News
August 27, 2014
School of Engineering Professor Josh Viers, director of the campus's Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), won an Outstanding Service Award from the UC Davis Extension.
Viers worked at UC Davis before joining UC Merced last year.
His award is for...
August 27, 2014
Armando Quintero was appointed to the California Water Commission this summer, the governor's office announced.
Quintero, the director of Development for the Sierra Nevada Research Institute since 2008, worked as an independent environmental educator and held multiple positions at...
August 27, 2014
UC Merced is preparing to support the United Way of Merced County with a pledge drive that starts Sept. 15 and continues until Oct. 15.
The theme of this year’s month-long campaign is “Celebrate United!” in honor of the Merced chapter’s 60th anniversary of providing support...
August 27, 2014
The University of California, Merced, is the only university to maintain a research station in Yosemite National Park. The partnership forged between the university and the park has led to groundbreaking research and a deeper understanding of ecology, climate and other scientific topics, as well...
August 27, 2014
By Ann Kovalchick
Associate Vice Chancellor of Information Technology
Steve Jobs envisioned perfection in technology, in both form and function, a passion that remains his legacy to this day.
This quest was, to many around him, like searching for a unicorn; the legendary balance of beauty and...
August 27, 2014
UC Merced transitions to a new time-keeping system at the end of September. The time reporting system (TRS) will better position our campus to efficiently meet future time keeping requirements and has many other benefits.
Information sessions and employee and supervisor trainings are offered in...
August 26, 2014
During the summer, many campus websites migrated to Drupal 7, the latest version of the campus’s content management system.
To go along with the migration, the sites have been updated with new design, new information and photos.
The sites include:
Alumni Relations
Associated Students...
August 26, 2014
In 2003, when UC Merced was still under construction and before its first undergraduate students arrived, a group of founding administrators, faculty and staff members and graduate students came together to create the campus’s first Principles of Community.
“It was an affirming...
August 26, 2014
Education seems to be in Ariel Banda’s blood.
She was born and raised in Merced, earned her associate’s degree at Merced College in 2010, her bachelor’s in psychology at California State University, Stanislaus, in 2012, and went back to Merced College, where she recently earned...
August 26, 2014
The Design and Construction Archives of UC Merced showcases the architectural drawings of campus buildings as well as aerial photographs of campus.
Descriptions for each drawing and photo offer more information about the project and who participated.
The digital collection is the result of a...
