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UC Merced Recommended to Advance in CIRM Major Facilities Program

December 17, 2007
MERCED - A proposal for a Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry at the University of California, Merced, has passed the first round of reviews by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), and the new UC campus has been asked to submit application for the second round. “We’re very...

Read All About It: Campus Paper Picks up Steam

December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free. How else would you describe a monthly broadsheet paper produced on a shoestring budget by a staff of...

Read All About It: Campus Paper Picks up Steam

December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free. How else would you describe a monthly broadsheet paper produced on a shoestring budget by a staff of...

Grad Student Wins Research Award at Sigma Xi Student Conference

December 10, 2007
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - Curiosity about a wasp’s waist led University of California, Merced, alumna and grad student Emily Reed to a prestigious award. Reed was among 26 first place award-winners for outstanding scientific research presentations at the 2007 Sigma Xi Student Research...

Admissions Administrator Joins UC Merced Team

December 10, 2007
After seven years with the University of California system,Kevin Brownesaid he moved to Merced this past summer because he was interested in doing things a new way. “A lot of the campuses operate on a legacy system,” the new assistant vice chancellor ofenrollment managementsaid. “A lot of the...

Staffer's Career a 'Student Affair'

December 5, 2007
Spend five minutes with Le’Trice Curl and one fact clearly emerges: She’s confident that she has the best job on campus. As director ofstudent lifeandjudicial affairs, it’s Curl’s job to help students become good citizens. “I love that I get to work with students and be integrated with them in...

UC Merced Students Approve Fee Hike

December 3, 2007
Last month, UC Merced’s students voted to invest in their own future by approving a referendum to raise fees from $10 each semester to $65. Having students agree to dig into their own wallets for the greater good is an achievement not lost on Uday Bali, president of the Associated Students of UC...

UC Merced Students Approve Fee Hike

December 3, 2007
Last month, UC Merced’s students voted to invest in their own future by approving a referendum to raise fees from $10 each semester to $65. Having students agree to dig into their own wallets for the greater good is an achievement not lost onUday Bali,president of theAssociated Students of UC...

PG&E Donates $1 Million, 2 Natural Gas Cars to Support Engineering Students

November 28, 2007
MERCED - Representatives from Pacific Gas and Electric Company visited the campus of the University of California, Merced, today and left behind a few important things - a sign on an engineering service learning laboratory, two natural-gas-powered cars and a million-dollar check - to begin a...

Second Spendlove Prize Awarded to Civil Rights Activist John Tateishi

November 26, 2007
MERCED - University of California, Merced, Trustee John Y. Tateishi, an activist for civil rights, has won this year’s Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance, awarded by a committee at the newest UC campus. The $10,000 award comes from an endowment to the...

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