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Commencement Speakers Bring Varied Experience to Campus’s Largest Commencement

February 10, 2014
The University of California, Merced, has selected CEO of Enduring Hydro LLC and former U.S. Undersecretary for Energy Kristina Johnson and Merced County Superior Court Judge Paul C. Lo to deliver keynote addresses at its ninth commencement, May 17 and 18. With more than 1,400 students eligible to...

UC Merced Heating Up Mongolia’s Harsh Winter

February 3, 2014
One of the world’s oldest civilizations – with the worst air pollution and the coldest capital city – will employ cutting-edge technology from the newest UC campus starting in February. Professor Roland Winston, who leads the UC Merced-based UC Solar Institute, just returned from a trip to...

Conference to Explore Black Arts Movement, Influences

January 29, 2014
An international two-day conference on the Black Arts Movement will draw world-renowned scholars, musicians and artists, and offer new scholarship and perspectives on the 1960s and 1970s movement. The International Conference on the Black Arts Movement and Legacies, on March 1 and 2 at the...

Campus Begins 2014 with Ambitious Expansion Plans

January 27, 2014
The University of California, Merced, is searching for a development team that will prove instrumental in financing and significantly expanding the campus’ size and capacity to enroll 10,000 students by 2020. Enrollment at the newest UC campus, which opened in 2005 with 875 students, has surged to...

Men’s Soccer Team Builds Framework for Success in Debut Season

January 27, 2014
In its inaugural intercollegiate season, the UC Merced men’s soccer team showed plenty of promise by defeating the eventual conference champions and producing the California Pacific Conference freshman player of the year. “It was a season of firsts,” said Coach Albert Martins, who now is recruiting...

Natural Reserve Earns Regents’ Approval

January 22, 2014
The protected land adjoining the northeast corner of campus is officially part of the UC Natural Reserve System now that the UC Board of Regents gave the proposed reserve final approval today at its January meeting.   The Merced Vernal Pools and Grasslands Reserve is the 39th reserve in the...

Campus Pitches In for Day of Service

January 21, 2014
A day off meant a day of service for some UC Merced students and staff and faculty members who volunteered to help spruce up Luther Burbank Elementary School in Merced as part of the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. Associate Director of the Office of Student Life Vernette Doty...

Campus Receives Record Number of Applications for 10th Academic Year

January 17, 2014
As the 10th campus in the UC system approaches the start of its 10th academic year, the University of California, Merced, has received a record number of applications for undergraduate admission this fall. According to admissions data released today (Jan. 17) by the UC Office of the President,...

UC Merced Presents New Student Initiatives to White House

January 16, 2014
The University of California, Merced, unveiled six ambitious new initiatives to help college attainment and success among underserved students at an elite White House education summit today. Chancellor Dorothy Leland joins representatives from about 140 American colleges and universities meeting...

Professor Studies How Information Consumption Impacts Health Behaviors

January 13, 2014
From sunrise to sunset, people consume all kinds of information from television, online and from other sources. UC Merced public health Professor A. Susana Ramirez wants to know how that influences people’s health decisions and behaviors. Quite often, misconceptions about leading a...

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