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UC Alumna Creates Endowment To Benefit UC Merced Students

February 14, 2008
$100,000 gift will expand student scholarships MERCED, CA— As a UC alumna and former Los Banos High School teacher, Beverlee Sieghold Antoine knows the importance of a quality education first-hand. Antoine has chosen to leave a legacy at the University of California, Merced with a donation of $...

Family Comes First for Grad Student

February 12, 2008
Whenengineeringgraduatestudent Chris Butler isn’t wrestling with his studies or his duties as a research assistant at UC Merced, he is often wrestling – quite literally – with his two young sons, Jacob, 4, and Jackson, 2. “They are true boys, who love to wrestle and play all day and night,” said...

Tasty Treats Part of Dining Expansion

February 12, 2008
Whether your are looking to have a hearty meal and relax at the end of a long day or just need to grab a quick cup of coffee before the day even begins, UC Merced’s dining center has just the recipe and atmosphere to satisfy. And now it has just a little bit more. “We are offering more services,...

Physicist Garners Prestigious CAREER Award for Work on Chaos and Fractals

February 12, 2008
MERCED, CA— Mention chaos and fractals, and most people think of colorful fractal art calendars or James Gleick’s 1988 bestselling book, “Chaos.” The scientific questions touched on by these cultural phenomena are far from exhausted, and one professor at the University of California, Merced, has...

Tasty Treats Part of Dining Expansion

February 12, 2008
Whether your are looking to have a hearty meal and relax at the end of a long day or just need to grab a quick cup of coffee before the day even begins, UC Merced’s dining center has just the recipe and atmosphere to satisfy. And now it has just a little bit more. We are offering more services,...

Teach-in Educates Campus, Community on Climate Change

February 5, 2008
Students, faculty, staff and the local community gathered in UC Merced’s Bobcat Lair onJan. 31to learn from each other about just about every aspect of global climate change - from sea ice to protest songs. Eleven professors, includingChancellor Steve Kang,Dean Jeff Wrightof theSchool of...

Development Officer 'Comes Home' to UC Merced

February 5, 2008
When she was a young girl, development officer Terisa Rose remembers her great grandfather, a visionary, talking about a new UC campus in the Central Valley. When UC Merced became a reality, Rose knew she was destined to be a part of it. Raised in Dos Palos, Rose has lived in the San...

Teach-in Educates Campus, Community on Climate Change

February 5, 2008
Students, faculty, staff and the local community gathered in UC Merced’s Bobcat Lair on Jan. 31 to learn from each other about just about every aspect of global climate change – from sea ice to protest songs. Eleven professors, including Chancellor Steve Kang, Dean Jeff Wright of the School of...

Darwin Day Lecture Feb. 15 at UC Merced by Antonio Lazcano

February 4, 2008
MERCED, CA— The Office of Research, the Division of Graduate Studies and the Core One course at the University of California, Merced, will sponsor a Feb. 15 lecture about the origins of life in celebration of the 199th birthday of Charles Darwin. Antonio Lazcano of the Universidad Nacional...

UC Merced Receives Record Number of Applicants for Fall 2008 Semester

January 29, 2008
Applications increase by 15.4 percent over previous year MERCED, CA— Interest in the University of California, Merced, continues to grow, according to application statistics released today by the UCOffice of the President. More than 10,000 students have applied to the UC’s newest campus, which...

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