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Shakespeare, Muir Come Alive in Yosemite for Earth Day
May 4, 2017By Jason Alvarez. University CommunicationsThe works of Shakespeare, perhaps more so than any in the western canon, have been subject to reinterpretation and reappraisal by generations of...
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EECU Gift Helps Enrich Valley Teachers
May 16, 2017By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsDozens of educators took part in the CalTeach Professional Development Summer Institute for Valley Teachers last year, and thanks to another...
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‘Swarmathon’ Robotics Team Competes at Cape Canaveral
June 1, 2017By Jason Alvarez. University CommunicationsManuel Meraz transferred to UC Merced with a mission: to revive what had once been an award-winning, student-led robotics scene on campus.Meraz...
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June 7, 2017UC Merced’s branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies rebooted this spring with a faculty-led effort to spend two years working on becoming the hub for all food-security-related...
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Two Students Receive Strauss Scholarship for Public Service
June 21, 2017By Jason Alvarez. University CommunicationsSince 2006, 10 UC Merced undergraduates have been awarded the prestigious Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarship. This year, two more joined...
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Pioneering Alumna Embraces Career in Immigration Law
July 27, 2017UC Merced alumna Linda Barreto always wanted to become a lawyer, but an experience in college helped reinforce her career path.While driving, Barreto was pulled over and cited for failing...
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Political Scientists, Students to Examine United Nations’ Inner Workings
By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsAugust 16, 2017Professor Nathan Monroe is part of the group that will analyze United Nations votes.Considering that the United States spends about $3.3...
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Critical Race and Ethnic Studies is Campus’s Newest Major
By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsAugust 18, 2017Professors Kit Myers, left, and Ma Vang head up the new Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program.Starting this semester, students in the...
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New Academic Year Brings New Faces, Opportunities
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsAugust 23, 2017The journey begins for UC Merced's largest incoming class of students. More than 2,200 students — many entering their first year at UC Merced —...
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‘Genius’ Award Winner and TED Lecturer to Speak at UC Merced
By Jason Alvarez, University CommunicationsSeptember 20, 2017Manu Prakash demonstrates the Paperfuge at an April 2017 TED talk.On Sept. 22, MacArthur “Genius” Award winner and Stanford University...
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Record-Breaking Class Pushes UC Merced Enrollment Near 8,000
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsSeptember 21, 2017UC Merced welcomes its largest incoming class of 2,293 first-year students, 156 transfer students and 156 graduate students.The University of...
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High Achievers Find Aid in Regents Scholarships
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsOctober 3, 2017Michael Grey and Elspeth Beardsley are two of the more than 200 Regents Scholars who have attended UC Merced.More than 22,000 students applied...
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‘Vernal Pool’ Journal Showcases Students’ Creativity
By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsOctober 3, 2017UC Merced's Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve has inspired a scholarly journal for undergraduate students.UC Merced’s Vernal Pools and...
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Campus Voices: To Reach Potential, Students Need a Personal Touch
By Chris FradkinOctober 3, 2017Social scientist Chris FradkinIt’s not easy to be a college student these days.Rising tuition has made obtaining a degree feel like more of a dream than reality for many...
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Fall Grads Get a Commencement Ceremony All Their Own
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsOctober 4, 2017Fall Commencement will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 16 in the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre downtown.Beginning this year, UC Merced’s...
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Conference Boosts Students’ Leadership Skills, Confidence
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsOctober 5, 2017About 300 undergraduate and graduate students participated in the 2017 Leadership Conference.UC Merced students had the chance to gain knowledge...
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Campus Celebrates Community at Homecoming
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsOctober 11, 2017Homecoming Oct. 20-22 is slated to be a lively weekend joining past, present and future Bobcats, families and the local community.UC Merced’s...
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New Center, Conference Focus on Mesoamerican Studies
By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsOctober 23, 2017The MASC Conference takes place in COB 2 .Topics ranging from ethnobotany, public health and feminism to agriculture, urban growth and...
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Homecoming Unites Campus With Community
By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsOctober 24, 2017More than 2,000 people were on campus for Homecoming events Oct. 20-22.Traditional UC Merced events — Homecoming, Preview Day and Family...
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NASA Interns Return With New Prospects, Realized Dreams
By Jason Alvarez, University CommunicationsOctober 30, 2017Graduate student Zach Petrek at NASA's Ames Research Center.Zach Petrek, a second-year doctoral student in chemistry and chemical biology, can...
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