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To Africa , In Search of Hippo "Sweat" and Materials Science Breakthroughs

July 27, 2007
Engineering professor Christopher Viney’s 2004 research into hippo “sweat” and its possible benefits to humans raised eyebrows and curiosity worldwide when a local news story was picked up by the Associated Press. Viewers as far away as Japan learned about his work studying the natural antiseptic...

Professor Journeys to Africa with National Geographic TV, Seeking Hippos

July 25, 2007
MERCED - Engineering professor and materials science researcher Christopher Viney is heading for Zambia, Africa, this weekend for a 10-day adventure in South Luangwa National Park. Viney, whose 2004 research into the antiseptic and protective properties of the oily, red secretion known as hippo “...

Professor Building USDA Connections Through HSI Fellowship

July 23, 2007
MERCED - As the University of California, Merced, pursues the federal designation of Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), one biology professor has already gotten a taste of the benefits that come with that status. Professor Andres (Andy) Aguilar recently returned from four weeks in Washington, D.C...

Internships Abound for Motivated Students

July 20, 2007
Josh Franco knows all about hurdles. He once ran hurdles with a shoe untied and still finished in third place. So managing multiple tasks, competition and his own self-doubt didn’t prevent him from taking on two important intern positions this year. He works in the office of Lieutenant Governor...

Student Finds Multiple Outlets at UC Merced

July 20, 2007
Caitlyn Kennedy knew she wanted to attend UC Merced when she was in the eighth grade and the now-thriving campus was just a barren field. She watched a presentation about the proposed UC campus at her middle school in Frazier Park, a tiny town about an hour south of Bakersfield. In high school,...

Coordination Key for Karate – and Large-scale Solar Research

July 13, 2007
When ProfessorCarlos Coimbrahad free time from meetings in Japan this summer, he spent it practicing karate in the world’s best dojo. Now that he’s home coordinating major research plans, the concentration and discipline of his martial arts practice will come in handy. He’s assembling a team of...

Students Explore Science Options During Summer Program

July 13, 2007
Nine students from community colleges all over the state are living at UC Merced for five weeks this summer as they work with four faculty members on such projects as stem-cell and infectious-disease research. I’m going for my bioscience major, but I’m not sure what aspect I want to focus on, said...

Can the Sierra’s Trees Survive Global Warming?

July 10, 2007
MERCED - As California’s climate changes, will plant populations adapt, migrate or face extinction? An inter-institutional team of researchers led by Professor Lara Kueppers of UC Merced aims to find out, using a new, $2.97 million grant from the United States Department of Energy’s Program for...

Puzzle Draws Staffer to UC Merced

July 6, 2007
If you had asked Supervising Locksmith Frank Fimbrez 13 years ago what he’d be doing now, unlocking doors would not have been on the list of possibilities. Fimbrez came to his career in a roundabout way. While working at a video store in Merced, the owner of a local lock company approached him....

Professors, Students have Plans to Study Valley

July 6, 2007
ProfessorsSimón WefferandRobin DeLuganhave a long-term commitment to the Valley. They’ve agreed to undertake a 10-year study of communities here to analyze the quality of life, to help community-based organizations figure out how their programs work and might network with other organizations, and...

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