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Graduating Student Builds Confidence, Leadership Skills

May 8, 2013
Stephanie Toledo didn’t want anything to get in the way of her academic success when she arrived at UC Merced. The shy freshman wasn’t ready to consider clubs, social activities or other campus opportunities. But Toledo soon realized that she needed more than classwork to get the most from her...

Generous Gift to Support College Dreams for Generations

May 7, 2013
Longtime UC Merced supporters Frederick R. and Mitzie Ruiz have made a generous gift to help generations of students through an endowed scholarship, named in honor of the woman who had a major impact on their lives. The Rose R. Ruiz Endowed Scholarship and Fellowship Fund will support highly...

Senior’s Post-Graduation Plans Include Developing Web Business

May 6, 2013
Tyler Shaddix’s house looks like most of the other houses on his block in a subdivision not far from the UC Merced campus. It’s what’s inside that’s different – the home office of a startup company offering a web service that has, in less than a year, become very popular with government agencies,...

Researchers Studying Valley Fever to Help Region

May 1, 2013
In an effort to combat a debilitating disease commonly found in the region, UC Merced researchers are collaborating with area medical leaders to better understand valley fever. Through the campus’s Health Sciences Research Institute, immunology Professor David Ojcius is working with Dr. James...

Researcher Brings Billions of Years of Information to UC Merced

April 29, 2013
From the microbes in the guts of living things to the idea of life elsewhere in the universe, Professor Marilyn Fogel is pondering some of life’s deepest questions. When and how did life originate on Earth? What does the future hold for our planet? Are we alone in the universe? “When you go back...

Research Explains Why Electric Fields Puncture Biological Cells

April 26, 2013
An exacting nanosecond jolt of electricity can briefly open a cell’s wall, allowing for the delivery of drugs or DNA. This procedure — called electroporation — is widely used in biology, biotechnology and medicine, including cancer treatments. Why the cell’s wall opens, however, has remained a...

Mobile App Challenge Reproduces the Entrepreneurial Experience

April 24, 2013
After six months of intense planning and programming, the winning team of the Mobile App Challenge at the University of California, Merced, will be announced during a showcase finale April 26. The Mobile App Challenge Showcase, held at noon in the California Room on campus, will allow each of the...

Summer Research Program for Undergrads Aims for the Experience of a Lifetime

April 22, 2013
Many universities offer the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, but they don’t have what UC Merced has to offer. “Yosemite really draws people in,” said Professor Stephen Hart, one of the REU program leaders. “Other REUs might take students into the field, but not into a national ...

Local Businesswoman Donates to Shape Student Leaders

April 18, 2013
Spurred by a gift from a prominent dairy woman, the University of California, Merced, announced plans today for a center to promote leadership qualities among its diverse student population. Margo Souza, former president and CEO of Turlock’s Circle H Dairy Ranch Inc., has pledged $1 million to...

Two Students Win Slots in Prestigious Assembly Internship Program

April 17, 2013
Students Leanne McKenzie and Mustafa Nawabzada are getting an up-close look at the legislative process as the first-ever UC Merced interns in the California State Assembly chief clerk’s office. The highly competitive, paid internship program began in 1989 and has been open almost exclusively to...

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