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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...

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 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...

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...

Interdisciplinary Culture Attracts Anthropology Professor to UC Merced

October 7, 2008
UC Merced prides itself on being a collaborative learning environment for students, and a collaborative working environment for staffers and researchers. That aura of collaboration - and the thrill of spearheading a brand-new major – is what drewanthropologyprofessorLinda-Anne Rebhun from New...

Cutting-Edge Energy Program Keeps Alums Here for Grad School

October 7, 2008
Kevin Balkoski and Uday Bali were awarded the UC MercedDan David Renewable Energy Fellowshipon Sept. 26 in support and recognition of their contributions and ongoingresearchin the field. The two aregrad studentswho chose to return to UC Merced after receiving bachelor’s degrees inenvironmental...

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...

UC Application Period Now Open

October 2, 2008
The University of California’s online application for next fall’s undergraduate admission and scholarships is now open. Although the official filing period runs from Saturday, Nov. 1, through Sunday, Nov. 30, students interested in freshman and transfer admission to UC for the fall 2009 term can...

UC Merced Exceeds Enrollment Projections, Topping 2,700 Students

October 1, 2008
MERCED - For the second consecutive year, student enrollment at the University of California, Merced, has risen 45 percent compared with the prior year, university officials announced today, Oct. 1. There are 2,718 students enrolled this fall, up from 1,871 in the fall of 2007 and 875 in the...

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