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Meet the 2007 Commencement Keynote Speaker: John Garamendi, Sr.

May 11, 2007
As a student at UC Berkeley, California’s Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, Sr., was an All-American football player. This year, he’s going to tackle Bobcat graduation as the keynote speaker at the May 18 ceremony. UC Merced might be new, but not to Garamendi. He helped form the UC Merced Foundation Board...

Two UC Merced Students Win Strauss $10K Public Service Scholarship

May 9, 2007
MERCED - The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to at least 14 California college juniors annually, has announced that UC Merced students Christiane Pailo and...

Lieutenant Governor to Address This Year's Graduates

May 9, 2007
MERCED - The Class of 2007 is getting ready for its big moment. University of California, Merced’s second commencement ceremony will feature California’s Lt. Gov., John Garamendi, Sr., offering the keynote address and new Chancellor Steve Kang presiding over the ceremony. “John Garamendi, Sr., has...

Medina's Coral-Algae Symbiosis Work Wins Prestigious NSF Award

May 8, 2007
Professor Mónica Medina of the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for her work on Coral Health Genomics. The continuing grant will fund Medina’s work at $361,238 annually over five years. “NSF’s selection of Mónica Medina for...

Millennium Gift Helps Further Obesity Study at UC Merced

May 8, 2007
Experts say poor eating habits and inactivity, the main causes of obesity, could mean children face shorter life expectancies than their parents. The increasing problem of childhood obesity in the San Joaquin Valley has prompted a $5,000 gift from Millennium SportsClub to the University of...

Save Money, Save Time, Study Better by Living On Campus

May 4, 2007
Living on campus at UC Merced offers lots of advantages, but most of them can be summed up in a few key words – cost, convenience and concentration. On-campus living might seem expensive at first, but it´s often comparable, when you consider the costs of food, utilities, transportation and...

Save Money, Save Time, Study Better by Living On Campus

May 4, 2007
Living on campus at UC Merced offers lots of advantages, but most of them can be summed up in a few key words - cost, convenience and concentration. On-campus living might seem expensive at first, but it’s often comparable, when you consider the costs of food, utilities, transportation and parking...

Pitching the Future: Student Accepted to Prestigious Grad-Prep Program

May 4, 2007
Not every college sophomore would describe their feelings about an intensive, two-year research program with the word “stoked.” It helps a little bit that the UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) program will let UC Merced’s Mike Oliveira live in San Francisco for the...

Central Plant Receives Top Award for Distinguished Design from American Institute of Architects

May 4, 2007
Central Plant is key component of university’s commitmentto sustainable development and environmental leadership MERCED - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the University of California, Merced’s first building complex, known as the Central Plant, to receive a 2007 Institute...

UC Merced Professor Gets a New View of Terrorism

May 2, 2007
MERCED - Professor Gregg Herkenwon a fellowship through the Foundation for Defense of Democracies that will take him to Israel for 10 days this summer. The FDD, which formed after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, annually invites several university professors to attend an intensive 10-day...

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