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Students Battle for Sustainability Supremacy

October 1, 2014
UC Merced’s 2,100 resident students are gearing up for a month-long battle in which no one will get hurt. They might have greasy hair, though.   The 2014 Water Battle – to see which residence hall can save the most water – runs from Oct. 1 through 31, and organizers said they are excited to see...

UC Merced is Building the Future

September 29, 2014

Impact: MESA Lab Researching Friendly Drones

September 29, 2014

New Faculty Members Expand, Strengthen Research

September 29, 2014
UC Merced has hired 34 faculty members for the 2014-15 academic year, giving the campus 212 tenure-track professors who expand the depth and breadth of research expertise. Excluding student employees, the campus now has about 1,300 total staff and faculty members, which also includes 149 lecturers...

UC Merced and Yosemite: A Natural Collaboration

September 29, 2014

UC Merced's Blum Center Helping Californians Stay Engaged

September 24, 2014
On National Voter Registration Day, a new version of the California Report Card launched to engage the 30 percent of Californians who speak Spanish at home. All content in this civic-engagement tool is now available in both English and Spanish, with rapid bilingual translation of textual input and...

Pine Needle Bacteria Earn Professor Second NSF Grant of the Year

September 22, 2014
Professor Carolin Frank will collect $1.6 million over the next four years to continue researching the nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in pine needles and to work with the Sierra Foothill Charter School, which she helped found. The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Frank, with the...

Robert Reich in Merced to Discuss Income Inequality

September 17, 2014
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, an author, UC Berkeley professor of public policy and economic expert is coming to Merced to show the film “Inequality for All” and engage with the audience afterward. The event is sponsored by the University of California, Merced’s Office of the...

Students Expand Build Skills in New Souza Leadership Center

September 16, 2014
Shy in high school, Rachel Fang didn’t want to follow the same pattern as a UC Merced student. “I decided that I was going to change,” Fang said. “I wanted to be more outspoken.” Fang found the confidence, skills and foundation she needed by completing a variety of leadership programs on campus....

Dean to Serve as Associate Editor for New Journal

September 12, 2014
Mark Aldenderfer, dean of School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, has been selected to serve as an associate editor of Science Advances, a new journal from the nonprofit American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). “I'm honored to be selected to join the Science family of...

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