News
October 21, 2013
The Promise for Education social funding program ends Oct. 31, so there’s only one week left to raise more money for UC Merced scholarships.
We've already raised more than $1.1 million systemwide. Of that, UC Merced has raised more than $11,000 for scholarships and more than $212,000 in...
October 21, 2013
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, has begun an ambitious quest to discover common principles that guide evolution of structures at the linguistic and molecular levels.
Professors Rick Dale in cognitive science, David Ardell in evolutionary biology...
October 21, 2013
Christina Lux, assistant director for the Center for Humanities, has been with UC Merced since the end of May — but the campus has been on her mind for much longer.
Lux lived in Planada until she was 8 years old and used to swim at Lake Yosemite as a child. She followed the campus's...
October 21, 2013
Arts UC Merced Presents will sponsor the Merced Symphony's annual Fall Concert with renowned pianist Tara Kamangar at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre. The program, directed by Henrik Jul Hansen, includes Edvar Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor"...
October 21, 2013
Our ninth fall semester started in a flurry as Half Dome — our new residence hall — opened, our largest class of freshmen (1,654) and new transfer students participated in UC Merced’s traditional Scholars Lane Bridge Crossing and the ASCEND conference and new classrooms opened in...
October 21, 2013
UC Merced Professor Will Shadish has been chosen president-elect of the prestigious Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, a by-invitation, highly selective scientific organization.
Shadish joins a long list of previous presidents who have made seminal contributions to quantitative...
October 18, 2013
Results of the Campus Climate Survey, administered throughout the University of California in late 2012 and early 2013, will be released early next year, according to the Office of the President.
Students and faculty and staff members from 13 UC institutions took part in the survey,...
October 10, 2013
UC Merced’s 2012 Campus Security Report, Safety Matters, is available for your review. This report is compiled by the UC Merced Department of Public Safety in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, and is intended to share important...
October 9, 2013
Health Services is providing flu shot clinics from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday through Dec. 10 in Mariposa Hall, just north of the Yablokoff-Wallace Dining Center entrance. Several evening clinics are also avaiable. Check the schedule.
Faculty and staff members get their shots for $12. You may...
October 9, 2013
The UC Merced Library invites the campus community to celebrate Open Access Week 2013. Open Access Week is a global event focused on informing the academic and research communities about the benefits of open access publishing and scholarship. UC Merced will join other UC libraries and academic...
