News
September 24, 2014
Professor Carolin Frank will collect $1.6 million over the next four years to continue researching the nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in pine needles and to work with the Sierra Foothill Charter School, which she helped found.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Frank, with the...
September 24, 2014
Two information sessions regarding the campus’s new compensation philosophy and strategy that were postponed in August have been rescheduled.
The sessions are set for 3:30 - 5 p.m. Oct. 7, and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 15 in KL 232.
Vice Chancellor Michael Reese...
September 24, 2014
Work continues on the systemwide UCPath project and UC Merced’s project team has been busy.
The team began drafting potential practices for the campus’s local business process maps and analyzing how they will integrate with the UCPath Service Center’s future state process...
September 24, 2014
A recent article published on the Inside Higher Ed website revealed that hackers in China are selling user account information from at least 42 universities across the world.
While we might imagine a high-tech compound of trained hackers furiously pounding their keyboards to get this information,...
September 24, 2014
Travel and Entertainment Form Updated
Business and Financial Services understands how frustrating it is when approvals for UC Merced transactions are returned by UCLA. The reasons are often confusing and it slows reimbursements.
The most common transactions returned by UCLA are those covered by...
September 24, 2014
The UC Merced United Way Campaign is underway!
Since the campaign launched Sept. 15, faculty and staff members have come up with fun and creative ideas such as bake sales, casual dress weeks and spare change collection jars to generate excitement and encourage participation in their divisions and...
September 24, 2014
Internal Audit Mentorship Program
The UC Merced Office of Internal Audit and Human Resources' Professional Development units are proud to present the campus's first Internal Audit Mentorship Program.
The program is an ideal learning opportunity for employees to gain valuable field...
September 23, 2014
Shy in high school, Rachel Fang didn’t want to follow the same pattern when she became a UC Merced student.
“I decided that I was going to change,” Fang said. “I wanted to be more outspoken.”
Fang found the confidence, skills and foundation she needed by completing a...
September 23, 2014
With psychiatrists in short supply throughout the community, UC Merced is leveraging modern technology to expand services to students.
The UC’s 10th and newest campus is the first within the system to provide telemedicine psychiatry. Students who are referred to a psychiatrist are linked to...
September 23, 2014
UC Merced has hired 34 faculty members for the 2014-15 academic year, giving the campus 212 tenure-track professors who expand the depth and breadth of research expertise.
Excluding student employees, the campus now has about 1,300 total staff and faculty members, which also includes 149 lecturers...
