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First UC Merced Student Club Preparing for Influx of Members

February 18, 2005
In 2003, when UC Merced's opening was delayed because of the California budget crisis, a worried student had a question for Jeff Wright, the dean of the School of Engineering. What's next for us? he asked. The young man was part of a group that was promised admission to UC Merced as transfer...

Gail Benedict Brings Art Home to UC Merced

February 18, 2005
After many years devoted to family issues, Benedict finally found time a few years ago for an evening painting class. Until that time, I had never touched a paintbrush to canvas, she says. Yet everyone was amazed at my first painting, and I haven't stopped since. Humbly, though, Benedict considers...

UC Merced Teams with USC to Improve Reporting Health Care in Central California

February 18, 2005
MERCED, CA — The USC Annenberg School for Communication and the University of California, Merced, are proud to announce the Central California fellows who have been selected to participate in the USC Annenberg/California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships, a new fellowship program for medical...

School of Natural Sciences Welcomes 9 New Faculty Members

February 17, 2005
MERCED, CA — The School of Natural Sciences at the University of California, Merced, has hired nine new faculty members in the last several months, bringing the total number of professors at the university so far to 41. “We are pleased to have recruited nine additional outstanding research and...

Students Encouraged to Submit Financial Aid Application by March 2

February 16, 2005
MERCED, CA — March 2, 2005 should be a red-letter day for students who have applied for undergraduate admission to the University of California, Merced. That is the deadline to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Cal Grant GPA Verification Form for Cal Grants and...

Recreational Field Campaign Seeks Support

February 4, 2005
In addition to the social and recreational opportunities offered by non-universityentities in town, UC Merced is planning on-campus facilities and programs to enhance the lives of students. As the first of these, the university plans to create an NCAA-regulation-sized soccer playing field where...

Family, Travel, Academic Accomplishment Blend Successfully for Jessica Green

February 4, 2005
There was just one little obstacle to Jessica Lee Green's plan to attend the first-ever international Scaling Biodiversity workshop in Prague in the fall of 2004. And it was only small in the most literal sense. Green was expecting her second child shortly after the important October conference....

Cash for College Workshop Set for Feb. 15 at UC Merced Fresno Center

February 4, 2005
MERCED, CA — Financial resources are available to help pay the costs of a college or university education, but too many San Joaquin Valley students are missing out. The Central Valley Higher Education Consortium, for example, reports that only 28 percent of students in the region who qualify for...

Creating the Big Picture " Literally " of Historical Geography

January 21, 2005
Digital maps can bring together historical data on religion, politics, culture and more, placing them visually in space and time. Their computerized animations can create customized big-picture synopses so flexible they can be used in elementary school classrooms or in top-level research. The...

Local Fly-fishing Offers Challenge, Renewal for Budget Director Marna Cooper

January 21, 2005
As a child, Marna Cooper did a little fishing off the hull of the Cement Ship in Santa Cruz. As a result, her picture landed on the front page of the newspaper. After what she calls a long hiatus, she's fishing again, this time in the rivers around Merced. Cooper is the budget director at UC Merced...

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