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Campus Recreation Ready for Students' Arrival

August 3, 2005
David Dunham was the director of club sports at UC Davis earlier this year when he took a group of students to the job board at a national conference of intramural sports organizers. He meant to show them how to look for jobs – not find one for himself. UC Merced was just too good an opportunity...

Multitalented Freshman Shows Above-average Enthusiasm

August 3, 2005
Mary L. Hayes knows to achieve her goals she has to be better than average. The incoming freshman student from Oakland has interests in medicine, law and music as well as entrepreneurial aspirations. “I want to be something where I can help somebody, and to do that I’ll have to know a little more...

Seminar Series and Art Exhibit Examine Labor History inCalifornia

July 26, 2005
Reception for “At Work” Exhibit Set for Sept. 29 in Kolligian Library MERCED, CA— Comprising passionate struggles and triumphs as well as dehumanizing forces, the story of labor in California is examined in a traveling art exhibition coming this week to the University of California, Merced. A...

New Student Orientation Debuts in Bakersfield

July 18, 2005
The UC Merced Center in Bakersfield was abuzz with activity and energy as the campus hosted its very first New Student Orientation on Saturday, July 9, for 230 participants, including more than 100 incoming freshman and transfer students. Hailing from Shasta in the north of California to Chula...

Matt Meyer Crosses Lines, Aims for Targeted Drugs With Fewer Side Effects

July 18, 2005
Matthew Meyer’s educational background incorporates math, physics, chemistry and biology. He uses all those disciplines in his research, working to develop targeted pharmaceuticals for problems like asthma, arthritis and even cancer. “Most drugs work by binding specific receptors or enzymes in the...

Researchers Tap Technology for Accurate Snow Measurement, Forecasting

July 15, 2005
UC Merced professor Roger Bales’ research team is using wireless sensor pods to make more accurate measurements of snow depth and density. They hope to apply what they learn to help forecasters make more accurate predictions, helping communities better understand water supply.

UC Merced Receives Full Funding in Final 2005-06 State Budget

July 11, 2005
The 2005-06 state budget signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today (July11) fulfills his “compact” with the University of California, ending four years of budget cuts with increases for student enrollment growth, faculty and staff compensation, the opening of UC Merced, and an initiative to...

Hometown University Unlocks Doors for David Thatcher

July 5, 2005
Looking out his bedroom window a mile from campus, incoming freshman David Thatcher has watched UC Merced’s buildings rise in the last two years. But he’s had his eye on the tenth campus in the UC system for a lot longer than that. When Thatcher moved with his family to Merced in 1997, he was only...

A Dotted Line Comes Full Circle for Professor Teenie Matlock

June 24, 2005
When Teenie Matlock was a child in nearby Mariposa, she listened to deer-hunting stories told by her paternal grandfather, who was part Sierra Miwok. She remembers him drawing symbols in the dirt as he spoke. For example, a dotted line represented a trail or route, and an x represented a person or...

Fresh Choices Characterize Campus Dining

June 24, 2005
Students, faculty and staff at UC Merced will be treated daily to nutritious, tempting, restaurant-quality choices at the Valley Dining Commons, the main dining center on campus. On any given day, they can choose the;crunch cereal bar with assorted toppings, sandwiches on freshly baked bread, or a...

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