UC a ‘shining star’ for college campuses in sustainability
Sierra magazine has placed the University of California’s 10
campuses “in a league of their own” in the Sierra Club
publication’s second annual
green college guide, which hit...
MERCED - Bioengineering professor
Kara E. McCloskeyof the University of California, Merced, was
included in the recent announcement of approved New Faculty Awards
from theCalifornia Institute for
Regenerative Medicine. McCloskey will receive $2.2 million from
CIRM, funding her efforts to induce...
UC Merced senior Dannique Aalbu grew up in Sacramento learning principles of sustainability and conservation from her entomologist father. The broad range of disciplines represented in herearth systems science majordrew her in after she transferredto UC Merced from community college. Now, she’s...
MERCED - Despite a marked
downturn in statewide economic fortunes, charitable gifts and
private grants to the University of California, Merced during the
2007-08 fiscal year increased by more than 70 percent, to nearly
$10.6 million, the university said today (Aug. 13).
Approximately 950...
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, and Yosemite
National Park have hosted nineteen students from UC Merced and
other institutions around the United States intwo programs in the
park this summer.
As the students finish their summer experience, they will share
the knowledge they have...
Corey Cainsaid he and his fellow grad students were bouncing off the walls when they learned theirbook review of two systems biology textswas going to be published in Science. The journal represents the pinnacle of achievement for many researchers, and the group of graduate students had...
Corey Cain said he and his fellow grad students were “bouncing off the walls” when they learned their book review of two systems biology texts was going to be published in “Science.” The journal represents the pinnacle of achievement for many researchers, and the group of graduate students had...
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, is taking the
first steps toward creating a formal intercollegiate athletics
program and expects to have a plan of action in place next year.
The Chancellor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Intercollegiate
Athletics will convene on campus Wednesday, July...
Professor Benoit Dayratof the UC MercedSchool of Natural Sciencesleads theResearch Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program. This summer he divides his teaching time between Yosemite National Park and hisresearch labon campus, a prospect that, although daunting, is exciting.
“It’s very busy,...
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established itsCenter for Educational Partnershipsin 2002.
The university knew it would need outside help to accomplish its goal: to forge partnerships with schools from throughout the...
