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19 New Professors On Board for Fall

August 25, 2008
MERCED - Freshmen and transfer students aren’t the only new faces on campus at the University of California, Merced, this fall. The three schools at the newest campus in the UC system are welcoming 19 new faculty members for the fall 2008 semester. The total number of faculty members at UC Merced...

Pioneering Professor Fills Endowed Chair for Economics

August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country’s innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-renowned University of California system, UC Merced is poised to be on the cutting...

Pioneering Professor Fills Endowed Chair for Economics

August 22, 2008
California is the eighth-largest economy in the world and leads the country’s innovation in technology, agriculture and other fields critical to the future of the Central Valley. As the newest campus in the world-renowned University of California system, UC Merced is poised to be on the cutting...

Political Science Student Relishes Summer in Yosemite

August 22, 2008
Marie Armstrong, a UC Merced senior from Elk Grove, spent her teenage summers working in the Sacramento Zoo’s summer camp programs, helping kids experience the zoo. So when she learned about the chance to help visitors experienceYosemite National Parkin UC Merced’sYosemite Leadership Program,she...

UC a ‘shining star’ for college campuses in sustainability

August 21, 2008
UC a ‘shining star’ for college campuses in sustainability Sierra magazine has placed the University of California’s 10 campuses “in a league of their own” in the Sierra Club publication’s second annual green college guide, which hit newsstands today (Aug. 21). The ranking, along with others by...

$2.2 Million CIRM Award for Bioengineer to Create Heart Cells

August 18, 2008
MERCED - Bioengineering professor Kara E. McCloskeyof the University of California, Merced, was included in the recent announcement of approved New Faculty Awards from theCalifornia Institute for Regenerative Medicine. McCloskey will receive $2.2 million from CIRM, funding her efforts to induce...

Senior Earth Systems Science Major Immersed in Water Research

August 15, 2008
UC Merced senior Dannique Aalbu grew up in Sacramento learning principles of sustainability and conservation from her entomologist father. The broad range of disciplines represented in herearth systems science majordrew her in after she transferredto UC Merced from community college. Now, she’s...

Charitable Gifts, Private Grants to UC Merced Increase Sharply in 2007-08 Fiscal Year

August 13, 2008
MERCED - Despite a marked downturn in statewide economic fortunes, charitable gifts and private grants to the University of California, Merced during the 2007-08 fiscal year increased by more than 70 percent, to nearly $10.6 million, the university said today (Aug. 13). Approximately 950...

Yosemite Summer Students in Public Symposium Aug. 15

August 7, 2008
MERCED - The University of California, Merced, and Yosemite National Park have hosted nineteen students from UC Merced and other institutions around the United States intwo programs in the park this summer. As the students finish their summer experience, they will share the knowledge they have...

Students Publish Review in Top Scientific Journal

August 1, 2008
Corey Cainsaid he and his fellow grad students were bouncing off the walls when they learned theirbook review of two systems biology textswas going to be published in Science. The journal represents the pinnacle of achievement for many researchers, and the group of graduate students had...

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