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National Science Foundation Grant Supports Biodiversity Research

September 25, 2012
MERCED, Calif. — A $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support a five-year investigation by University of California, Merced, researchers into environmental changes in marine lakes, including why some species adapt while others go extinct. The grant also is helping spread...

Senegal Shrubbery Research Could Bear Fruit for Many

September 24, 2012
Shrubs blooming in a specific area of Africa might hold the answers to feeding millions of people on that continent, and possibly others. UC Merced Professor Teamrat Ghezzehei, his doctoral student, Nate Bogie, and researchers from Ohio State University, Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles...

Student, Faculty Music Projects Enlivening Area Scene

September 19, 2012
Professor Arnold Kim’s music couldn’t be more different than that of student-staff-alumni band Feeling Gravity’s Pull. Kim’s The Yellow Hope Project work is heavily influenced by what he has been listening to for years – old-school country, soul, blues and folk. It’s quiet and confessional, moody...

Common Read Builds Community, Connections with Shared Book

September 17, 2012
A richly illustrated book tracing centuries of change in the California landscape is this year’s Common Read, a program that connects students and faculty across disciplines by putting the same text in dozens of classrooms. First launched in Fall 2006, the Common Read helps introduce students to...

New Women’s Soccer Team Kicks Off With Home Opener in September

September 12, 2012
UC Merced’s first NAIA women’s soccer team is going to have a short season – five home games and nine away games. That’s by design. New head coach Megan Atoigue said this is the time to set the foundation for the campus’s inaugural women’s soccer program, and a chance for the team members to cement...

Yosemite Leadership Program Coordinator to Expand Its Profile

September 10, 2012
The UC Merced Yosemite Leadership Program’s first full-time leader plans to build on the program’s momentum and expand its visibility. Jacob Croasdale was recently selected to oversee the 3-year-old program. A $65,000 grant from Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas is funding the...

Snowy, Sandy Research Explores Climate Change

September 5, 2012
From the white, sugary sands of Hawaii to the white, powdery slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Natural Sciences Professor Stephen Hart has his eye on climate change. For the past two years, the professor, who’s affiliated with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, has worked with student researchers at...

Staff Members’ Invention Helping Reduce Campus Waste

September 4, 2012
UC Merced’s library used to be one of the trashiest places on campus – patrons generated a lot more garbage than recycling. But all that garbage led to an invention by two campus staff members that could help UC Merced reach the zero landfill waste portion of its Triple Zero commitment. The goal...

Campus Humanities Center to Expand Mission with Private Gift

August 31, 2012
With the help of a $2 million gift, UC Merced’s humanities center will support scholars in conducting interdisciplinary research, engaging the public and addressing issues critical to the San Joaquin Valley and California. In keeping with developing an innovative 21st century learning environment,...

First Group of Recruited Student Athletes Hitting the Courts as Women's Volleyball Team Kicks Off Season

August 29, 2012
  Nine new members of this year’s UC Merced Women’s Volleyball team, from all around the Central Valley, are among the campus’s first group of recruited student athletes. They began practice and play in early August, and already hosted their first tournament – the UC Merced/Holiday Inn Express...

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