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Superhero Cells Focus of Boundary-Pushing Biophysics Research

December 18, 2007
As skeletons go, our cells bear greater resemblance to Marvel’s Mr. Fantastic or Pixar’s Elastigirl than we do. A cell’s skeleton is a fluid network of protein chains, or polymers, that disassemble and reassemble in new locations, branching out, pushing forward and causing the cell to move quickly...

Engineering Without Borders Plans Galapagos Computer Lab

December 18, 2007
When UC Merced senior Roselia Ekhause first found out her husband, Shaun, was starting a chapter of Engineering Without Borders on campus, she thought it was a great project – but she didn’t figure there would be a place for her in the group. She’s majoring in world cultures and history with a...

Engineering Without Borders Plans Galapagos Computer Lab

December 18, 2007
When UC Merced senior Roselia Ekhause first found out her husband, Shaun, was starting a chapter ofEngineering Without Borderson campus, she thought it was a great project - but she didn’t figure there would be a place for her in the group. She’s majoring inworld culturesandhistorywith a...

Professor Earns Career-boosting CIRM New Faculty Award

December 17, 2007
MERCED - There’s a bridge to be crossed before stem cell therapies are ready for widespread use, according to Professor Jennifer O. Manilay at the University of California, Merced. Tissues derived from embryonic stem cells are unlikely to be an immunological match for their intended recipients,...

UC Merced Recommended to Advance in CIRM Major Facilities Program

December 17, 2007
MERCED - A proposal for a Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry at the University of California, Merced, has passed the first round of reviews by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), and the new UC campus has been asked to submit application for the second round. “We’re very...

Read All About It: Campus Paper Picks up Steam

December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free. How else would you describe a monthly broadsheet paper produced on a shoestring budget by a staff of...

Read All About It: Campus Paper Picks up Steam

December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free. How else would you describe a monthly broadsheet paper produced on a shoestring budget by a staff of...

Grad Student Wins Research Award at Sigma Xi Student Conference

December 10, 2007
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - Curiosity about a wasp’s waist led University of California, Merced, alumna and grad student Emily Reed to a prestigious award. Reed was among 26 first place award-winners for outstanding scientific research presentations at the 2007 Sigma Xi Student Research...

Admissions Administrator Joins UC Merced Team

December 10, 2007
After seven years with the University of California system,Kevin Brownesaid he moved to Merced this past summer because he was interested in doing things a new way. “A lot of the campuses operate on a legacy system,” the new assistant vice chancellor ofenrollment managementsaid. “A lot of the...

Staffer's Career a 'Student Affair'

December 5, 2007
Spend five minutes with Le’Trice Curl and one fact clearly emerges: She’s confident that she has the best job on campus. As director ofstudent lifeandjudicial affairs, it’s Curl’s job to help students become good citizens. “I love that I get to work with students and be integrated with them in...

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