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Competition Drives UC Merced Recycling Efforts

February 6, 2009
There’s no doubt that UC Merced is committed to sustainability. Dining Services serves takeout items in corn-based plastic and recycled containers, most departments use recycled copy paper, there is a university compost pile and most campus buildings have received environmental certification...

Chancellor Issues Statement on Medical School Planning at UC Merced

February 4, 2009
MERCED, CA— Planning for a medical education program leading to a School of Medicine at the University of California, Merced, is continuing. Most recently, our distinguished consultants with the Washington Advisory Group completed a report that enhances our planning process. The report identifies...

UC Merced Lands $8.2 Million in Awards and Grants for First Half of Current Fiscal Year

February 3, 2009
MERCED, CA— Faculty researchers at the University of California, Merced, have obtained $8.2 million in research grants and awards during the first half of the 2008-09 fiscal year. The funds, received between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2008, represent 54 different projects. Federal, state and private...

UC Merced and Berkeley Lab Collaboration on DNA Array Sheds Light on Coral Disease

February 2, 2009
MERCED, CA— The answer to what’s killing the world’s coral reefs may be found in a tiny chip that fits in the palm of your hand. Scientists at the University of California, Merced, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using an innovative DNA array developed at Berkeley Lab to catalog the...

Research Takes UC Merced Team to Antarctica

January 30, 2009
UC Merced’s Wolfgang Rogge has been to the bottom of the Earth and back in the name of science. Rogge, an associate professor in the School of Engineering and air pollution specialist, recently returned from Antarctica where he and UC Merced doctoral student Sylvain Masclin spent more than two...

Researcher Studies Impact of Colleges on Communities

January 30, 2009
Attracted by the unique opportunity to witness the emergence of a new university in the Central Valley, Joel Beutel came to UC Merced to work on his Ph.D. and continue hisresearchinto the historical relationships between colleges and local communities, and to indulge his strong interest in...

Research Takes UC Merced Team to Antarctica

January 30, 2009
UC Merced’sWolfgang Roggehas been to the bottom of the Earth and back in the name of science. Rogge, an associate professor in theSchool of Engineeringand air pollution specialist, recently returned from Antarctica where he and UC Merceddoctoralstudent Sylvain Masclin spent more than two months....

UC Merced Students Light the Way with Senior Challenge Idea

January 23, 2009
When UC Merced students Heather Poiry and Anne Mahacek heard that campus administrators were looking for students to submit proposals for a Senior Challenge project, the duo stepped up to the plate to pitch a bright idea. Poiry and Mahacek, both mechanical engineering majors and seniors, proposed...

Student Applications Remain Steady for Fall 2009

January 23, 2009
MERCED, CA— The University of California, Merced said today (Jan. 23) applications from first-time students to the newest UC campus once again surpassed the 10,000 mark in fall 2009, despite the state’s deepening economic difficulties and the UC system’s recent decision to enroll 2,300 fewer...

UC Merced Students Light the Way with Senior Challenge Idea

January 23, 2009
When UC Merced students Heather Poiry and Anne Mahacek heard that campus administrators were looking for students to submit proposals for a Senior Challenge project, the duo stepped up to the plate to pitch a bright idea. Poiry and Mahacek, bothmechanical engineeringmajors andseniors, proposed to...

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