News
April 22, 2015
For the first time, UC Merced made the Princeton Review’s list of the most environmentally responsible colleges.
The education services company — known for its test prep and tutoring services, books and college rankings — features UC Merced in the 2015 edition of its free book,...
April 22, 2015
CAMP Registration Open
Applications are being accepted for the Career Advancement Mentorship Program (CAMP) for staff members. The program matches experienced staff members with colleagues who seek mentoring and professional development. The program starts July 1 and runs through June 30, 2016....
April 22, 2015
Training and Resources
Monthly Procurement Services Meeting
Procurement Services offers purchasing procedure updates and advice, and provides an opportunity to give feedback to the university’s buyers and commodity managers. The meeting is from 1:30-3 p.m. May 6 in KL 232, or via conference...
April 22, 2015
UC Merced staff members soon will be able to use a new online performance appraisal system for their annual job evaluations.
The system, called Halogen, is scheduled to launch in May. Human Resources will offer orientations and training sessions in late May or early June to teach employees and...
April 22, 2015
UC Berkeley geography professors Lynn Ingram and Frances Malamud-Roam will give a talk based on their book “The West Without Water,” which contextualizes California’s water concerns in its overall climate history, in an event hosted by UC Merced's Sierra Nevada Research...
April 21, 2015
Ramona Dai’Re knows space is one of UC Merced’s most valuable and scarce assets. Her job is to help keep track of it.
Dai’Re (pronounced duh-RAY), who works in the Division of Planning and Budget’s Real Estate Services, is the system administrator for Facilities Link,...
April 21, 2015
UC Merced graduate students Theo Crouch II and Lauren Edwards recently were awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
Jessica Ross was recognized as an honorable mention by the GRFP, while Patricia Cabral received an honorable...
April 21, 2015
Experienced policymakers are more likely to make fair offers in bargaining than the average person, and less likely to accept low offers — even if it means both sides get nothing. Such are the findings of a recent study co-authored by UC Merced political scientist Brad LeVeck, whose...
April 21, 2015
The use of images and direct questions by health communicators on Facebook tends to increase user engagement, though linking to external websites and videos does not. Posts conveying positive emotions have no clear impact on engagement, while negative ones — including expressions of...
April 21, 2015
More than 75 students, faculty members and staff members were honored earlier this month at the fifth annual Outstanding Women’s Luncheon, hosted by the Office of Student Life’s Women’s Programs and LGBTQ+ Initiatives.
The April 9 event featured lunch, entertainment and a program...
