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Mammoth Bones to be Displayed, Studied

August 28, 2013
The youngest University of California campus is now the steward of some ancient remains. Columbian mammoth bones dating back to the last Ice Age were transferred recently to a storage facility at UC Merced’s building at Castle Commerce Center. The bones, including a skull, tusks and...

Record Enrollment, Larger Faculty, Increased Emphasis on Research and Graduate Programs Mark Campus's Ninth Year

August 27, 2013
The University of California, Merced, kicks off its 2013-14 academic year today with the largest and most diverse class of incoming freshmen, the largest contingent of graduate students, the largest total enrollment and the largest body of faculty members in its history, the university said today....

On-Campus Housing Accommodates 2,100 Students This Year

August 26, 2013
Although the UC Merced campus is entering its ninth academic year, the campus is still in a constant state of expansion. To fill a demand for more housing, the newest residence hall — Half Dome — was recently completed and will increases on-campus housing capacity by 30 percent. Half Dome is now...

South African Reconciliation Leader to Receive Spendlove Prize

August 23, 2013
Jonathan D. Jansen, vice chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State and South Africa’s first black dean, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. The University of California, Merced, will award the prize...

Connection Remains Strong for Bioengineering Grad

August 22, 2013
It has been four years since Mike Oliveira earned his bachelor’s degree in bioengineering at UC Merced, but the campus still feels like home to him. Now pursuing a Ph.D. at UC Riverside, Oliveira watched last year as his younger brother Paul received a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering at his...

Building Earns Campus 11th LEED Certification

August 21, 2013
UC Merced announces the U.S. Green Building Council has awarded platinum LEED certification to the Social Sciences and Management Building. Every building project on campus has already or is expected to attain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, meaning it meets or...

Merritt Writing Program Lecturer Reaches Students with Comic Books

August 14, 2013
In John Bultena’s writing classes, students often explore new literary classics. Like “Batwoman Volume 1: Hydrology.” Bultena, a lecturer in UC Merced’s Merritt Writing Program and recent panelist at San Diego Comic Con, uses comic books and graphic novels to reach students and teach new skills. He...

Summer Scholars Learn by Doing

August 12, 2013
  UC Merced has made a name for itself by giving undergraduates the opportunity to engage in research early in their academic careers. Nothing showcases that commitment better than the campus’s collaborative summer research program, which culminated last week with a symposium where they presented...

Professor: Immigration Reform Should Consider Families, Social Ties

August 12, 2013
MERCED, Calif. — Immigration judges should be allowed to consider a person’s family and social ties to the United States before ordering the deportation of legal permanent residents for minor offenses, says a professor at the University of California, Merced. “The reason legal permanent residents...

Research Gets a New Face in UC Merced Library Exhibits

August 5, 2013
Not everyone can go out into the Sierra Nevada and experience snowpack research or wildlife conservation firsthand. That’s why Robin Milford, access services librarian and exhibits coordinator for the UC Merced library, has brought the experiences to campus. “We have a lot of really great exhibit...

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