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Powder Blurs the Business/Pleasure Line for Professor Roger Bales

November 12, 2004
Skiing is where business and pleasure meet for Roger Bales, a professor in the School of Engineering at UC Merced. As an grad student at UC Berkeley, he started downhill skiing. Soon he was exploring the backcountry on telemark skis. After he became an assistant professor, his ski focus shifted to...

Engineering Service Learning Program Offers Hands-on Education, Benefits Area Nonprofits

November 11, 2004
MERCED — Engineering, by definition, is science applied to solve practical problems and improve people's lives. Faculty members at the University of California, Merced, are building engineering programs with a built-in, hands-on element to prepare students to practice real engineering. The...

Top 10 Award Given to Solar Device Based on UC Merced Professor’s Work

November 10, 2004
MERCED — A solar water-heating system based on non-imaging optics technology pioneered by Professor Roland Winston of the University Of California, Merced, received a prestigious award today from the editors of GreenSpec and Environmental Building News. The Winston Series CPC Collector,...

Students Invited to November 13 Engineering Conference

November 5, 2004
High school juniors and seniors as well as community college students considering careers in engineering are invited to a Engineering Conference sponsored by the University of California, Merced on Saturday, November 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Castle Science and Technology Center in ...

UC Application Workshops Scheduled for San Joaquin Valley Students

November 5, 2004
DATES & TIMES: Bakersfield: Monday, November 15, 2004 - 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. UC Merced Bakersfield Center University Square, 2000 K St., Bakersfield Location: The Lakes Meeting Room - 2nd Floor Modesto: Monday, November 15, 2004 - 6 to 8 p.m. UC Cooperative Extension 3800 Cornucopia Way...

Building Dedications Mark Progress of California Institutes for Science and Innovation

October 29, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of California Office of the President tel. (510) 987-9200 Starting today (Oct. 29) and continuing in the coming weeks, dedications for three new research buildings that are part of the California Institutes for Science and Innovation will mark the next stage in...

UC Merced Seeks First Undergraduate Student Applications

October 29, 2004
MERCED, CA. — Calling all students: UC Merced is seeking applications from prospective freshman and transfer students who wish to be the first to enroll at the new University of California campus opening next year. Students are strongly encouraged to submit the University of California's...

UC Merced’s Roland Winston Resolves 40-Year Particle Physics Problem

October 28, 2004
MERCED — UC Merced Professor Roland Winston and two colleagues have published a solution to a 40-year-old quandary in particle physics. They reanalyzed many years of measurements of mu meson and neutron decay to obtain a new result that satisfies mathematical requirements and confirms the accuracy...

Climbing Offers Level-headed Approach to Challenges for Dean Kenji Hakuta

October 26, 2004
About 10 years ago, Kenji Hakuta was on sabbatical leave from Stanford and decided to try something new. He picked up rock climbing through a weekend climbing class with UC Berkeley and has been climbing ever since. My major goal in climbing has been to enjoy the company and the views, not...

A Mountain Home Base for Big-Picture Science: The Wawona SNRI Field Station

October 26, 2004
Native Americans in the Yosemite area called the site of the current town of Wawona Pallachun, “a good place to stay.” Student and faculty researchers of the UC Merced Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) agree. They have a new base of operations in the Sierra Nevada: the Wawona SNRI Field ...

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