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Walkout by Faculty, Unions and Others Slated for Thursday

September 23, 2009
MERCED, CA — September 23, 2009 —Some members of the University of California faculty have called for a systemwide walkout by UC instructors on Thursday, Sept. 24, to protest the budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and increased fees that have been implemented in response to the state’s dramatic cuts...

UC Merced to Observe Stem Cell Awareness Day on Wednesday, Sept. 23

September 23, 2009
MERCED, CA — The University of California, Merced, will join the rest of the world in observing Stem Cell Awareness Day on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Research institutions, patient groups and educators from across the globe have planned activities to mark the day. The goal of Stem Cell Awareness Day is...

UC Merced Awards $28M in Gift Aid for 2009-10

September 22, 2009
Financial concerns prevent many of our state’s top-performing students from attending college, but the University of California, Merced, is doing its best to ease that burden. To that end, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarshipsannounced today (Sept. 22) that 2,230 undergraduate students have...

Chancellor's Associates: Helping Students Fulfill Their Dreams

September 21, 2009
Every student comes to UC Merced with a dream. Whether it is to become an engineer, a teacher, a lawyer or a veterinarian, students come to gain a University of California education and aspire to make a difference when they leave. Since 2002, regional leaders, faculty, staff, alumni and friends...

Chancellor"s Associates: Helping Students Fulfill Their Dreams

September 21, 2009
Every student comes to UC Merced with a dream. Whether it is to become an engineer, a teacher, a lawyer or a veterinarian, students come to gain a University of California education and aspire to make a difference when they leave. Since 2002, regional leaders, faculty, staff, alumni and friends...

Economist W. Brian Arthur to Discuss ‘Nature of Technology’ at UC Merced

September 21, 2009
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, will host an evening with internationally renowned economist W. Brian Arthur on Sept. 24. Arthur, external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and visiting researcher at the Palo Alto Research Center’s Intelligent Systems Lab, will discuss his new...

UC Merced Receives $1 Million Grant from California Energy Commission

September 18, 2009
Solar and wind power are both significant sources of renewable energy, but they are less predictable than the power available from the grid. They produce energy only when the sun shines and the wind blows. For example, a solar energy system in California's Central Valley will produce a lot of power...

Evolutionary and Conservation Biology Draws Grad Student to UC Merced

September 18, 2009
What do you do with a doctorate inQuantitative and Systems Biology? If everything goes his way, graduate student Joseph Heras will fulfill his post-doctoral research at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles or New York City or the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.  Then join the faculty at an...

UC Merced Appoints New Dean in School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

September 16, 2009
Chancellor Steve Kang of the University of California, Merced, has announced the appointment of a new dean for the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA). Pending approval of his compensation package by the UC Board of Regents, who are meeting this week, anthropological archaeologist...

Grad Student Assesses Study Behaviors

September 11, 2009
After a full day of classes, a UC Merced freshman heads back to his room and settles in to begin studying for midterms. He contemplates which textbook he should pick up first. Once he selects the first subject, he gets to work. After reading two chapters, he wonders whether he has studied that...

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