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Astronaut Steve Robinson Visits UC Merced

October 24, 2005
You might think it would be hard to impress NASA astronaut Steve Robinson. After all, he recently completed a successful space walk perched on the end of a robot arm to cut away material between the insulating tiles underneath Space Shuttle Discovery, helping ensure a safe return to Earth. But...

We Are Family: Making Memories at UC Merced's First Family Weekend

October 18, 2005
UC Merced’s first annual Family Weekend, October 21 -; 23, 2005, provides an opportunity for the families of current students to see the campus, attend a variety of programs and create memories together. Just as our first students are now part of the history of UC Merced, the campus will form an...

What Does Research Money Do? UC Merced Professors, Staff Have Answers

October 13, 2005
In its short lifetime so far, UC Merced has brought in more than $15 million in grants and contracts for research and other programs. What does the university do with that money? UC Merced’s faculty and staff have both plans and results, all aiming to help inform policy decisions and create useful...

Local Cultural Leader Finishing Degree at UC Merced

October 13, 2005
Eve Delfin Polk arrived in the Merced area in 1986, partway through a college degree and planning to commute to finish her education at UC Berkeley. She did so for a year, but the arrival of the first of her four children put her plans on hold. Fortunately, now that UC Merced is on the scene, Polk...

Genome Center to Encourage Cooperative, Efficient Research

October 11, 2005
MERCED - With genomes of humans and many other organisms sequenced, scientists worldwide now aim to discover what the genes in those genomes do and how they interact with each other. Several promising genomics researchers at the University of California, Merced, will be able to continue their...

Application Workshops for Fall 2006 Hosted in Fresno and Bakersfield

October 6, 2005
MERCED, Calif. — The University of California's online application period for Fall 2006 is just around the corner. To assist prospective freshman and transfer students interested in applying for admission this November, UC Merced is hosting several application workshops in Fresno and Bakersfield....

Student Clubs and Organizations Roll Forward at UC Merced

October 3, 2005
When students attended orientation sessions this past summer they had the usual questions about academics and campus facilities at UC Merced. One question that kept coming up was: What is there to do on campus? We said, ‘you tell us,’ said Enrique Guzman, coordinator of student life at UC Merced....

Keeping Up with the Chancellor: Assistant Appreciates Unique Opportunity

October 3, 2005
Students, staff, faculty and friends of UC Merced who walk into Chancellor Carol Tomlinson-Keasey’s office are always greeted by a friendly face. Katie Unruh has worked as Tomlinson-Keasey’s assistant since 1999, just a few months after the chancellor’s appointment. A mother of three, Unruh has...

UC Libraries Provide Free Public Access to Digitized Books

October 3, 2005
Books from the UC libraries will be scanned and made freely available online through a new consortium OAKLAND, CA - The University of California libraries today (Oct. 3) announced their participation in a partnership to build a freely accessible digital library with materials drawn from across...

Campus Census Provides Updated Profile of Inaugural Class

September 30, 2005
Thirty-Eight Percent of First Students Hail from the Central Valley MERCED, CA - The new University of California campus in Merced, which opened Sept. 5, has completed its first campus census now that students have finished the process of registration of classes. “With the census in hand, we...

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