University of California, Merced, freshman Hannah Mandelbaum could have gone to college just about anywhere. An honor student from Redondo Beach with an interest in world history, she applied to 10 universities and was accepted at nine. But she chose UC Merced after stepping onto campus for the...
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August 23, 2010
Savvy, efficient service combines with student opportunity and interdepartmental cooperation instudent information technologysupport services at UC Merced.
Todd Van Zandt, who manages student technology support for the campus, has been helping people get the most out of computers since he was a...
August 20, 2010
UC MercedliteratureProfessorJan Goggans’research into the iconic photographs shot by Dorothea Lange culminated this summer when the University of California Press published her book about the Great Depression’s impact on the state.
”California on the Breadlines: Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor and...
August 19, 2010
MERCED — University of California, Merced, biology Professor Rudy Ortizhas been given the National Institutes of Health’s Independent Scientist Career Development Award, the first person on campus to earn this distinction.
The $414,720 grant, spread throughout four years, will allow Ortiz to spend...
August 11, 2010
UC Merced’s Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) has
announced the timeline for the implementation of changes to the
campus’ parking system.
Information on parking permit options for faculty, staff and
eligible graduate students is available on theTAPS
website. These permits will be...
August 10, 2010
UC Merced teams up with nonprofit to benefit local students
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UC Merced and Rock Da Block have launched a school supply campaign ending Aug. 31.
Backpacks filled with school supplies will be handed out to Merced County children in preschool through 12 thgrade.
Donations can be dropped...
August 6, 2010
UC MercedsociologistNella Van Dykeis trying to understand what factors compel people to form anti-government militias.
The last major anti-government movement came in the 1990s and led to the Oklahoma City bombing. Van Dyke coauthored a paper, published in 2002, showing that a decline in...
July 23, 2010
As one of two bicycle officers serving in theUC Merced Police Department, Officer George Gongora tends to stand out. He likes it that way — it helps him do a better job serving the campus community.
“On the bike, I’m accessible to everybody,” Gongora said. “We don’t have that barrier of the car or...
July 14, 2010
Campus sees 35 percent jump in Statements of Intent to Register
for Fall 2010
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35 percent increase in Statements of Intent to Register
New undergraduate student target: 1,450
Total projected fall 2010 enrollment: 3,985
UC Merced has now exceeded its enrollment target for four...
July 12, 2010
Former advisor to President George W. Bush will speak and hold
a book signing during appearance coordinated by the College
Republicans at UC Merced
Quick Facts
Karl Rove, who served as deputy chief of staff and senior
advisor to President George W. Bush, will speak at UC Merced on
Oct. 8.
Rove...
