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Statement From Chancellor Dorothy Leland

March 17, 2016
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland issued the following statement regarding the results of the FBI’s investigation into the Nov. 4 attack on campus: “We are relieved to finally have resolution to this very tragic event on the UC Merced campus. This concludes the investigation, which was a...

Study: Fishing Industry a Bigger Polluter than Previously Known

March 14, 2016
Many studies have shown that raising cattle and pigs for food is hard on the environment, and fish has long been considered a better alternative. But the work of UC Merced graduate student Brandi McKuin indicates that because of emissions, fishing for large fish like tuna warms the climate just as...

Lecture to Highlight Campus’s Diverse, Interdisciplinary Spirit

March 14, 2016
UC Merced is launching a new public lecture series that combines the campus’s emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship with its strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. The Chancellor’s Dialogue on Diversity and Interdisciplinarity will host its inaugural lecture at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March...

Student Volunteers Work With Local Emergency Department

March 7, 2016
In Fall 2007, Maricela Rangel-Garcia became one of the first UC Merced students to sign up for a new, non-clinical volunteer program in the busy Mercy Medical Center Emergency Department (ED). Her participation in what has become a vital and growing program cemented her career path.  “I decided to...

New Study Shows Early Human Impacts on Biodiversity

March 7, 2016
Even without all the industrial and technological growth that has accelerated climate change, humans can — and do — dramatically impact ecosystems. A new paper in Nature Communications, co-authored by UC Merced Professor Marilyn Fogel, indicates early humans were responsible for the fairly rapid...

GradSLAM! Finalists Hope to Become Campus Champion

March 4, 2016
Ten UC Merced graduate students are going to the campuswide finals of the GradSLAM! competition in the hopes of becoming campus champion and competing with grad students from across the UC system. The Graduate Division kicked off its second annual GradSLAM! with two sets of qualifying rounds on...

Women's Basketball Wins Second Straight Conference Title

March 2, 2016
The UC Merced women's basketball team won its second consecutive Cal-Pac Conference championship Tuesday night, with a 76-56 victory in the conference tournament title game on the road against the California Maritime Academy. After scoring just eight points in the first quarter, the Bobcats...

UC Merced | Making Memories

March 2, 2016

Young Professor Honored with Prestigious NSF Award

March 2, 2016
In his first faculty position, in his first year at UC Merced, Professor Dong Li has won his first grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and it’s a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. “I’m really honored,” said Li, who works in supercomputing. “It’s very ...

Sustainable Food Service Leader Speaking on Campus

March 1, 2016
Fedele Bauccio, CEO and co-founder of Bon Appétit Management Company, will speak on campus early next month at an event sponsored by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability, Dining Services, the Blum Center and the Karen Merritt Writing Program. The event is free and open to all, and...

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