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October 23, 2015
With the 2020 Project, our campus stands at the threshold of maturity and self-sufficiency.
Many components are involved: faculty enhancements; student-services delivery; research and marketplace ideation and incubation; development and alumni relations; financial resource management; and design,...
October 23, 2015
Open Enrollment is an annual opportunity for employees review their UC benefits to make sure they have the coverage that best meets their needs for 2016.
Open Enrollment begins at 8 a.m., Oct. 29 and ends at 5 p.m. Nov. 24. Changes made during Open Enrollment become effective Jan. 1.
At UC...
October 21, 2015
Halogen eAppraisal Feedback Sessions
This year, UC Merced adopted the Halogen eAppraisal tool for performance evaluations. Throughout the month of October, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Brian Powell has hosted a number of feedback sessions to adjust the tool for future appraisal...
October 21, 2015
Angi Baxter says the past nine months have been an absolute whirlwind. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.
Baxter joined UC Merced in January 2015 as the campus’s first coordinator of Women’s Programs and LGBTQ+ Initiatives in the Office of Student Life.
“I thought it...
October 20, 2015
Students in Richard Gomez’s Arts 171: Art for Social Change course have had a special role in the Yosemite Facelift, an annual project that focuses volunteers on cleaning up Yosemite National Park in late September after its busy season. This year, nearly 1,500 volunteers spent almost 9,700...
October 20, 2015
Professor Noemi Petra develops algorithms and uses complicated computations to examine some of the world’s biggest problems — the ones that can’t be seen.
They are called inverse problems — using actual observations to infer the values of parts of the problem that can...
October 20, 2015
UCPath, the systemwide project to centralize, streamline and standardize the UC’s human resources, payroll benefits, general ledger, workforce administration and academic personnel processes, has developed significant momentum after many fits and starts.
Michael Reese, vice chancellor for...
October 20, 2015
Research indicates that obesity can increase a woman’s risk of developing and dying from breast cancer.
But while communication about healthy eating has proven to be effective, a growing and significant subset of the population might not be getting the message.
A new project at UC Merced...
October 20, 2015
Scholars and educators alike believe raising expectations leads to higher achievement and self esteem among adolescents.
But new research from UC Merced shows that when a young woman’s achievement level doesn’t live up to those expectations, the result can be an increase in risky...
October 19, 2015
Grab a pumpkin and some decorations and get ready to carve for a good cause — your pumpkin artistry could benefit UC Merced’s upcoming United Way campaign.
A Carved Pumpkin Contest and Spooky Treats Sampling takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 30 at The Promenade. Anyone who wants...
