News
March 19, 2014
Several campus websites recently 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:
Global Arts Studies Program
Innovate to Grow...
March 18, 2014
WhoPlus Database
The WhoPlus database is available at UC Merced. WhoPlus provides biographical information in Japanese for 330,000 prominent figures in Japan. Users can access WhoPlus by clicking on the データベース検索 button in the top right corner and selecting “WhoPlus.”
Please contact...
March 18, 2014
UC Merced recently launched two new programs for faculty members to support and encourage their professional development.
The initiatives, the UC Merced Faculty Mentoring Program and the Faculty Professional Development Series, coordinated by the Academic Personnel Office, will continue through...
March 18, 2014
Although Phyllis Enea was born and raised in San Francisco, she has lived in the Atwater-Merced area since 1991 and calls it home.
Enea joined the 10th campus in the UC system in August 2005, right before opening day. She started as an administrative assistant in the Career Services Center...
March 18, 2014
Do you have questions about copyright? The University of California’s updated UC Copyright website makes it easier than ever for UC faculty and staff members and students to get general guidance on academic uses of copyrighted material and copyright ownership at UC.
The site has...
March 18, 2014
Verbal interactions between parents and children create a social feedback loop important for language development, according to research by a professor at the University of California, Merced. That loop appears to be experienced less frequently and is diminished in strength in interactions with...
March 18, 2014
UC Issues Updated Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence Policy
The Office of the President issued a new policy that prohibits sexual harassment and sexual violence, provides support for victims and outlines training for faculty and staff members and students.
The policy builds on the...
March 18, 2014
We all know space of all kinds on campus — parking, labs, offices, classrooms and even closets — is very limited.
Although we also know the campus has embarked upon the very ambitious (and necessary!) 2020 Project, which will dramatically increase the availability of spaces we need,...
March 18, 2014
Valley fever, described as a “silent epidemic” by the Centers for Disease Control, will be explored through a series of wide-ranging talks at the University of California, Merced.
Twelve lectures will be held between March and May. Ten will be presented on the university campus. One...
March 18, 2014
University Friends Circle (UFC) meets for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 1 at the Branding Iron Restaurant, 640 W. 16th St., Merced. Professor of anthropology Holley Moyes will present "Journey to the Underworld: The Ritual Use of Caves among the Ancient Maya."
Moyes will...
