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Valley Native Making Her Mark in Stem Cell Engineering

January 22, 2008
When you think of a young woman who’s spent most of her life in the San Joaquin Valley, you might not picture a Ph.D.bioengineer. Fresno native Alicia Blancas is bound to change that. Blancas chose to study biology because she was inspired by an Advanced Placement teacher at Edison High School. A...

UC MEXUS Helps Ph.D. Student Collaborate on Coral Health

January 22, 2008
When it comes to studying how corals respond to increasing ocean temperatures as the climate warms, the corals are just part the puzzle. “If we don’t look at the algae that live in symbiosis with the corals, we’re really only seeing half of the picture, maybe less,” said Ph.D. student Mickey...

UC a 'Shining Star' for College Campuses in Sustainability

January 21, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA— Sierra magazine has placed the University of California’s 10 campuses “in a league of their own” in the Sierra Club publication’s second annual green college guide, which hit newsstands today (Aug. 21). The ranking, along with others by Kaplan and Hearst’s TheDailyGreen.com,...

UC Merced Lands $8.4 Million in Grants and Awards for First Half of Current Fiscal Year

January 18, 2008
MERCED, CA— Faculty researchers at the University of California, Merced have been awarded nearly $8.4 million in research grants and awards during the first half of the 2007-08 fiscal year, the largest six-month total since the university began research operations in 2003. The $8.4 million...

Researchers Developing Radically Different Screening Tool to Answer Public Health Threat of Drug-resistant Bacteria

January 16, 2008
MERCED, CA— Amid international concern about the public health threat of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aurea bacteria, researchers at the University of California, Merced, have filed for a patent on a powerful new screening tool that could someday answer widespread calls for universal staph...

Library Complex Awarded "LEED Gold" Certification for Environmental Achievement

January 14, 2008
Kolligian Library is second campus facility to meet USGBC “Gold” standard for sustainable development MERCED, CA— A second major building complex at the University of California, Merced has earned “LEED Gold” certification for excellence in environmental performance from the U.S. Green Building...

Cars, Cows, Crops , Tracing Valley Air Pollution to its Sources

January 11, 2008
A particle of dust might not seem particularly special when you wipe it off your windshield or breathe it in. But a new UC Merced professor can analyze particulate pollution for distinct chemicals that show where it originated - on a cattle feed lot, from a tomato field or almond orchard, from...

UC Merced/Livermore Team Modeling Alternative-fuel Engines

January 8, 2008
MERCED, CA— Efficiency is the name of the game when it comes to making non-gasoline vehicles more attractive, both to manufacturers and to consumers. But testing engine efficiency can be an expensive proposition, requiring hand-built prototypes, pricey equipment and space to house operations....

Deadline Nears for Grad School Applications

January 7, 2008
The deadline to apply to graduate school is quickly approaching, and UC Merced officials are busy spreading the word about the benefits and opportunities of applying to one of the many tailored graduate programs available at the college. But first, they said, future students should be mindful of...

College a Dream Come True for Future Grandmother

January 7, 2008
Debye Conte tried many times since graduating high school to advance her education. But each time she enrolled in college classes, life got in the way and forced her to shelve her plans. Thirty years later, she is finally living out her dreams. The future grandmother is a UC Merceddoctoral...

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