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Mechanical Engineering Major Preparing Students for Changing Field

September 27, 2006
MERCED - The University of California, Merced’s mechanical engineering courses look familiar to anyone familiar with the discipline: Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods. It’s the way they’re taught here that makes UC Merced’s program special, say the faculty members who have...

Director of Graduate Studies Goes Extra Mile, Sees Enrollment Nearly Double Yearly

September 21, 2006
Director of Graduate Studies Goes Extra Mile, Sees Enrollment Nearly Double Yearly Callale Cierra has always been the type of person who does more than what’s asked of her. So when she found out she would be the sole employee in the Graduate Division at UC Merced, she wasn’t flustered. “There were...

UC President Appoints Roderic Park Acting Chancellor of UC Merced

September 21, 2006
Acting on the recommendation of President Robert C. Dynes, the University of California Board of Regents today (September 21) confirmed the appointment of Roderic B. Park as acting chancellor of UC Merced, effective immediately. Park, a veteran academic administrator who has served as the vice...

Summer Science, Sightseeing in Japan

September 21, 2006
Back in Modesto, mom was understandably nervous. Her son had left for Japan, braving an unfamiliar language and culture, potential typhoons and North Korean hostilities to perform a summer’s worth of biological research. Fortunately, he stayed safe, learned about another culture, gained valuable...

UCOP Web Site Celebrates, Educates for Constitution Day

September 14, 2006
Constitution Day is usually observed on September 17, celebrating the day that the 55 men of the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia to sign the United States Constitution. This year, Sept. 17 falls on a Sunday, and so the University of California, Merced, joins with sister UC...

UC Merced Senior Leaps into Science as a Second Career

September 14, 2006
Maria Avila was a dot-commer earning six figures working for a tech company. But that career didn’t feel right. “I left before the bust and worked for a non-profit for a year, hoping to find the fulfillment my tech job lacked, but the bureaucracy was difficult,” she said. “I decided to pursue my...

Building Strength in Computer Science and Engineering

September 12, 2006
MERCED - The founding faculty in computer science and engineering at the University of California, Merced, are adeptly finding the balance between offering a firm footing in the basics for students and exploring new horizons in their field. “Our computer science and engineering professors are...

Finding Villagra: Records of Spanish-American Explorer-Poet Could Change History

September 11, 2006
A centuries-old work of literature, an international hunt for documents long thought lost, a race to reveal information - it’s not the next “DaVinci Code,” but the research of Professor Manuel M. Martin-Rodriguez could rewrite portions of American history. No one had been able to reveal many...

Put Them in, Coach! UC Merced Grooming the Field for Sports Program

September 8, 2006
MERCED - The roster of great college sports matchups - Berkeley vs. Stanford, UNC vs. Duke and UCLA vs. USC - will someday include UC Merced. The new university’s goal of having competitive sports teams is in sight. The first team to form is the Competitive Sports Committee, which will determine...

UC Merced Studying the Mechanics of Reasoning

September 7, 2006
MERCED - Professor Evan Heit and his students want to know the reasons behind reasoning. Are there two kinds of reasoning? Is it logic vs. intuition? And can people be taught to use logical deliberation, even when it flies in the face of their own long-held assumptions?Heit and University of...

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