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Center Focuses on Getting More Valley Students to College

July 25, 2008
State funding for university outreach programs was already receding from its all-time high in 1998 when UC Merced established itsCenter for Educational Partnershipsin 2002. The university knew it would need outside help to accomplish its goal: to forge partnerships with schools from throughout the...

Professor Divides Summer Between Merced and Yosemite

July 25, 2008
Professor Benoit Dayratof the UC MercedSchool of Natural Sciencesleads theResearch Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program. This summer he divides his teaching time between Yosemite National Park and hisresearch labon campus, a prospect that, although daunting, is exciting. “It’s very busy,...

RoboCup Team Places in World's Top Two for Virtual Robot Rescue

July 22, 2008
MERCED- The University of California, Merced, made history July 20 in the RoboCup Rescue Virtual Robots competition. No other team had fewer than two developers on site to compete in the international event in Suzhou, China; UC Merced had only one. But UC Merced proudly placed second in the final...

UC Merced Breaks Ground on Fourth Academic Building

July 21, 2008
New facility will nearly double size of School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts MERCED - With the ceremonial scooping of shovelfuls of dirt, the University of California, Merced, broke ground on the Social Sciences and Management Building today (July 21). “This is an exciting day for UC...

Trio Discovers Yosemite in High School and Returns as Rangers

July 18, 2008
This is the second in a two-part series on seasonal rangers at Yosemite National Park. For the first part,click here. Though they didn’t know it at the time, a trip to Yosemite National Park during their sophomore year at Atwater High School would leave a lasting impression on Janet Melgoza,...

UC Merced Students Headed to Denmark to Study Wind Power

July 18, 2008
MERCED - Engineering and business students from the University of California, Merced, have found a unique, interdisciplinary opportunity to study the implementation of alternative energy in Denmark through the first-ever LoCal RE Summer School program organized by UC Merced, UC Davis, UC Santa...

Solar Taxi Will Visit UC Merced on World Tour to Promote Alternative Energy

July 11, 2008
MERCED - For the first time in history, a solar-powered car is driving around the world without any carbon emissions - and it will be in Merced next week (July 18). Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer is taking a small, blue, environmentally friendly taxi around the world. The solar-electric two-seat...

Inclusive Physics Lab Creates Rewarding Research Experiences for Students

July 10, 2008
When you visit Professor Jay Sharping’s lab Web site, you might notice something unusual. For now, he doesn’t advertise open positions. Instead, he invites each prospective team member to submit qualifications and a description of the desired position. “It can be a little uncomfortable not to have...

Inclusive Physics Lab Creates Rewarding Research Experiences for Students

July 10, 2008
When you visitProfessor Jay Sharping’s lab Web site,you might notice something unusual. For now, he doesn’t advertise open positions. Instead, he invites each prospective team member to submit qualifications and a description of the desired position. It can be a little uncomfortable not to have...

Three Atwater High Classmates Serve as Yosemite Seasonal Rangers

July 10, 2008
This is the first in a two-part series on seasonal rangers at Yosemite National Park. Nobody gets toYosemite National Parkwithout a steep climb - the park’s elevation ranges from 2,000 to more than 13,000 feet above sea level. But a few of the seasonal rangers in Yosemite this year have reached...

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