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May 25, 2016
UC Merced’s performance appraisal cycle for 2015-16 is underway, and the office of Human Resources reminds employees that resources are available to help them through the process.
As Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Brian Powell has noted in campus messages, meetings and recent...
May 25, 2016
Campus community members who’ve attended large events at UC Merced or sat through New Employee Orientation in recent years have likely met Matthew Hirota.
Hirota works for Facilities Management as the campus’s waste reduction/recycle coordinator. One of his primary responsibilities is...
May 25, 2016
Staff and faculty members, students and community members are invited to join Chancellor Dorothy Leland on June 8 for a block party and groundbreaking for UC Merced’s Downtown Campus Center.
The family-friendly event, from 5 to 7 p.m., will take place at the intersection of 18th and N...
May 25, 2016
Staff members seeking career mentorship, upward mobility or opportunities to excel in their fields have until noon Tuesday, May 31, to apply for UC Merced’s Career Advancement Mentorship Program (CAMP) for 2016-17.
CAMP is a volunteer effort that matches experienced UC Merced mentors with...
May 24, 2016
When UC Merced Professor Mario Sifuentez was a graduate student, he didn’t have to look far to find a subject to research — members of his family had been migrant workers in Oregon for many years, but he could find very few texts documenting how such workers got there and what their...
May 24, 2016
The number, size and duration of large mountain forest fires in the Western United States has increased dramatically in the past 40 years, according to research from UC Merced Professor LeRoy Westerling.
Warming temperatures and the earlier onset of spring and the spring snowmelt — the...
May 24, 2016
Users of the UC Merced Image Library might have noticed the website is sporting a new look.
The Image Library, which is managed by University Communications and contains more than 5,000 professional, high-quality photos and graphics, recently underwent an upgrade. Among the changes:
refreshed...
May 24, 2016
Last Saturday, the Social Sciences and Management Building was the stage for the largest multi-agency violent incident training ever coordinated by the Merced County Office of Emergency Services.
More than 10 agencies, including the UC Merced Police Department, the Merced County Sheriff...
May 24, 2016
Grab a pair of sneakers and get ready to move: UC Walks is set for Wednesday, June 15.
UC Walks is the annual systemwide event that encourages University of California faculty and staff members, retirees and students to take time out of their day to go for a stroll in the name of wellness,...
May 24, 2016
The following article is the main story in a six-piece package that appeared in the spring issue of UC Merced Magazine focusing on the research performed at UC Merced that relates to the brain. You can read the other stories, on consciousness, machine learning and artificial intelligence,...
