News
February 18, 2016
Two UC Merced faculty members with distinguished, international research careers recently became the campus’s first John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chairs.
Professor Mark Aldenderfer, who served as dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts for more than five years, and...
February 17, 2016
UC Merced Travel Services has an opportunity to make special arrangements for travelers to enroll in a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck program.
The TSA PreCheck program offers travelers a faster process when going through airport security. During the screening process,...
February 17, 2016
Gardeners can learn how to transform their water-thirsty lawns and gardens into water-saving landscapes featuring drought-tolerant trees, native grasses, flowers and shrubs during a daylong workshop on March 10 at UC Merced.
The event, “California’s New Front Yard: Creating a Low-Water...
February 17, 2016
Each year, the Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center awards top students and student organizations for their outstanding leadership qualities, and honors staff and faculty members who have helped students accomplish their aspirations.
This year, the center is seeking applications for 14...
February 17, 2016
With a longstanding interest in diversity and employee satisfaction, UC Merced Director of Campus Climate Deidre “De” Acker appreciated the opportunity to improve the climate for staff systemwide when she became staff advisor to the UC Board of Regents in 2014. The experience left a...
February 16, 2016
Dora Lopes has had her eye on UC Merced since she was in high school — which was before the campus even opened.
The Tracy native earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources from CSU Stanislaus in 2001. She began her professional...
February 16, 2016
Facilities Management recently announced Library Lot 1 will be closed starting today (Feb. 19) until Feb. 29 to allow continued repairs in Kolligian Library, which sustained water damage in December. The parking lot will be open only for regular service deliveries.
Those who require special...
February 16, 2016
UC Merced has been designated a “doctoral-granting university with higher research activity” — or R2, the second-highest classification for American research universities — in its first appearance on the highly cited Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher...
February 16, 2016
The UC Merced Library recently added two new resources to its collection.
PsychiatryOnline is a Web-based portal that features the DSM-5, The American Journal of Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines. Journals, texts, study guides and other resources for diagnosis...
February 16, 2016
Employees who want to develop or improve their work-related skills can do so for free using Lynda.com.
Lynda.com is an online learning company available to current campus community members with UCMNet IDs. UC Merced’s Human Resources and Information Technology collaborated to offer this...
