News
February 25, 2015
Campus community members now have another resource if they need help or support from Information Technology, and it’s located on the second floor of the UC Merced Library for added convenience.
IT Express is a new service point next to the Library Services Desk. The result of a...
February 25, 2015
If James Leonard looks familiar, you’re not experiencing déjà vu.
Leonard works in University Communications as director of news and social media, and it’s his second time working at UC Merced. He first joined the campus in 2010 as a senior public information representative and was...
February 24, 2015
Armando Quintero has been chosen as the new executive director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI), where he will work to enhance research conducted by SNRI-affiliated faculty members.
“I am delighted Armando is taking this leadership role,” SNRI Faculty Director...
February 24, 2015
UC Merced staff members will have an opportunity to meet members of Staff Assembly leadership from other University of California campuses and hear speakers including senior leaders from the Office of the President and UC Merced when the Council of UC Staff Assemblies (CUCSA) Delegation comes to UC...
February 24, 2015
Campus Architect Thomas Lollini, whose vision has contributed much to UC Merced’s growing legacy of sustainable design and construction, is one of only two winners of the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture from the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
“UC Merced is...
February 24, 2015
Employee contributions to the UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) will not increase in July, as they have in the past few years.
University leadership recently confirmed that no additional increase in employee contributions is needed at this time. UC, as the employer, now contributes 14 percent of pay...
February 24, 2015
Members of the campus and community are invited to learn more about UC Merced research — including work on sustainability, psychology and antibiotic resistance — during the university’s eighth annual Research Week, presented by the Office of Research and Economic Development....
February 24, 2015
UC Merced students have a new resource on campus as they navigate the often tricky world of food and nutrition.
Jennifer Hobbs just completed her first year as the registered dietitian with Student Health Services. There, she sees and advises students on nutrition and wellness, creates...
February 24, 2015
A new $103,000 gift from the Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas will allow UC Merced to expand two naturalist training courses at campus and in Yosemite National Park.
Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve Manager Chris Swarth offers an informal, semester-long course...
February 24, 2015
A third of all humans carry the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis — a disease commonly associated with cats, HIV-AIDS patients and pregnant women — with scientists long believing healthy immune systems control the parasite and prevent the disease from emerging. But new research by UC...
