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Fosters Pledge $1.2 Million for Engineering Service Learningat UC Merced

March 14, 2005
MERCED, CA — Recognizing that graduates of the University of California, Merced, will be an essential resource for regional companies that need prepared workers, the Max and Verda Foster family of Foster Farms fame has pledged $1.2 million to fund hands-on educational experiences in the School of...

UC Merced and Fresno State Explore Collaboration Opportunities

March 11, 2005
Faculty members from the University of California, Merced, and California State University, Fresno, gathered Friday morning, March 4, in Atwater to forge relationships and discuss the future of collaborations in scientific research and other areas between the two institutions. Both Fresno State and...

Sports, Education Go Hand in Hand for Assistant Dean James Ortez

March 11, 2005
Sports and education are inextricable from each other in the life of Assistant Dean James Ortez. As a small child in nearby Madera, he honed his math skills figuring baseball statistics. As an undergraduate at Columbia University, he saw that one way to make the leap from his Hispanic, Central-...

UC Merced Names Founding Chief of Campus Police

March 8, 2005

UC Launches Postprints Service to Provide Greater Access to UC Scholarship

February 23, 2005
MERCED, CA — The University of California Office of Scholarly Communication today (Wednesday) announced the public launch of its new eScholarship postprints service. Scholars have been increasingly seeking new ways to distribute the results of their research, and postprints — peer-reviewed articles...

Gail Benedict Brings Art Home to UC Merced

February 18, 2005
After many years devoted to family issues, Benedict finally found time a few years ago for an evening painting class. Until that time, I had never touched a paintbrush to canvas, she says. Yet everyone was amazed at my first painting, and I haven't stopped since. Humbly, though, Benedict considers...

First UC Merced Student Club Preparing for Influx of Members

February 18, 2005
In 2003, when UC Merced's opening was delayed because of the California budget crisis, a worried student had a question for Jeff Wright, the dean of the School of Engineering. What's next for us? he asked. The young man was part of a group that was promised admission to UC Merced as transfer...

UC Merced Teams with USC to Improve Reporting Health Care in Central California

February 18, 2005
MERCED, CA — The USC Annenberg School for Communication and the University of California, Merced, are proud to announce the Central California fellows who have been selected to participate in the USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a new fellowship program for medical...

School of Natural Sciences Welcomes 9 New Faculty Members

February 17, 2005
MERCED, CA — The School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced, has hired nine new faculty members in the last several months, bringing the total number of professors at the university so far to 41. “We are pleased to have recruited nine additional outstanding research and...

Students Encouraged to Submit Financial Aid Application by March 2

February 16, 2005
MERCED, CA — March 2, 2005 should be a red-letter day for students who have applied for undergraduate admission to the University of California, Merced. That is the deadline to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Cal Grant GPA Verification Form for Cal Grants and...

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