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Injury Leads Student to Pursue True Calling

April 10, 2009
Erik Olstad was apolitical sciencemajor attending school in Fresno when he had an accident that changed his life. While snowboarding in 2004, he fell and sustained a debilitating back injury. The accident left him with compressed vertebrae and bedridden for three weeks. When he was finally able to...

Student Research Highlighted

April 10, 2009
The following students are the winners of the 2009 Student Research Poster Competition: Undergraduate competition First Place: Leily Kiani Title: Dispersive Broadening of Ultrafast Optical Pulses from a Femtosecond Laser Co-authors: Christiane Goulart-Pailo, Chenji Gu and Jay Sharping Second...

UC Merced Professor Receives $483,000 Grant to Develop Tool Used in Stem Cell Research

April 7, 2009
MERCED - University of California, Merced, professor Michael Cleary has received a $483,803 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to develop a tool that could allow previously impossible experiments to be performed in stem cell research. The tool is known as RNA...

First Lady Thrusts UC Merced into National Headlines

April 2, 2009
The March 27 White House announcement that First Lady Michelle Obama had accepted the UC Merced Class of 2009’s invitation to speak at Commencement on May 16 has made headlines throughout the nation. UC Merced students actively sought out the First Lady as commencement speaker by writing letters to...

First Lady Thrusts UC Merced into National Headlines

April 2, 2009
The March 27 White House announcement that First Lady Michelle Obama had accepted the UC MercedClass of 2009’sinvitation to speak at Commencement on May 16 has made headlines throughout the nation. UC Merced students actively sought out the First Lady as commencement speaker by writing letters to...

First Lady Obama to Address UC Merced Graduating Class

March 27, 2009
Merced, Calif. - First Lady Michelle Obama will address the graduating class at the fourth Commencement at the University of California, Merced, campus on Saturday, May 16. The Office of the First Lady announced today (March 27) that Mrs. Obama will deliver the commencement speech to UC Merced’s...

Research Week Highlights Knowledge and New Discoveries at UC Merced

March 26, 2009
Are you curious about some of the research happening inside the laboratories at UC Merced? Interested in hearing how chemicals are affecting certain amphibian populations? Or, need to figure out the best way to prepare for graduate school? Students, faculty, staff and the general public can learn...

Research Week Highlights Knowledge and New Discoveries at UC Merced

March 26, 2009
Are you curious about some of the research happening inside the laboratories at UC Merced? Interested in hearing how chemicals are affecting certain amphibian populations? Or, need to figure out the best way to prepare for graduate school? Students, faculty, staff and the general public can learn...

UC Merced Hosts Research Week April 7-9

March 25, 2009
MERCED, Calif. - Learning happens well beyond classrooms and textbooks at the University of California, Merced. The university’s primary function is that of a research university and to help community members understand and celebrate that mission, UC Merced will host its annual Research Week...

Bio Major Exercises Creative Muscles

March 19, 2009
Kathy Wang is ahuman biology majorwho has found a way to balance the yearnings of her artistic side with an intense academic schedule centered onmedicalscience. Although her courses and workload are propelling her toward graduating about a year early, she has already made a big impression on the...

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