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Gallos Donate Gift of Music to UC Merced

March 10, 2008
MERCED, CA — A $50,000 donation from Bob and Marie Gallo has enabled the University of California, Merced, to purchase its first Steinway concert grand piano to help support music performances, visiting scholar and artist programs, and launch UC Merced's nascent music program. “Bob and Marie...

Professors Open Up at Research Week Symposium

March 7, 2008
From a philosophical pianist to a dissatisfied doctor-to-be, UC Merced professors offered glimpses into their career paths and their research in the first-ever Faculty Research Symposium presented by the Graduate Student Association as part of Research Week. ProfessorKevin Fellezsfound, as a...

UC Merced Offers On-Campus Housing for Summer Session

March 7, 2008
8-week contract and meal plan make staying here convenient for students MERCED, CA— Cities with major universities can become almost ghostly when classes aren’t in session, but UC Merced is hoping to change things this summer with the introduction of on-campus housing contracts for summer...

Child"s Play Leads to Serious Innovations in Shrinky Dinks Microfluidics

March 7, 2008
To see UC Merced students using Shrinky Dinks and PDMS to conduct research, check out a 7-minute video on the process by clickinghere. Microfluidic devices play an important part in cell assay for diagnosis of diseases and in cancer research. Usually, though, creating microfluidics is...

Child's Play Leads to Serious Innovations in Shrinky Dinks Microfluidics

March 7, 2008
To see UC Merced students using Shrinky Dinks and PDMS to conduct research, check out a 7-minute video on the process by clicking here. Microfluidic devices play an important part in cell assay for diagnosis of diseases and in cancer research. Usually, though, creating microfluidics is...

Glushko-Samuelson Foundation Gift Supports UC MercedCognitive Science Program

March 4, 2008
MERCED, CA — The University of California, Merced, is quickly gaining international recognition in the cognitive science community because of its interdisciplinary approach to the study of thought and behavior. The Glushko-Samuelson Foundation has donated $50,000 to the UC Merced Cognitive Science...

Bite-size Science in Three Languages from UC Merced ResearchTeam

March 3, 2008
MERCED, CA — When Professor Mónica Medina of UC Merced's School of Natural Sciences applied for a National Science Foundation CAREER award last year, she knew she wanted to include in her research plans an outreach component to speak to the multicultural population of California's Central Valley...

Donor Gives Campus Radio Station a Boost

March 3, 2008
MERCED, CA — The University of California, Merced, may be one step closer to having a student-run radio station on campus, thanks to a donation from the Jane and Marc Nathanson Family Foundation. The $6,000 gift gave UC Merced the seed funding needed to submit a non-commercial FM station license...

UC Merced to Join UC Day Advocates in Highlighting GreenPractices

February 26, 2008
MERCED, CA — The newest campus in the University of California system will take its place among its older “sisters” on Tuesday, March 4, under a big, green tent by the state capitol in Sacramento. The University of California, Merced, will feature a natural-gas-powered car donated by Pacific Gas...

Summer Session Includes Housing Option

February 25, 2008
UC Merced is making it even easier on students to spend their summer here. For the first time, on-campus housing will be available to students enrolled in summer session courses. According to Leslie Santos, director of housing and residence life, summer school students will live in the Valley...

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