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A New Perspective on Yosemite: Under the Rocks, Little Creatures

September 5, 2008
Alejandro Miró Co remembers his parents, both doctors, telling him not to play in the dirt - he’d get sick. He’s come a long way from those days to his current work in the UC MercedResearch Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program, turning over rocks in the Merced River in Yosemite National...

New Professor Thinking Big on Sustainable Biofuels, Index Crop Insurance

September 5, 2008
Professor J. Elliott Campbelland his new employer - UC Merced - have one big thing in common: They may be the rookies on the block, but they don’t let that keep them from making a global impact. Campbell, a new assistant professor in theSchool of Engineering, has already received nationwide...

UC Merced Faculty Experts' Research on Society Provides Valuable Insight

September 5, 2008
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Major New Sculpture to Reflect UC Merced’s Mission in Central Valley

September 3, 2008
MERCED, CA - The hopes and aspirations of the rapidly growing University of California, Merced campus will be captured metaphorically in a major new piece of sculpture - a gift to the university - to be erected in the central courtyard this academic year. “Beginnings,” inspired by former Acting...

UC Merced Opens Expanded Dining Facility

August 28, 2008
Gift helps support new dining terrace and herb garden MERCED - The extraordinary growth and popularity of the University of California, Merced, in the last three years is accompanied by an increased demand for on-campus housing and support services. Just in time for the new academic year, UC...

Team of 9 Professors Will Get $650k Laser System

August 27, 2008
MERCED- Nine professors from the University of California, Merced, have teamed up to win a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation that will fund a high-tech, flexible laser system that can be custom-configured to serve all their varying avenues of research. “Instrumentation grants...

UC Merced Economist Studies Impact of College Rankings

August 25, 2008
MERCED - U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” is eagerly awaited by universities, high school students and their parents each fall. However, one economist at the University of California, Merced, believes those rankings affect more than just where high school seniors decide to ...

19 New Professors On Board for Fall

August 25, 2008
MERCED - Freshmen and transfer students aren’t the only new faces on campus at the University of California, Merced, this fall. The three schools at the newest campus in the UC system are welcoming 19 new faculty members for the fall 2008 semester. The total number of faculty members at UC Merced...

Pioneering Professor Fills Endowed Chair for Economics

August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country’s innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-renowned University of California system, UC Merced is poised to be on the cutting...

Pioneering Professor Fills Endowed Chair for Economics

August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country’s innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-renowned University of California system, UC Merced is poised to be on the cutting...

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