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UC Merced's Interdisciplinary Nature Pays Off for Alumna

October 17, 2008
UC Merced prides itself in allowing students opportunities to explore all fields of interest. It’s not uncommon here to findhumanitiesmajorsworking in scientific laboratories. That borderless culture leads many students to explore educational and professional areas in ways that would not be...

UC Merced Launches Performance Series With Gala Fundraiser

October 17, 2008
MERCED -“Arts UC Merced Presents …,”the university’s first performance arts series, launches next week with its inaugural event, “Embrace the Arts.” “Embrace the Arts,” is a fundraising gala that will help to ensure the performance series has staying power, said Gail Benedict, who along with fine...

UC Merced Unveils New Athletics Logo

October 14, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, is sporting a new look. Well, at least its athletics teams are. Campus officials today (Oct. 14) unveiled a brand-new athletics logo that marks a definite move toward competition-minded branding. Photos of the unveiling can be found on the campus...

Something for Everyone This Weekend at UC Merced

October 13, 2008
UC Merced is opening its doors and arms for two major events this weekend (Oct. 18-19). The first, Preview Day, will give prospective students a chance to see the inner-workings of the university before applications are accepted next month. The second, Family Weekend, offers friends and relatives...

Public Forum on the Economy Monday Night

October 13, 2008
UC Mercedeconomist Katie Winderwill lead a public forum on the causes behind the current financial crisis. Winder, with colleagues Shawn Kantorand Todd Neumann, will deliver an hour-long multimedia presentation of the credit crisis and how it occurred. Kantor and Neumann have both done research on...

Something for Everyone This Weekend at UC Merced

October 13, 2008
UC Merced is opening its doors and arms for two major events this weekend (Oct. 18-19). The first,Preview Day,will give prospective students a chance to see the inner-workings of the university before applications are accepted next month. The second,Family Weekend,offers friends and relatives of...

Prized Connections: Visiting Professor Cited in Physics Nobel Background

October 10, 2008
Only two years after Moo-Young “Mike” Han completed his doctorate at the University of Rochester, he received a surprising phone call. Yoichiro Nambu, an established physicist, had read a draft paper of Han’s and - in a perfect example of scientific cooperation rather than competition - suggested...

Sensors Could Provide Warning of Future Large-scale Environmental Problems

October 10, 2008
Imagine how our approach to a large-scale environmental problem like global climate change might be different today if a network of sensors had been in place for the last 50 years, providing coordinating data sets that clearly showed what was happening to the climate as we went along. That’s the...

Sensors Could Provide Warning of Future Large-scale Environmental Problems

October 10, 2008
Imagine how our approach to a large-scale environmental problem like global climate change might be different today if anetwork of sensorshad been in place for the last 50 years, providing coordinating data sets that clearly showed what was happening to the climate as we went along. That’s the...

Cutting-Edge Energy Program Keeps Alums Here for Grad School

October 7, 2008
Kevin Balkoski and Uday Bali were awarded the UC Merced Dan David Renewable Energy Fellowship on Sept. 26 in support and recognition of their contributions and ongoing research in the field. The two are grad students who chose to return to UC Merced after receiving bachelor’s degrees in...

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