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Research Funds Help Scientists, Students and Society

July 24, 2009
UC Merced has a lot to crow about this summer. Despite the shaky state of the economy, the UC system’s newest campusreceived its highest amount of research funding– $22.8 million - during fiscal year 2008-09. Researchfunding is usually a mix of grants and gifts from federal, state and private...

Alumnus Opens Local Tutoring Center

July 24, 2009
Uday Bali has been among the campus’ biggest fans since transferring here as an undergraduate in 2005 when the university opened. He’s served asstudent body president, graduated in 2008 with highest honors and a bachelor’s degree inenvironmental engineering, and has returned here forgraduate...

UC Merced Research Awards Top $22M

July 22, 2009
MERCED – The University of California, Merced, continued its progression as the newest American research university of the 21st century as school officials announced that the campus received $22.8 million in grants and awards this past fiscal year, the highest amount since the university opened. A...

UC Researchers Awarded $2.3M to Study Vocabulary Assessment Tool

July 21, 2009
MERCED — Teaching language is a tough job, but proving student comprehension is even tougher. A team of researchers from University of California campuses in Merced and Santa Cruz hope to change that when it comes to vocabulary. They believe they have created a new approach to assessing vocabulary...

UC Regents Approve Fiscal Plan, Furloughs

July 16, 2009
The University of California Board of Regents today (July 16) endorsed a plan proposed by UC President Mark G. Yudof to enact systemwide furloughs as one of a set of actions to offset an anticipated $813 million reduction in support from the state general fund. The board approved the plan with a...

Yudof: Cal Grant Recipients Will Receive Funds for Fall 2009

July 16, 2009
OAKLAND – An estimated 46,000 University of California students who were awarded state-funded Cal Grants will receive their grants in fall 2009 despite the current state budget impasse, UC President Mark Yudof announced today (July 16).“Despite the ongoing budget impasse in Sacramento, we need to...

World Heritage Class Digitally Preserves Fort Ross

July 14, 2009
Maurizio Forte, professor of world heritage, took 27 UC Merced students on a field trip to Fort Ross this past spring to record history, make history and influence the future at the same time. Using cutting-edge scanning equipment sponsored by Faro Technologies, Forte and his students were the...

World Heritage Class Digitally Preserves Fort Ross

July 14, 2009
Maurizio Forte, professor ofworld heritage, took 27 UC Merced students on a field trip to Fort Ross this past spring to record history, make history and influence the future at the same time. Using cutting-edge scanning equipment sponsored by Faro Technologies, Forte and his students were the...

Undergrads Gain Real-World Experience at Robotics Contest

July 14, 2009
It may sound like just another contest, but for incoming seniors Derek Burch and Roger Sloan, the internationalRoboCup competitionis so much more. The duo, who helped UC Merced bring home the first-place trophy last week from theRoboCup Rescue Simulationcompetition in Graz, Austria, have gotten...

Undergrads Research Risk Behaviors in Teens

July 9, 2009
Wanting to see what UC Merced had to offer, curiosity brought Zi Wang toBobcat Day a few years ago. Topping his list of priorities was a school withundergraduate researchopportunities, and this university fit the bill. Wang is now in his second year at UC Merced, on the fast track tograduatenext...

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