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Student Works to Find Fuel in Wastewater Algae

July 9, 2010
Patrick Wiley has made a living treating wastewater. Now he’s trying to make a difference. Wiley, a 31-year-oldenvironmental systemsgraduate student at UC Merced, has shifted his focus from the wastewater itself to what can be done with it — or in this case, grown in it — to help the environment....

UC Merced Appoints New Dean of Engineering

June 28, 2010
The University of California, Merced, today announced the appointment of E. Daniel Hirleman as the new dean of its School of Engineering, effective Oct. 1. Hirleman will take over for Mark Matsumoto, who has served as interim dean since April. Matsumoto replaced Thomas Harmon, who served as acting...

Summer Offers Researchers a Chance to Focus on Projects

June 28, 2010
Even during summer break, UC Merced’s world-classfacultymembers and students remain busy going to remote areas for research, participating in conferences, writing papers for publication and continuing to work on projects. The summer provides a great opportunity for students and faculty members to...

Students Back From Harvard, Ready to Serve Valley

June 25, 2010
Six UC Merced students from across the San Joaquin Valley to channel leadership skills and lessons into serving the community after a week of classes at Harvard University Quick Facts Six UC Merced students attended the Latino Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The students heard...

UC Merced Provides Ideal Environment for Tulare Twins

June 20, 2010
Twin sisters Faiza and Sabah Jivani,Class of 2010alumna from Tulare, are busy planning for the future. They’re applying to graduate schools this fall; Faiza plans a career in architecture and Sabah in dentistry.  But they don’t forget what brought them to this point. Though they also mention...

UC Names Advisory Council on Tolerance, Inclusion

June 16, 2010
University of California President Mark G. Yudof today (June 16) named 17 members of his Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion, which will work closely with a UC Board of Regents committee to address challenges in enhancing and sustaining a tolerant, inclusive environment on...

Researchers Turn Expertise Toward Regional Issues

June 11, 2010
For some UC Merced researchers, California’s San Joaquin Valley is the lab in which they can confront some of society’s problems. Like other universities, UC Merced has professors conducting studies across the world — including research on the snowpack in the...

UC Wins California Environmental Leadership Award

June 10, 2010
June 10, 2010 Global Green USA is honoring the University of California for the environmental commitment the university has demonstrated through its academic, research and sustainability practices. The California Environmental Leadership Award recognizes the UC system for its 32 LEEDgreen-...

Financial Aid Director Remembers Campus' Earliest Days

June 4, 2010
Many UC Merced staff members go all the way back to university’s beginnings. One is Diana Ralls, director offinancial aid and scholarships, who first started with the university in 1998. An alumna of UC Davis, she was working in financial aid at Fresno Pacific University. “I noticed the ‘UC Center...

UC Tops All Universities in Winning U.S. Patents

May 27, 2010
The University of California was awarded the most U.S. patents of any university last year, according to an annual report by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. In 2009, the 10-campus UC system received 251 patents for discoveries made by its researchers. The patents stem from UC ideas...

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