News
August 28, 2013
The youngest University of California campus is now the steward of some ancient remains.
Columbian mammoth bones dating back to the last Ice Age were transferred recently to a storage facility at UC Merced's building at Castle Commerce Center. The bones, including a skull, tusks and...
August 28, 2013
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy brings its swinging sound to downtown Merced this fall, an event organized by Arts UC Merced Presents.
The high-energy, nine-piece ensemble, which helped jumpstart the swing revival in the mid-90s, is celebrating its 20th anniversary and promoting its latest album, "...
August 28, 2013
Professor Roland Winston, director of UC Solar, has been invited to join the board of directors for an international solar energy group called SERIIUS — the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States.
Winston joins a Nobel Prize winner, the director of Notre Dame’s...
August 28, 2013
Connexxus Travel Portal Sports a New Look
A new Connexxus portal launched Aug. 9 with changes that highlight an improved look and feel, more precise content treatment, greater intuitiveness and complete exposure and access to all components of the ongoing Connexxus system upgrade.
The goal...
August 28, 2013
The Graduate Division website has a new look, thanks to the site’s migration to the Drupal 7 campus content management system. The new site is on a theme customized by University Communications to complement the division’s branding initiatives and promote the recruitment and retention...
August 28, 2013
For some members of the UC Merced community, the beginning of the campus’s ninth academic year might feel more like an introduction instead of a welcome back. That’s because while many folks were conducting valuable research or taking much-needed breaks, the campus was in a mad dash to...
August 27, 2013
For a third consecutive year, UC Merced's Campus Purchasing department earned an Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Purchasing Institute.
The award recognizes organizational excellence in procurement by measuring innovation, professionalism, e-procurement,...
August 27, 2013
UC Merced’s iNtelforms system earned a nomination for a 2013 Sautter award and was recognized during the UC Computing Services Conference on Aug. 5. Yaheya Quazi, director of the campus's Administrative Computing and Services department, demonstrated the system's qualities related to...
August 27, 2013
September-October Training Schedule
The following training opportunities are available in the coming months:
Sept. 10 – Equal Employment Opportunity/AA Law for Supervisors
Sept. 18 – Conducting Performance Appraisals
Sept. 25 – Situational Leadership: A Model for...
August 26, 2013
The Career Services Center has changed its name to The Center for Career and Professional Advancement.
The new name represents a philosophical shift from career counseling to student professional development and includes a four-year, discipline-rooted professional development plan to help students...
