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September 14, 2012
News and events from Business and Financial Services:
Anyone who engages volunteers on behalf of the university should be familiar with UC Merced volunteer guidelines. Departments need to be aware of loss exposures associated with volunteer use. These guidelines are designed to promote safety,...
September 14, 2012
In the summer, alumni who graduated with bachelor's degrees in Summer 2010, Winter 2010 or Spring 2011 were invited to give feedback about their time at UC Merced and their post-graduation employment and educational pursuits.
Here are highlights of what those who completed the survey had to...
September 14, 2012
Professor Roland Winston, director of UC Advanced Solar Technologies Institute, will give a lecture entitled “Black Holes, Information and Solar Collectors: The Thermodynamic Connection.”
The lecture is presented by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, through its Distinguished...
September 14, 2012
New to campus? Seeking professional development and training opportunities? Have a question about benefits and need more information? Read the latest from Human Resources.
Training Workshops in September
Human Resource’s Professional and Organizational Development unit offers various...
September 14, 2012
From the white, sugary sands of Hawaii to the white, powdery slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Natural Sciences Professor Stephen Hart has his eye on climate change.
For the past two years, the professor, who’s affiliated with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, has worked with student...
September 14, 2012
UC Merced literature Professor Gregg Camfield will deliver a lecture about why Mark Twain's humor endures before "Mark Twain Tonight," a legendary one-man show by Hal Holbrook.
Camfield's talk is titled "How Mark Twain Has Outwitted Death." It will be at 6:30 p.m. Oct....
September 14, 2012
If you think that faculty, postdoctoral scholars and students are the only people who have a hand in the research being conducted at UC Merced, think again. Behind each proposal or project, there are a number of people who have a hand in advancing research.
“Overall, there are very few...
September 14, 2012
UC Merced’s library used to be one of the trashiest places on campus – patrons generated a lot more garbage than recycling.
But all that garbage led to an invention by two campus staff members that could help UC Merced reach the zero landfill waste portion of its Triple Zero commitment...
September 14, 2012
The Department of Public Safety would like to point out a few important resources, including a new program launched this fall to help increase campus safety.
Text-a-Tip allows students, faculty and staff to send anonymous tips about non-emergency security concerns by text or email message from...
September 14, 2012
It’s a pleasure to welcome everyone back to campus this year with something new – a revamped e-publication that represents another step in the initiative we announced last year to strengthen internal communication across our growing campus.
Beginning this semester, staff and faculty...
