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UC Merced Professor Leppert Unlocking Multipurpose Magic of Nanotechnology

June 3, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Visitors to the electron microscopy laboratory at UC Merced soon will be able to play Superman. No, they won't be able to fly, but they will be able to experience sight that is a million times more powerful than the human eye. Recently hired as an Assistant Professor of Materials...

UC Merced SBDC Regional Network: Cultivating Small Businesses and Stimulating the Economy

May 24, 2004
MERCED, CA — The UC Merced Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Regional Network is all about growing small businesses in Central California. As a primary provider of quality business education and counseling services to existing and potential small business owners in its 15-county service area...

More High School Students Meeting UC's Academic Eligibility Requirements

May 19, 2004
More California public high school students are meeting the University of California's eligibility requirements, according to a new report released today (May 19) by the California Postsecondary Education Commission. In the high school graduating class of 2003, 14.4 percent of students met the UC...

UC Merced Names New Director of Communications

May 12, 2004
The University of California, Merced announced today (May 12, 2004) the appointment of Patti Waid as Director of Communications for the campus. Waid served as Senior Public Information Representative and deputy for former Director James Grant before assuming his responsibilities on an interim basis...

Governor, UC and CSU announce six-year higher education compact

May 11, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Brad Hayward (510) 987-9091brad.hayward@ucop.edu Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, UC President Robert Dynes, and CSU Chancellor Charles Reed today (May 11) announced agreement on a “compact” outlining their intentions for state funding levels and...

Recent Campus Construction Photos

May 10, 2004

Spanish Immersion Program for Children in Fresno

April 30, 2004
The University of California, Merced will offer its third annual Spanish Immersion Program in Fresno this summer for young students from June 14 through July 9, 2004. Children do not need to know Spanish to enroll; both native Spanish speakers and English-only children are welcome. The program’s...

UC is Best Top-Ranked University at Enrolling Low-Income Students, Study Says

April 28, 2004
Six University of California campuses enroll more low-income students than any other top university in the country, public or private, according to a new national study. The study by Tom Mortenson of Postsecondary Education Opportunity, a national newsletter on access to higher education, looked...

Sixteen UC Researchers Elected to the Prestigious National Academy of Sciences

April 28, 2004
Sixteen researchers affiliated with the University of California were elected to the National Academy of Sciences during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in recognition of their achievements in scientific and engineering research. The 16 UC researchers were among 72 new members and 18...

UC Merced Lung Disease Expert Seeks Secrets to Breathing Easier

April 22, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Free radicals. That's a big buzz word these days, but Professor Henry Jay Forman was focusing his research on free radicals and lung disease in the 1960s when only a few elite researchers even thought about them as part of biology. Forman, who has a Ph.D. in biochemistry, is...

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