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Save Money, Save Time, Study Better by Living On Campus

May 4, 2007
Living on campus at UC Merced offers lots of advantages, but most of them can be summed up in a few key words - cost, convenience and concentration. On-campus living might seem expensive at first, but it’s often comparable, when you consider the costs of food, utilities, transportation and parking...

Pitching the Future: Student Accepted to Prestigious Grad-Prep Program

May 4, 2007
Not every college sophomore would describe their feelings about an intensive, two-year research program with the word “stoked.” It helps a little bit that the UC Leadership Excellence through Advanced Degrees (UC LEADS) program will let UC Merced’s Mike Oliveira live in San Francisco for the...

Central Plant Receives Top Award for Distinguished Design from American Institute of Architects

May 4, 2007
Central Plant is key component of university’s commitmentto sustainable development and environmental leadership MERCED - The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the University of California, Merced’s first building complex, known as the Central Plant, to receive a 2007 Institute...

UC Merced Professor Gets a New View of Terrorism

May 2, 2007
MERCED - Professor Gregg Herkenwon a fellowship through the Foundation for Defense of Democracies that will take him to Israel for 10 days this summer. The FDD, which formed after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, annually invites several university professors to attend an intensive 10-day...

UC Merced Library Offers 1,100 New Scholarly Journals Online

May 1, 2007
MERCED - Students, faculty and other researchers at the University of California, Merced, now have electronic access to more than 1,100 journals published by Taylor & Francis, thanks to a new deal between the publisher and the California Digital Library (CDL), a network connecting libraries...

Writing Instructor Plays Many Roles

April 27, 2007
At UC Merced, you will find Michael Winder in the role of writing instructor, and on May 4, you can also catch him in the role of Serge in Playhouse Merced’s production of “Art.” Winder hadn’t acted since high school, but in February, he took part in a one-act show before signing on for the...

Greek Life on the Table at UC Merced

April 27, 2007
One of the benefits of a brand-new university is getting to start your own clubs and organizations – and learning from other universities’ experience to get it right. That’s part of the charge of the Greek Life Task Force, a group of students, faculty members and administrators tasked with...

Greek Life on the Table at UC Merced

April 27, 2007
One of the benefits of a brand-new university is getting to start your own clubs and organizations – and learning from other universities’ experience to get it right. That’s part of the charge of the Greek Life Task Force, a group of students, faculty members and administrators tasked with...

New Research Partnership Aiming to Provide Agricultural Leadership

April 24, 2007
MERCED-The San Joaquin Valley is arguably the most prolific agricultural region in the world. To help ensure the San Joaquin Valley’s agricultural economy remains vibrant and sustainable, the University of California, Merced has joined forces with Agriculturalists for Scientific Environmental...

Student Literary Journal Promises Tasty Treats

April 20, 2007
A kumquat with a small k is a little gem of the citrus family, but The Kumquat is a literary gem published by twoself-selectededitors at UC Merced. In the fall of 2006, Meaghan Chadwick and Beth Hernandez started the campus literary journal and named it after a small, juicy fruit that grows to be...

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