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Campus Awarded $500K Mellon Foundation Grant

July 19, 2016

Undergraduate humanities students at the University of California, Merced, will gain valuable research opportunities and support for their transitions into graduate studies and scholarly careers, thanks to a new program that will serve 60 students over the next three years. The newly-...

Donor’s Land Gift Helps UC Merced Break Fundraising Record

July 13, 2016

The University of California, Merced, has broken its own fundraising record, bringing in more than $20.8 million during the 2015-16 fiscal year — a more than 300 percent increase over last year. “This is a record-breaking year,” Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni...

UC Merced Extension Offerings Launch With Yosemite Excursions

July 11, 2016

UC Merced Extension, a combination of professional development and personal enrichment courses that mark the campus’s first extension offerings, launches this summer with educational excursions to Yosemite National Park and fully online courses for working professionals in business, management,...

Campus Takes Steps to Stay Green Despite Drought

July 11, 2016

Don’t be surprised if, as the warmer weather kicks in, you continue to see green lawns at UC Merced. Maintenance crews are not using more water to keep the quad lush. In fact, they are using less. Facilities Management has adopted a hydrogel system, developed by a Fresno-based company, that allows...

Alumnus Finds His Purpose in Education

July 8, 2016

Editor's note: The following story appeared in the spring issue of UC Merced Magazine. When Abraham Olivares moved to Merced at age 20, a career in education was the furthest thing from his mind. Olivares said he didn’t have a lot of confidence in his abilities back then. Life is quite different...

Poetry Prize Recognizes Instructor’s Accomplishments, Potential

July 6, 2016

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has awarded its prestigious May Sarton Prize for Poetry to Vanesha Pravin, a lecturer in UC Merced’s Merritt Writing Program. The award, considered one of the top national prizes in this field, recognizes young poets for their achievement and promise....

Professor’s Mercurial Studies Involve Tree Bark, Fish and Water

July 6, 2016

From the forests of Tuscany, Italy, to the shores of a San Diego reservoir, Professor Marc Beutel is hunting mercury. Beutel, one of the newest professors in the UC Merced School of Engineering, has two summer projects to keep him busy this year. The first involves spending a month working with...

MACES Focuses on Tiny Particles, Broad Horizons

June 29, 2016

Researchers at UC Merced are making a big deal out of a piece of equipment that lets them look at really tiny things. And they should — the new Zeiss Gemini SEM 500 scanning electron microscope is the first of its kind installed in the United States. “It’s the latest model in Zeiss’ well-...

MACES Microscope Gives Graduate Students New Research Opportunities

June 29, 2016

Researchers at UC Merced are making a big deal out of a piece of equipment that lets them look at really tiny things. And they should — the new Zeiss Gemini SEM 500 scanning electron microscope is first of its kind installed in the United States. “It’s the latest model in...

Graduate Students Show Impact, Offer Solutions To Climate Change at Carbon Slam

June 27, 2016

Several students, faculty members and the provost represented UC Merced at the University of California’s recent Carbon Slam event, placing in the presentation competitions and increasing the campus’s visibility among peers and the public. UC Merced's Brandi McKuin (left)...