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UC Professor Sweats the Small Stuff Studying Microbes

January 12, 2009
Carolin Frankrecalled one of her earliest exposures to the world of science. She was about 10 years old and lived in a rural area of Sweden. While she enjoyed reading comics and Pippi Longstocking books, there were other topics she found just as interesting, namely genetics and DNA. “My dad is a...

ASUCM President Proud to be a Bobcat

January 9, 2009
UC MercedseniorYaasha Sabbadidn’t plan to come to UC Merced, but thebiological sciencesmajor has made his mark since he first walked on campus as a freshman in 2005. When I first visited UC Merced, I had already committed to attending San Francisco State and had put down a deposit on an apartment...

ASUCM President Proud to be a Bobcat

January 9, 2009
UC Merced senior Yaasha Sabba didn’t plan to come to UC Merced, but the biological sciences major has made his mark since he first walked on campus as a freshman in 2005. “When I first visited UC Merced, I had already committed to attending San Francisco State and had put down a deposit on an...

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Guarantee Funds for UC

January 6, 2009
MERCED, CA— Vowing to protect higher education funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed a bold proposal Wednesday (Jan. 6) to amend the state constitution to shift money from prisons to higher education. The amendment he introduced in his State of the State address would limit the state...

New Dean Ready to Lead Fastest-Growing School at UC Merced

January 6, 2009
Prestigious Archaeologist to Continue Research in Tibet, Emphasize Interdisciplinary Research Mark S. Aldenderfer has begun his appointment as dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, which is UC Merced’s fastest-growing division. MERCED, CA— Mark S. Aldenderfer has begun...

Researchers to Develop Brain-Based Computer Chip

December 19, 2008
Today’s most powerful computers can crunch numbers with a speed and precision that truly boggles the mind. But when it comes to the mind and its perceptual and mental capacities, even supercomputers pale in comparison. “Computers can guide a rocket to Mars and deploy rovers to transmit video data...

UC Merced Student Engineers Score at Conference

December 19, 2008
UC MercedseniorVeronica Young didn’t know what to expect when she decided to attend a regional conference hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). At first, Young wasn’t going to go at all, thinking it would better to attend organization’s largernational conference. But two of her...

UC Merced Professor Receives Presidential Career Award

December 19, 2008
MERCED -Mónica Medina, an assistant professor in the School of Natural Sciencesat the University of California, Merced, has been selected to receive a prestigious award from the White House. Medina is the second UC Merced faculty member to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists...

UC Merced Student Engineers Score at Conference

December 19, 2008
UC Merced senior Veronica Young didn’t know what to expect when she decided to attend a regional conference hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). At first, Young wasn’t going to go at all, thinking it would better to attend organization’s larger national conference. But two of...

Trio Tackles Subject of Genocide in History

December 12, 2008
When juniors Amanda Oesterreich, Paul Diaz and John Lara enrolled in History 190, they expected to devote the semester to an intense research project. After all Gregg Herken’s class isn’t called Applied Research for no reason. What they didn’t expect, however, was the effect the project would have...

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