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Campus Continues to Set Precedents in Sustainability
August 3, 2015UC Merced is the only university in the country to have all of its buildings certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
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Sustainability Ideas Lead to Award-Winning Proposal
August 10, 2015Undergraduate student Andrew John De Los Santos wasn’t passionate about sustainability until he started sorting through trash as a recycling and composting intern at UC Merced last...
View ArticleNew Grant Aids Underrepresented Students With Undeclared Majors
August 20, 2015A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will fund support services for second-year students from low-income families, who are most at risk of dropping out.Quick Facts:...
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Students Recognized for Important MESA Lab Projects
August 28, 2015Professor YangQuan Chen has many reasons to be proud of his Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation (MESA) Lab.Besides being extremely popular — so popular the lab has to turn away...
View ArticleNew Students Gain Tutoring, Support From Peers
August 31, 2015College can be intimidating — new classes, new people, new responsibilities, and that’s before you even get to the coursework itself. For some, the transition can be difficult.UC...
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New Supercomputer Can Advance Diverse Array of Research
September 2, 2015A new supercomputer assembled on campus this summer is the first step toward making UC Merced a computational training ground for researchers throughout the Central Valley.“We can do...
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Program Makes Transition Easier for Transfer Students
September 16, 2015Four weeks after her move to UC Merced in January 2014, psychology major Valara Villanueva wasn’t sure if she fit in. She felt academically prepared, but the transition from community...
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Despite Constraints, UC Merced Enrollment Continues to Grow
September 24, 2015Quick Facts: UC Merced’s enrollment for Fall 2015 is 6,685 students, compared with 6,268 last fall. New first-year and graduate students accounted for the growth, with a 15.4 percent...
View ArticleCampus Ranked Among Most Diverse in the U.S.
September 24, 2015UC Merced has been identified by Best Colleges as one of the country’s top 50 campuses where students have the most opportunity to interact with different ethnicities, ranking No....
View ArticleGEM Consortium Brings New Fellowship Opportunities
September 28, 2015New fellowship opportunities are available to undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields at UC Merced,...
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Busy Weekend Planned for Prospective Students, Families, Alumni
October 7, 2015Each fall, UC Merced opens its doors to the community to show what takes place on a research university campus.During Preview Day — scheduled for Oct. 17 — UC Merced welcomes hundreds of...
View ArticleTake a Stand Against Domestic Violence
October 7, 2015To commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month, UC Merced’s Campus, Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) Office is hosting events throughout October.According to a survey by the...
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Anniversary Exhibit Documents History of Campus
October 12, 2015By James Leonard, University CommunicationsA group of UC Merced history students put their knowledge and skills to good use this summer on a project that hits, quite literally, close to...
View ArticleWhite House Recognizes UC Merced for Supporting Latino Community
October 15, 2015By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsUC Merced is one of nearly 150 public and private sector organizations who answered the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for...
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Engineering Student Making an Impact on Agriculture
October 16, 2015By Mark Lore, For University CommunicationsRebecca Quinte is a mechanical engineer who is learning to apply her skills and knowledge in unexpected ways, and that could end up...
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Arts Meets Social Justice With Recycled Figures
October 20, 2015By Tonya Kubo, University CommunicationsStudents in Richard Gomez’s Arts 171: Art for Social Change course have had a special role in the Yosemite Facelift, an annual project that...
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Three Students Awarded Global Food Initiative Fellowships
October 23, 2015By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsThe University of California has selected its second class of Global Food Initiative (GFI) fellows — including three students from UC Merced —...
View ArticleFellowship Funds Undergrad’s Research on Biofilms
October 27, 2015By University CommunicationsUC Merced undergraduate students can find opportunities to conduct research in a lab as early as their freshman year — what’s less common is getting that...
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Spanish, Arts Students Contribute to Cultural Exhibit and Celebration
October 28, 2015By Tonya Kubo, University CommunicationsThe value of having a University of California campus in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley is that its students, staff and faculty can affect...
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Campus Research Taking a Healthy Approach
October 30, 2015The growing popularity of biology studies and the campus’s plans for its future areas of concentration lead to a new focus on human health By Jeremy Olson for UC Merced MagazineEditor’s...
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