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Summer Session Moves Management Major Toward Appetizing Future

June 23, 2006
There’s no lounging on a Mexican beach or backpacking across Europe this summer for UC Merced student Matt Siordia, but he isn’t complaining. Instead of taking a break after his first full year of college, the 19-year-old decided to jump-start the new semester and enroll in UC Merced’s summer ...

Chancellor"s Web Site Launches in Time to Chronicle Transition Period

June 16, 2006
As a new and growing university, UC Merced faces plentiful and exciting changes in its first several years. One of the first and biggest of these will be the selection of a new chancellor to succeed Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the first female founding chancellor of a major research university in the...

Emeritus Professor Brings Voice of Experience on Diversity Issues

June 16, 2006
When Leo Ortiz began his career at UC Santa Cruz, the campus was only six years old. For 30 years, he performed research in marine biology, assisted with diversity initiatives and served as an academic leader, eventually becoming the chair of the Biology department. When one of his former students...

2005 UC Police Department Annual Report & Crime Statistics

June 15, 2006
The Annual Report of the University of California Police Department is produced each year to inform our campus communities and the public about crime and crime prevention programs at the ten campuses of the University of California. To view the 2005 Annual Report, please click here.

Professor Takes Engineering Approach to Stem Cell Research

June 9, 2006
As a college freshman, Kara McCloskey knew her planned career in dance would be a short one and planned to become a scientist later in life. After a year studying dance, she decided she’d rather not wait. She became interested in the emerging field of bioengineering while an undergraduate in...

UC President Names Advisory Committee in Search for New UC Merced Chancellor

June 7, 2006
University of California President Robert C. Dynes has named a 14-member committee of university regents, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community representatives to advise him in the search for the next chancellor of UC Merced. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the founding UC Merced chancellor,...

Student Duo Produces Immigration Documentary

May 31, 2006
Salvador Contreras and Carlos Bazua Morales were classmates in cultural anthropology at UC Berkeley, but after college they found themselves working in other areas - Contreras as a mariachi musician and Bazua Morales in the Mexican consulate on health promotion campaigns. Both noticed many...

UC Merced Prepares to Welcome Students in Second Year

May 31, 2006
Geographic and Ethnic Diversity Continue to Characterize Student Body The University of California, Merced today (May 31) announced that 550 new students have formally stated their intention to enroll at the newest UC campus this fall. The incoming freshman class along with transfer and graduate...

UC Merced Chosen for Computerworld Honors Program

May 31, 2006
UC Merced is a 2006 Laureate in the Computerworld Honors Program based on the identity-based service architecture the Information Technology department developed for the new campus. Being part of the Computerworld Honors Program validates the extent of our accomplishments and celebrates a staff...

UC Merced's Sixth Summer Session Starts June 5

May 25, 2006
Current University Students and Eligible High School Students Invited to Enroll Summer is the season for San Joaquin Valley students to get a head start or catch up on earning university credits by enrolling in UC Merced Summer Session 2006. More than 100 students have already enrolled for the...

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