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Campus to Expand Fraternities and Sororities in 2016

December 8, 2015
Strong interest combined with campus growth has triggered the Office of Student Life and the Fraternity and Sorority Council to add several social fraternity and sorority organizations in the coming years, including four new chapters in the spring. Two sororities, Phi Mu and Omega Phi Beta, and...

Student-Professor Team Publishes Book on Literary Pioneer

December 7, 2015
UC Merced alumna Beth Hernandez-Jason and Professor Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez have teamed up to create a compilation of essays devoted to the works of author John Rechy. “The Textual Outlaw: Reading John Rechy in the 21st Century” is the first ever compilation of critical essays to be devoted...

Staff Members Make Campus Safety a Top Priority

December 3, 2015
During most weekdays, you’ll find Student Employment Coordinator Phyllis Enea in the Center for Professional and Career Advancement, assisting students and training managers throughout the hiring process. In the event of an emergency on campus, however, Enea would spring into action as a building...

‘My Merced’ Captures Campus’ Spirit in Song

December 2, 2015
From the moment they step foot on the UC Merced campus, people often say they feel a sense of pride and belonging. Award-winning composer Jimmy Dunne has attempted to capture the essence of that feeling in ‘My Merced,’ the campus’s official alma mater. “You can’t walk UC Merced’s campus without...

Hmong Anniversary Celebration Kicks Off at UC Merced

November 30, 2015
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and with it, the beginning of the Hmong, Lao and other Southeast Asian migration from Laos and Thailand to the United States. To commemorate the anniversary and celebrate the contributions and culture the Hmong people have brought...

Trailblazing Senior Sets Sights on Future Goals

November 25, 2015
In high school, Domonique Jones knew she wanted to go to college. She also knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Raised by her single mother in Hercules, Jones was the first in her family to consider and ultimately attend college, landing at UC Merced in 2012 at the recommendation of a friend. The...

Professor Joins Executive Board of American Physical Society

November 24, 2015
Professor Linda Hirst, with the School of Natural Sciences, has been elected to the executive council of GSOFT, the new Topical Group on Soft Matter in the American Physical Society (APS), the world's largest organization of physicists. “This is a big honor and is very exciting,” Hirst said. “I...

Professor Takes a Bird’s-Eye View of Collective Movements

November 23, 2015
All of life is motion — whether it is molecules shuttling around within our cells or flocks of birds in the sky. Physics Professor Ajay Gopinathan, with the School of Natural Sciences, and the researchers in his lab are investigating the general principles governing such biological transport —...

Le Grand High Students Challenged to Excel, Achieve

November 20, 2015
UC Merced staff and administrators encouraged about 400 Le Grand High School ninth- through 12th-grade students to aim for a University of California education. The visit on Nov. 19 was part of Achieve UC, a systemwide effort to deliver a simple message to students: College, and a UC education, is...

Statement From President Janet Napolitano on 2020 Project

November 19, 2015
University of California President Janet Napolitano issued the following statement regarding the Board of Regents' approval today of UC Merced's expansion plans:  “This is a great day for the University of California, the Merced campus and Californians across the state. On behalf of the UC...

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