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Center Funds Collaborative Research in Science, Math

December 11, 2009
UC Merced graduate student Jane HyoJin Lee is studying what happens to cells when they’re exposed to an electric field, part of an effort to create more treatments for diseases such as cancer. Her research, in conjunction with a graduate student and a professor at University of Southern California...

UC Center to Assess Education Initiatives

December 8, 2009
UC Merced will be among the seven University of California campuses studying the effectiveness of national, state and UC education initiatives. “California often spends billions of dollars on educational programs with little or no mandate to evaluate the effects of that investment,” UC Merced...

Students Collaborate to Commercialize Natural Daylight System

December 3, 2009
Converting the most abundant source of renewable energy - the sun - into electricity is relatively costly for wide-scale use. In an effort to make solar energy more efficient and cheaper to use, a group of UC Merced researchers have taken matters into their own hands. Under the guidance of UC...

UC Merced Experience Eases Transition to Grad School for Alumna

December 3, 2009
When Jo-Anne Rodriguez said goodbye to UC Merced in May, she knew she was leaving a special place. “I didn’t go home, ever. I was on campus all day,” the2009 alumnafondly recalls. “I absolutely loved it, though, because UC Merced is a great school.” Now Rodriguez is in Baltimore, enrolled in the...

Students Collaborate to Commercialize Natural Daylight System

December 3, 2009
Converting the most abundant source of renewable energy – the sun – into electricity is relatively costly for wide-scale use.   In an effort to make solar energy more efficient and cheaper to use, a group of UC Merced researchers have taken matters into their own hands.   Under the guidance of UC...

UC Merced Extends Undergraduate Admissions Deadline to Dec. 15

December 2, 2009
UC Merced application filing period for freshmen and transfer students for fall 2010 has been extended through December 15. Applications must be submitted online at universityofcalifornia.edu/applyby 11:59 p.m. on December 15 to be considered. For more information: admissions.ucmerced.edu.

Undergraduate Admissions Deadline Extended to Dec. 2

December 1, 2009
For the past two evenings, the University of California online application system has experienced a slowdown that has prevented some students from submitting their applications. Due to these unforeseen circumstances, the application filing period for fall 2010 has been extended to Wednesday,...

Senior has the 'Write Stuff' for Local Paper

November 30, 2009
Brittany Best is aseniorwho has truly enjoyed her college career at UC Merced. Now, she has found a way to share her affection and loyalty for the university with the wider Merced community by writing a regular column for theMerced Sun-Starthat highlights student life on campus. Best has tackled a...

UC Merced Students See a "Greener" Side of Chemistry

November 30, 2009
Students in professor Matthew Meyer’s Chemistry 101 lab class are seeing “green.” Undergraduate students taking Meyer’s advanced synthetic laboratory course have conducted lab experiments using materials that are less toxic and more environmentally friendly than what has traditionally been used....

UC Merced Students See a "Greener" Side of Chemistry

November 30, 2009
Students in professorMatthew Meyer’sChemistry 101 lab class are seeing green. Undergraduatestudents taking Meyer’s advanced synthetic laboratory course have conducted lab experiments using materials that are less toxic and more environmentally friendly than what has traditionally been used....

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