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UC Merced Prepares to Welcome First Students on Campus

May 18, 2005
Central Valley Students Represent Almost 30 Percent of Developing Freshman Class MERCED, CA. — After 17 years of planning and development, UC Merced is making its final preparations to welcome freshman, transfer and graduate students on campus in just over three months. A total of 974 students...

Engineer Pursues Cultural, Academic Exchanges With Colombian University

May 13, 2005
Engineer Pursues Cultural, Academic Exchanges With Colombian University Germán Gavilán, who joined UC Merced as an Academic Coordinator in March 2004 and last January became the assistant dean in the School of Engineering, is working with two major goals in mind: Pioneering a new university while...

Researchers Find Accurate Mountain Snow Data Using NASA-developed Sensor Webs

May 10, 2005
YOSEMITE — When a television newscast reports two feet of new snow in the Sierra Nevada, you might anticipate a great ski weekend, but standard measurements like those used by TV news can be 20 to 30 percent off the mark on the actual amount of snow in the mountains. To obtain more precise...

Academic Exchange Program Established with Chinese University

May 9, 2005
UC Merced and the Communication University of China recently initiated an academic exchange program that will encourage the flow of understanding, ideas and information between the two universities. This is the first international exchange program established by UC Merced, with efforts under way...

Graduate Students Find Living Together Rewarding on Many Levels

May 9, 2005
When UC Merced opens this fall, approximately 600 of the first 1,000 students will be living on campus. Other students will find assistance through the Office of Student Life to create housing arrangements off campus cooperative, friendly groups of students who can help each other in social and...

Academic Exchange Program Established with Chinese University

May 9, 2005
UC Merced and the Communication University of China recently initiated an academic exchange program that will encourage the flow of understanding, ideas and information between the two universities. This is the first international exchange program established by UC Merced, with efforts under...

Twelve UC Researchers Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 3, 2005
Twelve University of California researchers were elected today (May 3) to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their achievements in scientific and engineering research. Election to the academy is among the highest honors accorded to a scientist or engineer. The UC researchers were...

Twenty-Four UC Scholars Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 28, 2005
Twenty-four scholars affiliated with the University of California, including UC Provost and Senior Vice President­Academic Affairs M.R.C. Greenwood, are among the 213 new fellows and foreign honorees elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the organization has announced. Selected by...

Next Step: Orientation

April 26, 2005
Last fall, Andrew Mamalis started his senior year at Modesto Christian High School with the intent of preparing to attend UC Davis as a freshman. Mamalis was recently admitted to UC Davis, but following encouragement from his teachers and counselors, he has decided instead to take advantage of the...

UC Merced Family Enjoys Rural California Life Through 4-H Activities

April 21, 2005
For Sherry Coane, who works in the Human Resources Department at UC Merced, family activities are an important part of life, and some of the most important of those activities are facilitated by the rural location of their home in the San Joaquin Valley. Coane and her family spend several hours a...

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