News
March 17, 2014
Never mind Carmen San Diego. Where in the world is Rufus Bobcat?
On March 27, staff members are invited to track down the campus’s mascot while bonding with their UC Merced colleagues and helping a local domestic-violence shelter, too, during “Where in the World is Rufus Bobcat?...
March 17, 2014
Results of the University of California’s systemwide Campus Climate survey were made available this week.
The survey, which provided faculty and staff members and graduate and undergraduate students at all locations an opportunity to share their experiences of living, studying and working at...
March 17, 2014
Campus Training
On March 25, become familiar with the Connexxus travel reservations system and the appropriate procedures for making car, airline or hotel reservations when on university business. Training is from 1 - 2 p.m. in KL 201. Participants can sign up online.
Learn how to request...
March 14, 2014
Join graduate student Mark Kerfoot and Professor Michael Scheibner for the next installment in the Frontiers in Science and Engineering lecture series.
Atoms make molecules and materials. Today’s scientists and engineers use these basic building blocks to assemble crystal structures that,...
March 6, 2014
Conserving resources is just a part of the fabric of UC Merced. So it should come as no surprise that university leaders say the campus can not only meet President Janet Napolitano’s call to cut water consumption by 20 percent by 2020, it has already exceeded that expectation –...
March 6, 2014
After April 8, Microsoft will no longer support the Windows XP operating system. The company will not provide hot fixes, product updates or security patches, and there will no longer be any paid or unpaid assisted support or online technical help.
Any Windows XP machine connected to the UC...
March 5, 2014
A $1 increase in university spending generates an 89-cent increase in local noneducation labor income — evidence of a measurable spillover effect created by public research institutions, according to recently published research out of the University of California, Merced.
While past studies...
March 5, 2014
Deadline to Make Medical Plan Change is March 31
If you were enrolled in the wrong medical plan for 2014, you still have time to talk to the Human Resources benefits office about making a change. The UC made significant changes to its medical plan offerings for 2014, and some faculty...
March 5, 2014
Admissions is looking for campus departments and units that want to participate in the Information Fair during Bobcat Day on April 12.
Bobcat Day is the annual event for students admitted to UC Merced and their families. Visitors get to explore the campus and learn about its academic programs and...
March 5, 2014
Petia Gueorguieva joined campus seven years ago as a lecturer, teaching courses in chemistry and student success.
When the campus’s STEM Resource Center opened in 2013, she took the lead role in running it. STEM is a frequently used acronym for science, technology, engineering and math....
