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Creating Synthetic Cell Parts Opens Doors for Freshman

January 2, 2008
Most graduates spend the summer between high school and college enjoying newfound adult freedoms before having to buckle down under increased academic expectations. But freshman Eric Meltzer chose a different path. He spent last summer conducting synthetic biological research in preparation for...

Bilingual Website Showcases Compositions by Latino, Latina Authors

January 1, 2008
Professor’s online press offers a home for unpublished literary works MERCED, CA— The University of California, Merced, has expanded its offerings of online publications with the recent debut of AlternaCtive PublicaCtions. Dedicated to providing an online home for previously unpublished...

David Hosley Named President of UC Merced’s Great Valley Center

December 19, 2007
MODESTO - David H. Hosley, president and general manager of KVIE Public Television in Sacramento, has been named president of the University of California, Merced’s Modesto-based Great Valley Center. The veteran journalist, author, nonprofit consultant, and community leader succeeds the regional...

Superhero Cells Focus of Boundary-Pushing Biophysics Research

December 18, 2007
As skeletons go, our cells bear greater resemblance to Marvel’s Mr. Fantastic or Pixar’s Elastigirl than we do. A cell’s skeleton is a fluid network of protein chains, or polymers, that disassemble and reassemble in new locations, branching out, pushing forward and causing the cell to move quickly...

Engineering Without Borders Plans Galapagos Computer Lab

December 18, 2007
When UC Merced senior Roselia Ekhause first found out her husband, Shaun, was starting a chapter of Engineering Without Borders on campus, she thought it was a great project – but she didn’t figure there would be a place for her in the group. She’s majoring in world cultures and history with a...

Engineering Without Borders Plans Galapagos Computer Lab

December 18, 2007
When UC Merced senior Roselia Ekhause first found out her husband, Shaun, was starting a chapter ofEngineering Without Borderson campus, she thought it was a great project - but she didn’t figure there would be a place for her in the group. She’s majoring inworld culturesandhistorywith a...

Professor Earns Career-boosting CIRM New Faculty Award

December 17, 2007
MERCED - There’s a bridge to be crossed before stem cell therapies are ready for widespread use, according to Professor Jennifer O. Manilay at the University of California, Merced. Tissues derived from embryonic stem cells are unlikely to be an immunological match for their intended recipients,...

UC Merced Recommended to Advance in CIRM Major Facilities Program

December 17, 2007
MERCED - A proposal for a Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry at the University of California, Merced, has passed the first round of reviews by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), and the new UC campus has been asked to submit application for the second round. “We’re very...

Read All About It: Campus Paper Picks up Steam

December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free. How else would you describe a monthly broadsheet paper produced on a shoestring budget by a staff of...

Read All About It: Campus Paper Picks up Steam

December 12, 2007
According to Webster’s, a prodigy is an omen or something extraordinary or inexplicable. That fits perfectly with UC Merced’s student newspaper, which is distributed around campus for free. How else would you describe a monthly broadsheet paper produced on a shoestring budget by a staff of...

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