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San Joaquin Valley Educators Invited to Learn About UC Merced

April 2, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Principals, teachers and guidance counselors from around the San Joaquin Valley are encouraged to attend one of several free seminars planned in April and May for educators to hear news they can use about the UC Merced campus, which is scheduled to open in fall 2005. Hosted at...

University of California Joins Public Library of Science

April 1, 2004
The University of California libraries today (April 1, 2004) demonstrated their commitment to supporting innovations that provide wider dissemination and facilitate easier research access to scholarly publishing, as the announced that the University of California has become an institutional member...

Registration Open for Fifth Annual UC Merced Summer Session

April 1, 2004
MERCED, CA. — For the first time, several members of UC Merced's founding faculty will be among the professors providing instruction to students throughout the San Joaquin Valley during the university's fifth annual Summer Session. To be presented at the UC Merced Centers in Fresno and Bakersfield...

UC Merced Accepting Graduate Student Applications

March 12, 2004
MERCED, CA — UC Merced, the 10th campus of the prestigious University of California system and the first major American research university to be built in the 21st century, is currently accepting applications for graduate students to enroll as the campus' first students for the fall 2004 semester...

Snail Mucus and Spider Silk Entice Students to Pursue Pathsin Medicine and Engineering

March 5, 2004
MERCED, CA — Professor Christopher Viney tailors his stories to his audience. Some may hear about a life lived in Britain, South Africa, the United States, Scotland and now Merced. Others may learn about slugs, and how the remarkable properties of their slimy trails enable fellow slugs to determine...

March 2004 Campus Construction Photos

March 5, 2004

Valley Parents Are the Focus of UC Merced Grant

February 27, 2004
Unique proposal wins approval by the California Student Aid Commission MERCED, CA— GPAs. Entrance exams. Financial aid. Interest rates. In the San Joaquin Valley, where almost a quarter of households live below the poverty line and educational attainment is staggeringly low, parents often feel...

Hydrologist Martha Conklin Pursues Interdisciplinary Study of California Rivers and Streams

February 26, 2004
MERCED, CA — Imagine a group of middle school students - perhaps later this year - clustered on the banks of the upper Merced River. They're collecting data on stream water temperature and air temperature. And they'll pass their measurements on to Martha Conklin, Ph.D., a professor at the...

Prop 55 Has $10.8M for UC Merced Campus Projects

February 18, 2004
MERCED, CA — During their regular meeting in January 2004, UC regents endorsed the facilities bond act of 2004 that, if ratified by California voters in March, would pave the way for some $10.8 million in facility construction at UC Merced and billions more in improvements to public schools across...

Recent Campus Construction Photos (Feb. 2004)

February 17, 2004

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