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Commencement Behind the Scenes: A True Team Effort

April 22, 2019
It’s before dawn on a Saturday morning in mid-May — not a time anyone would expect the UC Merced campus to be busy. But it is. This is Spring Commencement, and there is much work to do. Parking and transportation staff are placing signage and temporary fencing. In the kitchens,...

UC Merced Joins National Academies Collaborative for Sexual Harassment Prevention in Higher Education

April 22, 2019
UC Merced has joined the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as a founding member of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education. The university is one of more than 40 colleges, universities and research institutions that are part of the...

Diverse: Dania Matos to Lead Diversity, Equity Efforts at UC Merced

April 22, 2019

Andrew Weisner Named Daktronics-NAIA Men's Volleyball Scholar-Athlete

April 19, 2019

TED Talks: Notes from Session 8 of TED2019

April 18, 2019

Women's Basketball Announces Tuesday Night Summer League

April 17, 2019

PLOS One Talk and Panel at UC Merced to Address Open Access Publishing

April 17, 2019
Join Joerg Heber, editor-in-chief at the journal PLOS One for his talk, “Advancing Open Science at PLOS One” followed by a panel discussion in the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library, Room 360, on Monday, April 29, from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The event will be streamed live via Zoom...

Ma Kelley Events Welcome Hometown Star Margie Dingeldein as Keynote Speaker

April 17, 2019
Success under the most intense pressure has always come naturally for Margaret “Margie” Dingeldein. A water polo standout at Merced High School, Dingeldein helped the U.S. win a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens in 2004. Thriving in a high-stress environment didn’t...

Shakespeare Rapper Schools Students with Hip Hop Sonnets

April 17, 2019
In what world are Shakespeare and hip-hop related? Ask Devon Glover. Glover is The Sonnet Man, a Shakespeare-loving rapper who sets The Bard’s famous sonnets to hip-hop instrumentals. Using iambic pentameter to his advantage, Glover turns 16th century English writings into 21st century...

Grad Students Vie for Spot in UC Grad Slam Finals

April 16, 2019
UC Merced’s Graduate Division will host its Grad Slam competition on April 18 with graduate scholars presenting on topics ranging from Valley Fever immune response and antibiotic resistance to computer vision and mathematical methods for thermal collection. This year’s competition...

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