

December 5, 2006
At UC Merced, hands-on education means getting real work done. A prime example: fourteen student employees in the School of Engineering’s Linux lab assigned to special projects like the revamped engineering Web site athttp://engineering.ucmerced.edu. Matt Dudys, a sophomore majoring in computer...

In Good, Green Company: UC Merced Joins USGBC Portfolio Program Pilot

December 4, 2006
MERCED - What does UC Merced have in common with Starbucks, Toyota, Subway and Bank of America? They’re all participants in the US Green Building Council’s Portfolio Pilot Program, which provides cost-effective “portfolio” solutions to help improve environmental performance in construction and...

Videos – New Recreation Center and New Undergraduate Major

November 29, 2006
KFSN ABC 30 Fresno TV recently featured stories about the opening of UC Merced’s Joseph Edward Gallo Recreation and Wellness Center and also the establishment of economics as the newest major to be offered in Fall 2007. Click hereto view the video about the opening of the recreation center on...

UC Merced Hosts World AIDS Day Event Dec. 1

November 29, 2006
MERCED - The UC Merced Office of Student Life will host a World AIDS Day event on Friday, Dec. 1, from 6 - 9 p.m. in the Yablokoff-Wallace Dining Commons on the UC Merced campus. “We’re thrilled that the event is taking place at UC Merced,” said Louise Tilston of the Merced County Department of...

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