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UC Merced Offers Holiday Gifts From the Heart

December 5, 2008
When Brenda Ramirez, Nick Navarrette and Stephanie Peterson talk about their holiday wish lists, they don’t include high-tech gadgets or baubles for themselves. Their wishes involve helping others and giving back to the community. Ramirez, a senior majoring in psychology, wants to outfit children...

UC Merced Library Unveils Holocaust Exhibit

December 4, 2008
MERCED - Wednesday, Dec. 10, is Human Rights Day. It’s also the day UC Merced will open its first-ever exhibit on the Jewish Holocaust. Named “The Holocaust: Genocide in History,” the exhibit has been curated by three students enrolled in an applied research class at UC Merced. Amanda Oesterreich...

UC Merced Receives Sustainability Award from R & D Magazine

December 2, 2008
The Science and Engineering Building at the University of California, Merced, received an honorable mention in the first Go Beyond Awards. The awards program, sponsored by the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories and R & D Magazine, honors individuals, organizations, projects...

Students Develop Renewable Energy Vision, Passion in Denmark

December 2, 2008
Lolland used to be the poorest part of Denmark. A major shipyard that had employed most of the citizens closed. Unemployment sat at around 25 percent. Nearly half the population used government aid. Today, it’s turned around. What made the difference? Renewable energy, said UC Merced students who...

Students Develop Renewable Energy Vision, Passion in Denmark

December 2, 2008
Lolland used to be the poorest part of Denmark. A major shipyard that had employed most of the citizens closed. Unemployment sat at around 25 percent. Nearly half the population used government aid. Today, it’s turned around. What made the difference? Renewable energy, said UC Merced students who...

Smaller Proves to be Better for Poli Sci Senior

December 1, 2008
College life hasn’t exactly turned out as expected for UC MercedseniorAdam J. Kook. Having grown up in the area, thepolitical sciencemajor expected a larger-than-life social scene when hetransferredhere from Merced College. “This campus is 54 percent male,” he remarked, referring to the gender...

UC Merced and Army Corps to Host Public Meeting on December 2

November 26, 2008
Merced, CA - The University of California, Merced, in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will host a joint Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement public hearing on December 2, 2008, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the California Room, 5200 North Lake Road in Merced....

UC Merced Offers Application Tips for Prospective Students

November 25, 2008
The Students First Center and Office of Admissions have helpful points for people considering attending the newest UC campus. The first step, of course, is to apply. That can be done online by visiting theAdmissions Web siteand following the appropriate links. The UC system makes the process...

Literature Major Immersed in Life of Central Valley Poet

November 24, 2008
When Kacy Marume first sat in a class on the Great Depression taught byliteratureprofessorJan GoggansandhistoryprofessorSean Malloy, she never dreamed she’d end up immersed in a relatedresearchproject. But now the UC Mercedsenior, who is majoring in literature and American studies, spends much of...

International Programs Office Puts Campus on the Map

November 24, 2008
UC Merced is going global. Actually, our campus has been global almost since day one, with an impressive array of faculty, staff and students hailing from all over the map - and an equally impressive list of academic collaborations with foreign universities. But the creation of the Office of...

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