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Governor's Budget Includes Funding for UC Merced

January 9, 2004
MERCED, CA — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget for fiscal year 2004-05, which was released today (Jan. 9), includes $10 million in one-time supplemental funds for UC Merced in addition to $10 million in permanent funding. Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey thanked the governor for his...

Writing Project Workshops Help Teachers Learn Best Practices

January 1, 2004
MERCED, CA — The UC Merced Writing Project is inviting teachers of kindergarten through community college to participate in a continuing “Saturday Outreach Series” at the Merced Tri-College Center. The first session in the monthly series is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to noon....

Professor Harnessing Advanced Technology to Address Environmental Issues

December 29, 2003
For many people, “exciting new technology” conjures images of iPods, camera phones and flat-screen TVs. For UC Merced Engineering professor Tom Harmon, the concept means something a bit different but no less thrilling: sensors as wispy as hair that can gauge when, where and how much pollution...

Electrical Engineering to be Focus of 15th Endowed Chair

December 18, 2003
MERCED, CA. — Former Merced mayor and retired electrical contractor Reno Ferrero will help launch the academic discipline of electrical engineering at the University of California, Merced. His gift of $500,000 to endow the Reno Ferrero Family Chair in Electrical Engineering will offer a dramatic...

Recent Campus Construction Photos December 2003

December 18, 2003

UC Merced Professor David Kelley Working to Maximize Potential of Solar Power

December 11, 2003
Merced, CA — The sun is a wonderful, inexhaustible - but very expensive - source of energy. Solar power now runs things like small calculators and traffic lights in remote locations, but is too expensive to harness for large-scale use. So how do we reduce pollution and our dependence on fossil ...

Photos of UC President Dynes' Visit to UC Merced

December 11, 2003

UC Merced Gear Available Online Now!

December 8, 2003
Our friends at UC Santa Cruz are showcasing UC Merced caps, sweatshirts, t-shirts and polo shirts in the Bay Tree Bookstore on campus and online, offering the convenience of ordering your UC Merced gear right from your own computer. A portion of the proceeds returns to UC Merced. To locate UC...

UC Merced Outreach Program on Channel 30 Local ABC TV Affiliate

December 5, 2003
UC Merced outreach efforts such as the UC Scholars Early Academic Outreach Program have yielded promising results. San Joaquin Valley schools participating in the program posted a nearly 10 percent increase in UC admission rates for their students in 2000-01, its first year, and a 16 percent...

UC Merced Snow & Ice Expert Committed to help solve Regional Climate, Hydrology, Water Resources Problems

November 25, 2003
MERCED, CA. — “Can you ski?” Professor Roger Bales asks graduate students who contact him expressing interest in joining his research group. He wants to make sure his students - who come from a variety of engineering and earth science backgrounds - can take care of themselves at high elevations so...

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