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UC Merced Wraps Up Fifth Year of Operation

May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010 Despite harsh economic climate, university shows strong overall progress, sees surging student demand and continues expansion of quality research and academic programs Quick Facts UC Merced will conclude its fifth year of operation with this weekend’s commencement celebration....

Alum Makes History with Acceptance to Dental School

May 13, 2010
When he walked with the UC Merced graduating class of 2009, degree in hand, Ducvinh Vo was part of a larger group of students who had spent four years making history as the university’s “pioneering class.” When he walks onto the UC San Francisco campus this September, he’ll take that pioneering...

East Coast Contest Winner to Conduct Experiments on Campus

May 13, 2010
Maple seeds, as they twirl to the ground, could provide a better model to deliver humanitarian aid. One fourth grade student, with the help of a UC Merced engineering teacher and researcher, will try to find out. Nature’s designs captured the imagination of Olivia Smith Donovan, an East Coast...

Pure Intellectual Drive Motivates Physics Grad Student to Earn 6th Degree

May 11, 2010
Like other children in his generation, Jon Inouye watched the United States’ space and nuclear programs grow and gained a passion for space and science. And his trajectory since that time has seen plenty of stops along the way, like any thorough mission of exploration.As a young man interested in...

UC Merced Partners with Harvard University to Foster Next Generation of Latino Leadership

May 11, 2010
May 11, 2010 Six UC Merced students to join in inaugural program that will draw participants from across the nation Quick Facts UC Merced is collaborating with Harvard University for a Latino Leadership Initiative Six UC Merced students will participate in the inaugural class. The announcement...

Senior Bio Major to Represent Class of 2010 at Commencement

May 6, 2010
The four years most students spend at college can offer a lot more than academic knowledge. They’re a time to start becoming the person you want to be for the rest of your life. Jill Tsai, a seniorbiologymajor from Diamond Bar, decided as a new UC Mercedfreshmanshe would do exactly that.“In high...

Build Local Partnerships with Merced-Area Agencies

May 5, 2010
May 5, 2010 MERCED - The University of California, Merced, will host a “Building Local Partnerships” event from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, May 6, at the Boys & Girls Club in Merced. Sponsored by The Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce, “Building Local Partnerships” will teach visitors how to...

Undergraduate Research Helps Senior Get into Harvard

May 4, 2010
UC Mercedbioengineeringmajor Christian Ayeni had nearly decided against applying to Harvard University’s virology program last fall. Not only was it an Ivy League school, he reasoned, it was charging an application fee about twice what he had been paying at other universities. Still, something...

President Jimmy Carter to Visit UC Merced Campus May 3

May 3, 2010
President Jimmy Carter will visit the University of California, Merced, campus today (May 3) to deliver the keynote address at a National Parks Instituteseminar on the management of parks and protected lands and receive the 2010 Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and...

Graduate Student Earns NSF Fellowship for Research, Outreach

May 2, 2010
Emily C. Wilson has been awarded the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program, the first UC Merced student given this honor. The fellowship, which is renewable for up to three years, allows her to both focus on pursuing herdoctoraldegree inquantitative systems biologyand...

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