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Graduate Student at Home with Mountain Water Research

January 6, 2012
Peter Kirchner may have been born in California’s San Fernando Valley, but his heart and mind have always been close to the mountains. Much of his life has been spent living in Mono County, where he worked at a wilderness scout camp at age 15. In the mid-1990s, he was a training officer for the...

Students Benefit from Professor's Costume Design Expertise

January 3, 2012
Dunya Ramicova's costume designs have enchanted audiences for decades, but some of her biggest fans now sit in UC Merced classrooms. Ramicova, the university's first arts professor and one of its founding faculty members, also is an acclaimed costume designer. Last year, she worked on four projects...

Campus Fulfilling Mission to Give Back

December 23, 2011
From spearheading canned food drives to collecting toys for underprivileged children, UC Merced students, staff and faculty are giving back this holiday season. A group of UC Merced students spent the week before Thanksgiving collecting canned food for local needy families. About 30 Kappa Sigma...

Grant Benefits Valley High School Students

December 22, 2011
Students from eight San Joaquin Valley high schools are getting extra assistance in preparing for college, thanks to a federal grant received by the Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) at the University of California, Merced. The center has been awarded grants totaling more than $3.4 million...

Campus' Ties with Community Continue to Increase

December 21, 2011
The bond between the San Joaquin Valley and the University of California, Merced, continues to strengthen. This past year, UC Merced's ongoing research endeavors produced new knowledge that serves the San Joaquin Valley's community and economy, while the university's burgeoning...

Graduate Student's Research Rocks Around the Body's Clock

December 16, 2011
Roger Tseng was an undergraduate student studying molecular biology and biochemistry when he got his first opportunity to do research at UC Merced, working with Professor Benoit Dayrat researching the evolution of mollusks. Tseng found the hands-on lab experience unique and exciting. “My research...

Study Shows Sugarcane Ethanol Production Causes Air Pollution

December 15, 2011
The burning of sugarcane fields prior to harvest for ethanol production can create air pollution that detracts from the biofuel’s overall sustainability, according to research published recently by a team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, Merced. UC Merced graduate...

Innovative Solar Research Highlighted During Symposium

December 14, 2011
From improving the performance and efficiency of solar cells to using solar technology to speed up fruit drying, a wide array of topics were covered by distinguished scientists at the UC Solar Research Symposium at UC Merced on Dec. 9. Hosted by the University of California Advanced Solar...

Ancient Chinese Government Lends Perspective to Modern Challenges

December 9, 2011
Government, for better or worse, hasn't changed all that much in two millennia. China's government 2,000 years ago confronted the same kinds of problems as their modern counterparts — making decisions that are limited by incomplete information in times of factionalism. This insight comes from UC...

Campus Teach-In to Discuss Occupy Movement

December 5, 2011
As the Occupy social movement sweeps across the nation, UC Merced students, faculty and staff have planned a teach-in on campus from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 in an effort to assist the campus community to better understand the many issues that have been raised. The teach-in — which be...

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