News
December 12, 2012
With pilot programs completed and feedback from users in, Information Technology (IT) is moving forward with plans to transition faculty, staff and students to Microsoft Office 365 for email, calendar, instant messaging and other collaboration-tool services.
IT has begun coordinating with unit...
December 12, 2012
IT upgrading the library wireless network
Information Technology is upgrading the wireless network in the Kolligian Library to the latest Motorola technology. The new wireless access points will provide the newest wireless technology devices with increased security and performance. Users in the...
December 11, 2012
As another successful semester comes to a close, many are making plans for the winter break. Some will chose to stay close to home. Others will drive to faraway places. Whatever the case may be, chances are pretty good that your holiday season will involve some travel.
The Department of Public...
December 10, 2012
When organizing an event or launching a new program, there is a chance that something could go awry. Thinking ahead about what could go wrong and developing a plan to deal with those possibilities is known as risk management.
To help faculty and staff understand the basics of risk management, UC...
December 10, 2012
Career Tracks reconsiderations update
Human Resources continues to make progress on reconsideration requests related to Career Tracks. HR's Compensation unit received 104 requests for reconsideration through the end of October and has been diligently working to analyze submitted ...
December 10, 2012
Thirty years ago, I began my UC career as a student intern in the alumni office of my alma mater, UC Santa Barbara. For more than half of my UC tenure, I watched from afar as the dream of a 10th UC campus became a reality. Now, six months after becoming a part of this amazing institution, I can say...
December 6, 2012
Year-end payroll processing info
Remaining pay dates for 2012 earnings
Remaining bi-weekly pay dates: Dec. 5, Dec. 9 and Jan. 2, 2013. Timesheets for the Dec. 9-Dec. 22 pay period are due on Monday, Dec. 17. Employees will need to estimate time worked from Dec. 16 to Dec. 22.
Pay...
November 30, 2012
The undergraduate students in Professor Linda Hirst’s new internship course are getting an advanced education in science communications that could serve them well in their future careers.
By condensing the latest scientific papers for Hirst’s Soft Matter World website, Science Writing...
November 30, 2012
Counting the number of species that live in the Earth’s oceans sounds as impossible as counting the grains of sand on a beach.
But a global collaboration involving a UC Merced researcher and a graduate student is doing just that, and found that about a third of all the oceans’ species...
November 30, 2012
UC Merced graduate students find exciting experiences, people and discoveries that fuel their imagination and propel their work.
