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Student Overcomes Obstacles, Driven to Give Back

March 15, 2010
For 14-year-old Cynthia Dumas, the only news worse than hearing she had leukemia was learning her age limited her chances of survival.“You won’t make it through college,” she recalled the oncologist telling her. “You’ll be lucky to graduate from high school.”Dumas, now 22, is set to graduate from...

Program Lets Student Scholars Intern Across the World

March 12, 2010
Five UC Merced students have been selected as scholars in theRonald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, which helps them secure a summer internship and apply to graduate school. Each student will get a stipend up to $2,800 that can go toward paying for travel tointernshipsand...

President Jimmy Carter to Visit UC Merced Campus

March 10, 2010
Nation’s 39th Chief Executive and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Will DeliverKeynote Address at Seminar on Management of Parks and Protected Lands MERCED, CA— President Jimmy Carter will visit the campus of the University of California, Merced, on May 3 to deliver the keynote address at a National...

Bobcats Make Strong Show at Spirit/Dance Nationals

March 5, 2010
The UC MercedCheerand Dance squads traveled to Anaheim in February to compete in the 2010 USA All Star Spirit, Dance and College Nationals. Although it was thesecond competition for the Cheer team, it was the first opportunity the Bobcat Dance Team had to compete at a collegiate level.“We competed...

Professor's Work Could Allow Small Devices to Power Themselves

March 5, 2010
An iPod that replenishes its own energy while you walk. A pacemaker that powers itself by way of a patient’s own beating heart. A motion sensor that operates without a battery or external power source of any kind. Those are just a few of the potential real-world applications that could come forth...

UC Students, Leaders Unite in Sacramento

March 3, 2010
MERCED, CA—UC administration and student leaders forged a united front in Sacramento when they joined forces to press lawmakers to fully fund the university and student financial aid. “The students were on point, passionate advocates for the university system,” UC President Mark Yudof said after...

UC Leaders Pledge Support to Find Strategies to Combat Intolerance

March 1, 2010
MERCED, CA— President Mark Yudof and UC Regents Chairman Russell Gould met face to face Monday with students concerned about recent incidents of intolerance at University of California campuses and pledged to focus attention systemwide on strategies to prevent such acts in the future. “These are...

Alumni Morocco Bound With Peace Corps

March 1, 2010
Two UC Mercedalumniare headed to Morocco for what promises to be an adventure of a lifetime.Jackie Shay and Socorro Composanto (2009) are the first UC Merced graduates to sign up for the Peace Corps. Their decision to help the world reflects the university’s commitment to instilling a sense of...

Campus Awards First Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Ph.D.

February 26, 2010
UC Merced recently celebrated another laudable academic first. Andreas Kolling became the campus’ first student to graduate with adoctorateinelectrical engineering and computer sciencewhen he successfully defended his dissertation, “Multi-Robot Pursuit-Evasion,” in December. Kolling, who was born...

Professor Earns Prestigious National Science Foundation Award for Nanoscale Research

February 26, 2010
Funding to Support More Student Researchers in Effort to Build Quantum Computer MERCED, CA— University of California, Merced, physics ProfessorLin Tianhas been awarded the National Science Foundation’s esteemed Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, the fourth professor here in four...

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