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Diverse Physics Faculty Above National Average, Earn Prestigious Awards

March 25, 2011
UC Merced's physicsgroup is defying the odds. Women make up 14 percent of physics faculty at U.S. degree-granting institutions, according to a 2010 survey by the American Institute of Physics. At UC Merced, three of the eight professors are women, or more than a third. Also, one of the two...

Undergraduates Assist Merced High School Students with Key Exam

March 18, 2011
Six UC Merced students are showing their passion for serving the community by tutoring a group of Merced High School students who are in danger of failing a key exit exam. The group was organized by world history major Dulcemaria Anaya, of Merced, and environmental engineering major Jesse Anaya,...

Statement from UC Merced Chancellor Steve Kang

March 11, 2011
I am deeply shocked and saddened by the news of the tragic 8.9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck Japan today. This major catastrophe has caused heavy damage, apparently mostly in the northeastern portion of the country. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected,...

UC Merced Options Set Engineering Alumnus on the Right Path

March 11, 2011
Unlike many other schools, UC Merced allows freshman students to enter with a major of “engineering - undeclared.” For Matt Nelson, now looking back on his freshman year more than five years down the line, the option proved a distinct advantage. “I honestly had no idea what I would be doing now...

National Parks, Reserved Lands the Focus of Leadership Seminar

March 9, 2011
From California's Sierra foothills to Sweden's Tyresta forest, the problems facing the world's national parks and reserved lands are immense and require a new way of thinking. Park leaders from across the globe are being brought together in April for an intensive, 12-day leadership program to...

Professor Studies Early Childhood Development

March 4, 2011
UC Merced Professor Rose Scott studies how young children begin to understand the social world and all its complexities. It happens sooner than most would think. Babies who are three months old can begin to show they understand that people have preferences, and 18-month-olds can understand that...

Wireless Sensors to Improve Sierra Snowpack Measurements

March 3, 2011
More than half of the water used in California for farming and drinking and other everyday uses comes by way of runoff from the Sierra Nevada, and gauging the amount of snow there and predicting how much runoff there will be is an annual rite that has a major trickledown effect of its own....

UC Day Draws Attention to University’s BudgetCrisis

March 1, 2011
More than 200 university alumni and friends converged in Sacramento today (March 1) for UC Day, an effort to advocate for a long-term funding solution to maintain the quality of the University of California. UC faces a proposed $500 million cut in the state's 2011-12 budget as California struggles...

UC Merced Student Volunteers Gain Insight into Patient Care

February 25, 2011
During a typical day at the Mercy Medical Center Emergency Department (ED), nurses, doctors and support staff swiftly move through the halls of the 27-room facility. Patients register and are assessed and treated for everything from fractures and lacerations to possible cardiac arrest or stroke....

Junior Ready to Take Hoops Team to Next Level

February 25, 2011
Junior Aki Chambers has been there for every stage of men's basketball at UC Merced. He played intramural basketball as a freshman, then started the men's club team with fellow student Daniel Castillo. This fall, he'll likely become part of the first UC Merced basketball team to compete at the...

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