News
March 2, 2016
The UC Merced women's basketball team won its second consecutive Cal-Pac Conference championship Tuesday night (March 1), with a 76-56 victory in the conference tournament title game on the road against the California Maritime Academy.
After scoring just eight points in the first quarter, the...
March 1, 2016
Less than a year after mapping the genetic landscape of melanoma, UC Merced Professor Fabian V. Filipp has identified a drug that could be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer.
Filipp led a team of researchers on the new project, the results of which were published this week...
March 1, 2016
Jill Robbins, dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support the completion of her book about the role of poetry in the recovery from the 2004 train bombings in Madrid.
The book, “We Were All...
March 1, 2016
UC’s Sautter Award program, honoring innovation in information technology, is now accepting 2016 nominations through May 6.
The award recognizes innovative technology projects that advance UC’s teaching, research, health care and public service missions.
The program is open to faculty...
February 25, 2016
Associate Director of the Calvin E. Bright Success Center Alex Delgadillo was born on a military base in Ensenada, Mexico, where both of his parents served in the Mexican Army. At the age of 3, he and his mother immigrated to the United States.
Delgadillo was introduced to the concept of social...
February 25, 2016
The UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees recently honored the University Friends Circle (UFC) for its philanthropic efforts.
Each year, the board honors a philanthropic leader — or in this year’s case, a group of leaders — who supports the university’s mission of teaching...
February 23, 2016
The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community will recognize the Office of Student Life’s Student Employee Collaborative Leadership Training (CLT) program as the 2016 Outstanding Leadership Spotlight Program of the Year at...
February 23, 2016
For faculty and staff members considering surveying groups on campus, there’s a new process in place to help.
In addition to Institutional Research and Decision Support, many individuals and groups on and off of campus conduct surveys of UC Merced students and staff and faculty members. The...
February 19, 2016
New Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations, effective Jan. 1, introduced changes that apply to all UC employees.
New provisions will make it easier for employees to maintain their UC coverage, or they may be among the roughly 5,000 employees who are newly eligible for the core benefits package,...
February 19, 2016
Organizers of UC Merced’s United Way campaign announced that the annual program has been extended through Feb. 29.
The campaign supports the United Way of Merced County and helps the agency continue its critically important work in the community, said coordinator Bernadette Mello.
Faculty...
