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New Yosemite Field Station Director Embraces Opportunity

April 13, 2012
As the new director of UC Merced’s Yosemite Field Station, Becca Fenwick will combine her love of the outdoors and of the educational opportunities such settings can offer. “I have always been drawn to world around us and love to foster that in others,” Fenwick said. “Field stations and Yosemite in...

Former Lt. Gov. to Speak at UC Merced Commencement

April 11, 2012
Former California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante will deliver the keynote address at the University of California, Merced’s commencement on May 12. Bustamante, who was at one time the nation’s highest ranking Latino elected official, will speak to some 788 students eligible to graduate from UC Merced...

Campus' Annual Celebration of Research Continues to Grow

April 10, 2012
From the campus’ own undergraduate and graduate students to distinguished faculty members from here and abroad, Research Week at the University of California, Merced, will offer a wide range of events and information from April 16 to 19. The campus’ annual celebration of student and faculty...

Students Flex Entrepreneurial Muscle in Mobile App Challenge

April 9, 2012
http://youtu.be/_iifXSVv_kY More than two dozen students are stretching their imagination and building entrepreneurial skills in the first-ever Mobile App Challenge at UC Merced. Representing each of the university’s three schools, 28 students in seven teams are developing innovative and custom “...

Physics Graduate Student Explores Nanoworld

April 6, 2012
When Andrea Rodarte began studying physics, she first wanted to look to the stars for answers. Instead, she’s finding them in nanoparticles. “The people I know who went into astrophysics only get to do an experiment once or twice a year,” Rodarte said. “I can come to the lab and do an experiment...

Marine Biologist Receives Fulbright Award

April 4, 2012
Mónica Medina, a professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to conduct research at the Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls research station in France during the 2012-13 academic year. Medina’s award was presented...

National Parks Institute Seeks Solutions for a New Generation

April 3, 2012
More than two dozen executives from around the world who are responsible for conservation of some of the most treasured places on earth are coming to California for help in making sure there’s a future for national parks. Attendees from as far as Ulaanbaatar and Kathmandu to Mexico and the United...

Graduate Student's Urban Art Research has Global Reach

March 29, 2012
Graduate student Marco Valesi is turning a scholarly lens on an emerging form of expression. He searches cities for art that appears without the approval of authorities. Few scholars across the globe document and interpret this kind of unsanctioned work, termed “urban art.” UC Merced’s World...

Continued Smoking Can Spread Cancer, Research Shows

March 27, 2012
Cigarette smoke cannot only cause cancer, but it’s also responsible for the spread of it, according to research by UC Merced biochemistry Professor Henry Jay Forman. Forman discovered tobacco smoke activates an enzyme — called Src — that causes cancer cells to spread to other parts of the body. The...

First Season of Varsity Sports Generates Enthusiasm for the Future

March 23, 2012
The field is set for more success next year after UC Merced student-athletes earned top honors and played to impressive crowds during the debut season of varsity sports. Last fall, more than 50 student-athletes competed in men’s basketball, women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country —...

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