News
January 22, 2014
From sunrise to sunset, people consume all kinds of information from television, online and from other sources.
UC Merced public health Professor A. Susana Ramirez wants to know how all that information influences people's health decisions and behaviors. Quite often, misconceptions about...
January 21, 2014
It has been another exciting year at the School of Natural Sciences that I can best characterize as great work and great people to work with.
The School of Natural Sciences is growing with four new faculty members who began Jan. 1.
There’s Chih-Chun Chien, theoretical physics, from the...
January 21, 2014
Have you ever wondered who leaves UC Merced and when? Retention and graduation rates by entering freshmen and transfer cohorts are updated annually by Institutional Research and Decision Support (IRDS), fornerly Institutional Planning and Analysis. Rates are broken out by gender, ethnic group...
January 21, 2014
The protected land adjoining the northeast corner of campus is officially part of the UC Natural Reserve System now that the UC Board of Regents gave the proposed reserve final approval this week.
The Merced Vernal Pools and Grasslands Reserve is the 39th reserve in the statewide system,...
January 21, 2014
In addition to the inaugural issue of UC Merced Magazine, the campus’s ISSUU page is now home to three new university-produced publications – the Sierra Nevada Research Institute annual report, the Health Sciences Research Institute annual report and the latest edition of Research...
January 21, 2014
The eighth annual Human Rights Watch Film Series brings four movies in February to campus, all of which are free and open to the public.
The event is organized by anthropology Professor Robin DeLugan and literature Professor Nigel Hatton. Each film starts at 7 p.m. in the Classroom and...
January 10, 2014
Literature Online Moves to ProQuest
Literature Online (LION), a literature database, has moved to the ProQuest platform. Users will still be able to access the old platform on Chadwyck-Healey through March 31.
My Archive accounts on Literature Online will not be migrated. If you...
December 20, 2013
Did you end up enrolled in the wrong medical plan for 2014?
UC made significant changes to its medical plan offerings for 2014, and some faculty and staff who did not make elections during Open Enrollment may have been defaulted to a plan they don't want. Or, maybe you recently learned...
December 20, 2013
New Employee Orientation
The next new employee orientation in January will be held on Friday, Jan. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in KL 232. For more information, visit the new employee orientation webpage.
December 19, 2013
It's time to show your creativity. Enter your artwork in the ninth annual Bobcat Art Show. All UC Merced students, faculty members and staff members are welcome to participate in the areas of painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media and photography/digital media. For many artists, the show...
