News
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...
September 10, 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....
August 31, 2012
The first few weeks in a new job can be challenging. To ease the stress of settling in, Human Resources has compiled a list of resources to assist new employees in becoming acclimated to the university. Whether you are new to UC Merced or in a position of supervising others, you will find value in...
August 30, 2012
Last year, Information Technology announced it would work to transform how it delivers services and utilize different approaches to meet our campus's growing demands. Here is an update on the division's progress:
In the last nine months, IT and its partners have rolled out four cloud-...
August 30, 2012
The campus's budget committee approved the purchase of new computers to replace antiquated ones in Kolligian Library labs. The machines are in and ready for Fall 2012 courses.
August 30, 2012
Congratulations to UC Merced Professor Ashlie Martini, a recipient this year of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Research Program Award (AFOSR YIP).
The AFOSR YIP is open to scientists and engineers at research institutions who have received Ph.D.s or...
August 30, 2012
Literature Professor Ignacio López-Calvo's book "Latino Los Angeles in Film and Fiction: The Cultural Production of Social Anxiety" won second place in the International Latino Book Awards, which were held at the Instituto Cervantes in New York this summer.
The book, which examines...
