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Grad Student Brings First CIRM Stem Cell Funds to UC Merced

August 8, 2006
When Dean of Natural Sciences Maria Pallavicini applied as a co-investigator on a UC Davis proposal to the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM - the state board which awards funds from the November 2004 measure that appropriated monies for stem cell research in California - she...

UC Merced Reiterates Commitment to Extensive Mitigation Measures While Balancing Central Valley’s Need for Expanded Access to Higher Education

July 29, 2006
MERCED, CA - The University of California, Merced said today (July 29) it remains optimistic that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will issue the federal permit it needs for next-phase development of its 910-acre campus and a contiguous university community. The university issued the statement...

Your Side of the UC Merced Story: UC Merced Memories Oral History Project

July 28, 2006
The official history of UC Merced will be kept by campus administrators and archivists. But Michelle Jacobs of the UC Merced Library staff had a feeling that students, faculty and staff had fascinating stories of their own to tell. She’s capturing those stories through the UC Merced Oral History...

Lisa Perry Runs Helpful One-stop Info Shop in Students First Center

July 28, 2006
When Lisa Perry started working in the Students First Center last summer, she wore a hard hat and had to push aside a large, plastic sheet to find her computer. This year, the center is fully functional, helping students with financial aid, admissions and registration questions and forms, campus...

UC Merced Receives $5 Million Donation to Help Create Medical Education Program

July 26, 2006
The University of California, Merced has been named to receive a $5 million charitable donation from United Health Foundation to assist in the development of medical education and related health-sciences programs, the university said today (July 27). The grant, to be distributed over the next three...

Writing Program Prepares Students for More than Just Term Papers

July 25, 2006
UC Merced’s writing program has a misleading name. The program isn’t just about writing, said Director Robert Ochsner. Sure, students will learn to be better writers. They’ll learn how to properly construct essays, term papers, and exposition and argument papers. But they’ll also learn how to read...

Professor Takes Historical, Social Approach to Words and the Natural World

July 25, 2006
“I’ve always been interested in what makes people write,” explains UC Merced literature professor Jan Goggans. “What’s going on in the writers personal lives, and what are their outside influences.” Goggans classes are part literature, part history lesson - no “trying to find five metaphors in...

23 New Professors Join UC Merced for Fall Semester

July 18, 2006
MERCED, CA -The University of California, Merced, announces the addition of 23 new faculty members who began work at the newest UC campus on or before July 1, adding their expertise to the teaching and research potential at UC Merced for the 2006-07 academic year. “We have recruited exceptional...

New Professor Says Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Complement HIV/AIDS Treatments

July 17, 2006
When Marcos García-Ojeda was a post-doctoral researcher at the Pasteur Institute in France, a friend told him that UC Merced was looking for stem cell biologists. García-Ojeda’s work investigating how bone marrow stem cells become T cells and other blood cells turned out to be a perfect fit. “We...

Summer Students Build Computational Biology Skills

July 17, 2006
For seven students in a summer computational biology program at UC Merced, six short weeks spent in a summer course might lead to huge opportunities in the future. The program is structured to maximize hands-on learning, and the group even visited the National Center for Computing Applications at...

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