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August 30, 2012
If you are teaching in COB 102 (Lakireddy Auditorium) and would like to have your lecture captured, please contact Edson Gonzales.
August 29, 2012
Nine new members of this year’s UC Merced Women’s Volleyball team, from all around the Central Valley, are among the campus’s first group of recruited student athletes.
They began playing in mid-August, and have already hosted their first tournament.
This weekend (Aug. 31) the...
August 29, 2012
Results are in for the 2012 University of California Undergraduate Experience survey (UCUES). The survey covers most aspects of students' academic and co-curricular experience, including instruction, advising and student services.
Here are highlights of what UC Merced undergraduates who...
August 29, 2012
Campus diners who take out their meals are helping save the environment one plate at a time.
UC Merced is the first campus west of the Mississippi to use the new OZZI container-recycling system. People will see the new container-collecting machine in the dining commons.
Last year, the campus went...
August 29, 2012
UC Merced senior Patricia Paredes didn't grow up in the best neighborhood or have the easiest childhood.
But she overcame those hardships to graduate from a San Jose high school and enroll at the University of California's newest campus.
Now, Paredes, a sociology major, is sharing...
August 29, 2012
Faculty and staff parking permits for the 2012-2013 academic are available for purchase. The Transportation and Parking Services Advisory Committee has approved no change in permit rates for the 2012-2013 academic year.
For detailed information on parking permit types, parking locations and...
August 29, 2012
After serving five years as assistant dean for the School of Natural Sciences, Deidre "De" Acker stepped into a new role over the summer as UC Merced's founding campus ombuds.
Acker's appointment began July 16 after a national search. The Office of Ombuds Services is a resource...
August 29, 2012
The start of each school year brings new opportunities, new challenges and many new faces. This year, that means nearly 1,500 new students — including a significant increase in the number of graduate students — 26 new faculty members and a new provost.
UC Merced marks the start of its...
August 29, 2012
Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Research Sam Traina and Academic Senate Executive Director Susan Sims attended in July a two-week global leadership summit at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to strengthen formal...
August 29, 2012
A statewide water-monitoring system is one step closer to reality as a group of UC Merced researchers install wireless sensors across the American River basin.
The sensor system is designed to give continuous information about how much water is available to users, and could go live online at the...
