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Campus Ranks Among "Cool Schools" for Commitment to Sustainability

August 13, 2014
UC Merced has been ranked among the “Cool Schools” by the Sierra Club’s Sierra Magazine because of its commitment to sustainability. The ranking, which was released this week, looked at more than 170 campuses around the country. UC Merced is ranked No. 51. All of the UC undergraduate campuses made...

Educator’s Legacy Lives on Through Campus Endowment

August 11, 2014
Throughout his 51-year teaching career, John Elia made a profound impact on the lives of more than 10,000 students. Now, his legacy will continue through an endowment created by his family. A generous gift from the John Elia Education Endowment Trust will fund scholarships, fellowships and programs...

Engineering Students Working on Water Issues for Summer Research Project

August 4, 2014
Spending a summer finding ways to make toilet water reusable and trying to extract urine from wastewater might not sound glamorous. But the results of the work two UC Merced students are doing though a prestigious research partnership could be very important to a state facing a severe drought, as...

Campus Receives Six Statements of Qualifications for 2020 Project

August 1, 2014
MERCED, Calif. — In a strong indication of broad interest in partnering with the University of California, Merced, to further grow the UC system’s newest campus, six respondent teams submitted statements of qualifications (SOQ) to participate in the 2020 Project. The 2020 Project includes the...

President Napolitano Delves into UC Merced-Yosemite Partnership

July 28, 2014
A two-day visit to Yosemite gave University of California President Janet Napolitano an up-close look at UC Merced’s partnership with the neighboring national park, including some of the students whose lives have been transformed by their experiences there. “I have really been looking forward to...

Provost, Professor Appointed to President’s Environmental Council

July 21, 2014
UC Merced Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Peterson and founding faculty member Professor Roger Bales have been named members of UC President Janet Napolitano’s new Global Climate Leadership Council. The council has been convened to guide UC sustainability efforts, with the goal of...

FAA Approves Data Drone Research at UC Merced

July 14, 2014
Other UC campuses have drone research programs, but UC Merced might be the only one with two certificates of authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing students to fly autonomous, unmanned systems at higher altitudes and, possibly, in locations they haven’t flown before. As...

Professor Discovers Key Elements for Biofilm Spreading

July 7, 2014
A biology professor at the University of California, Merced, discovered mechanisms that allow a potentially fatal biofilm to spread and resist drugs. The research was published last month in mBio, an open-access online journal by the American Society for Microbiology. Professor Clarissa J. Nobile,...

Campus Purchasing Land in Downtown Merced for 2020 Project

June 30, 2014
UC Merced is the top bidder for a piece of publicly auctioned land in downtown Merced that will likely serve as the site of a building for staff members, a significant step forward in the campus’s 2020 Project, designed to accelerate campus growth. The campus is also working with the City of Merced...

Facilities Management Seeks Campus’s Help in Attaining Sustainable Certifications

June 30, 2014
UC Merced is one of the greenest campuses in the nation, with 100 percent of its new construction having earned LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Those certifications have been earned on the basis of building construction practices, such as integrating recycled materials and...

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