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Nine of Merced’s ‘20 Under 40’ Have Ties to UC Merced

September 11, 2017
The Merced Sun-Star’s inaugural “20 Under 40” list honors rising stars under the age of 40 who are actively engaged in making Merced a better place to live and work — and UC Merced faculty, staff and alumni are clearly doing their part. Among the 20 recipients, announced...

Venture Lab to Host Conference to Promote Women’s Entrepreneurship

September 8, 2017
The UC Merced Venture Lab is hosting The Woman Entrepreneur, a conference dedicated to educating the community and exploring opportunities for women interested in entrepreneurship in the San Joaquin Valley. The conference will be held on campus Sept. 12 and feature panel discussions, breakout...

Box Debuts New Look, Improved Features

September 7, 2017
Box – UC Merced’s cloud-hosted file sharing and storage service – is changing its look, and the new and improved version officially launches Friday, Sept. 8. The changes offer users a more personalized web experience and includes a completely rebuilt back-end foundation....

San Francisco Chronicle: UC Merced graduate embodies American dream

September 7, 2017
Undocumented students deserve the opportunity to pursue their education and a better life, Chancellor Leland writes.

Our First Campus Was a Castle

September 6, 2017
The University of California, Merced, was established in 2005 — or so the story goes. The main campus officially opened in September of that year, but that particular reading of history elides a more colorful backstory. UC Merced didn’t spring into existence when developers broke...

Campus Voices: Partnering With Parks for Our First Research Institute

September 6, 2017
UC Merced is the only university with a research station in Yosemite National Park, and we have the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) to thank for that. Looking back, it’s hard to believe the campus’s signature research program got its kickoff in a UC Davis parking lot...

PG&E Funds Critical SNRI Work on Sierra Forest Resiliency

September 6, 2017
A team of UC Merced researchers was recently awarded $100,000 from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to identify ways to improve drought resilience and reduce the risk of wildfire in Sierra Nevada forests. Professor Roger Bales, who also serves as director of the Sierra Nevada Research...

Postcards, Persistence Paid Off for Merced

September 6, 2017
Yazil Navarro might have played a bigger role in the founding of UC Merced than she realizes. As a Merced County second-grader, Navarro — now the learning and professional development manager in Human Resources at UC Merced— was one of hundreds of schoolchildren who wrote...

Merced Sun-Star: Merced leaders vow resistance to end of DACA

September 6, 2017

What’s In a Name? The Strength of Bobcats

September 6, 2017
Five years before it opened, UC Merced held a mascot-naming contest for local elementary school students. Among the nominees: the Marmots, the Hawks and the Black-Tailed Hares “There was an aspect of wanting to be unique, but then how unique do you want to get?” said Paul Micu, who...

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