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Roderic Park, Former Acting Chancellor, Dies at 81

September 13, 2013
Roderic Park, former acting chancellor of UC Merced and a major campus planner and benefactor, passed away on Sept. 6. He was 81. A distinguished professor, researcher and administrator who spent most of his career at UC Berkeley, Park was named acting chancellor of UC Merced in September 2006, as...

UC Solar Extends UC Merced’s Reach Across the Pacific

September 11, 2013
Professor Roland Winston’s work has helped take UC Merced and UC Solar global – this time it’s to Singapore. The small city-nation is experiencing a building boom, and developers have plans to use Winston’s designs for a solar collector to make concrete walls the source of building light. Sounds...

UC Merced Alum Travels to U.K. for Master’s Program in Brain Sciences

September 9, 2013
With UC Merced in her hometown, Hillary Brown had an easy commute to her college campus. She’ll log many more miles on the way to graduate school. Brown is headed to the University of Glasgow in Scotland for a year-long, master’s-level program in brain sciences. She starts in mid-September. “I can’...

UC Merced San Joaquin Valley PRIME Announces Third Class of Students

September 4, 2013
Six students with close ties to the San Joaquin Valley are on track to becoming physicians as part of the UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (PRIME). The group, which began their medical studies recently in Sacramento and represents the third cohort in the program, includes:...

Well-known Technology Sees New Use in Solar Collection

September 3, 2013
Adapting technology that has become the standard in the automotive, aerospace and air-conditioning industries, Professor Gerardo Diaz has designed and is testing the next generation of solar-collecting units at UC Merced. ”We’re getting about 10 percent increase in efficiency,” said Diaz, with the...

UC Merced Welcomes Four New Board of Trustee Members

August 30, 2013
University of California, Merced, welcomes four new members to the UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees. Representing an expansive and influential network, the newest members are: Gary Kremen, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founder of Match.com; Christine Long, Merced almond processor and...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy to Perform at Local Theater

August 30, 2013
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings its swinging sound to downtown Merced this fall, an event organized by Arts UC Merced Presents. The high-energy, nine-piece ensemble, which helped jumpstart the swing revival in the mid-90s, is celebrating its 20th anniversary and promoting its latest album, “Rattle Them...

UC Merced Alumnus’s Rim Fire Map Generates Lots of Attention

August 30, 2013
As the Rim Fire continues to burn in and around Yosemite National Park, a former UC Merced student’s work related to the fire burned up the Internet this week. Paul Doherty, the first Yosemite park ranger to complete a doctoral degree at UC Merced, graduated in the spring and now works as a public...

Mammoth Bones to be Displayed, Studied

August 28, 2013
The youngest University of California campus is now the steward of some ancient remains. Columbian mammoth bones dating back to the last Ice Age were transferred recently to a storage facility at UC Merced’s building at Castle Commerce Center. The bones, including a skull, tusks and...

Record Enrollment, Larger Faculty, Increased Emphasis on Research and Graduate Programs Mark Campus's Ninth Year

August 27, 2013
The University of California, Merced, kicks off its 2013-14 academic year today with the largest and most diverse class of incoming freshmen, the largest contingent of graduate students, the largest total enrollment and the largest body of faculty members in its history, the university said today....

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