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News and Notes: Staff Had ‘Rad’ Time During ’80s-Themed Appreciation Week

May 24, 2018
UC Merced staff members got the time to enjoy the company of their colleagues while being saluted for the tireless work they do to support students, faculty members and the university’s mission during UC Merced’s annual Staff Appreciation Week (SAW). This year’s event gave a...

Children’s Museum Pop-Up Arrives Friday

May 23, 2018
A team of educators, policy makers and community members are working to bring a children’s museum to Merced. To celebrate the museum’s first pop-up exhibit, Merced For Kids, museum organizers are inviting members of the community to attend the exhibit’s family-friendly opening-...

Students Discover Cannibal Lizards on Remote Aegean Island

May 23, 2018
It reads like a mashup of Greek mythology and H.G. Wells. “The Odyssey of Doctor Moreau,” perhaps. Explorers find their way to a remote Aegean island and discover it’s inhabited by reptilian cannibals. They describe one encounter as follows: “[I]t began to run away, with...

Alumnae Staff Members Honor Family With Endowed Scholarships

May 23, 2018
In creating scholarships to help future generations of Bobcats succeed, UC Merced staff members and alumnae Monique de Villa (’16) and Danielle Armedilla (’12) are cementing the legacy they are leaving for campus.   De Villa and Armedilla were honored for their generous...

Qattawi Named Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer

May 22, 2018
The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) named Professor Ala Qattawi one of this year’s Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers. “I am honored to receive this award,” Qattawi said. “It recognizes the work we do here at UC Merced and its importance to the...

Campus’ Second Fulbright Student Scholar Prepares for a Homecoming

May 21, 2018
Violet Barton remembers her teenage years doing quadratic equations by candlelight to a soundtrack of bombs and bullets as the Salvadoran Civil War raged around her. She was forced to migrate to the United States 36 years ago but will go back to El Salvador later this year as a UC Merced...

Bobcats Can Catch Some Bass

May 18, 2018
A pair of UC Merced students showed off their bass-fishing skills by winning a Fishing League Worldwide event last weekend, earning themselves a spot in next year’s finals. Herbie LeBlanc of Gilroy and Tshu Xiong of Merced caught the limit of five bass, weighing a total of 19 pounds, 10...

Calling All Citizen Scientists!

May 17, 2018
Local community members are invited to serve as citizen scientists at UC Merced’s next CALeDNA BioBlitz, scheduled for Sunday, May 20, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve. It’s an opportunity to get up close and personal with the local flora and fauna...

New Fulbright Awards Strengthen Campus Study-Abroad Initiatives

May 16, 2018
Two staff members in UC Merced’s Office of International Affairs have earned prestigious Fulbright awards that will help the campus expand and develop study-abroad opportunities for students. Craig Harmelin, assistant director of Study Abroad, and Suki Spencer, assistant director for...

UC Merced Graduates Need to “Be the Medicine” of the Country

May 16, 2018
Maria Cardona spoke in English and Spanish to graduating students, faculty, friends and families, during the university’s commencement ceremony Saturday morning on how important was that event not just for them but for the country.

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