SACRAMENTO - Taking a cue from the state’s stem cell agency,
which has galvanized stem cell research and opened up lines of
communication among researchers in California, scientists at the
University of California, Merced and the Buck Institute for Age
Research in Marin County have established a...
News
May 18, 2007
May 11, 2007
Hard to believe it’s almost graduation day again.
The Commencement Committee has been working hard to plan a ceremony for about 75 students who will receive their diplomas this year, said organizer Stefani Martinez.
Commencement will look quite a bit different this time around.
This year, it’s a...
May 11, 2007
Hard to believe it’s almost graduation day again.
The Commencement Committee has been working hard to plan a ceremony for about 75 students who will receive their diplomas this year, said organizer Stefani Martinez.
Commencement will look quite a bit different this time around.
“This year, it’s a...
May 11, 2007
As a student at UC Berkeley, California’s Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, Sr., was an All-American football player.
This year, he’s going to tackle Bobcat graduation as the keynote speaker at the May 18 ceremony.
UC Merced might be new, but not to Garamendi. He helped form the UC Merced Foundation Board...
May 9, 2007
MERCED - The Class of 2007 is getting ready for its big moment.
University of California, Merced’s second commencement ceremony
will feature California’s Lt. Gov., John Garamendi, Sr., offering
the keynote address and new Chancellor Steve Kang presiding over
the ceremony.
“John Garamendi, Sr., has...
May 9, 2007
MERCED - The Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship
Foundation, established as a memorial to the late Don Strauss of
Newport Beach and now designed to award $10,000 scholarships to at
least 14 California college juniors annually, has announced that UC
Merced students Christiane Pailo and...
May 8, 2007
Experts say poor eating habits and inactivity, the main causes
of obesity, could mean children face shorter life expectancies than
their parents. The increasing problem of childhood obesity in the
San Joaquin Valley has prompted a $5,000 gift from Millennium
SportsClub to the University of...
May 8, 2007
Professor Mónica Medina of the UC Merced School of Natural Sciences has won a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation for her work on Coral Health Genomics. The continuing grant will fund Medina’s work at $361,238 annually over five years.
“NSF’s selection of Mónica Medina for...
May 4, 2007
Central Plant is key component of university’s commitmentto sustainable development and environmental leadership
MERCED - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected
the University of California, Merced’s first building complex,
known as the Central Plant, to receive a 2007 Institute...
May 4, 2007
Living on campus at UC Merced offers lots of advantages, but most of them can be summed up in a few key words - cost, convenience and concentration.
On-campus living might seem expensive at first, but it’s often comparable, when you consider the costs of food, utilities, transportation and parking...
