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April 24, 2013
Save the dates and get ready to have some locally grown fun: UC Merced's annual Staff Appreciation Week is happening May 20-24. Sponsored by Staff Assembly with support from the Office of the Chancellor, Staff Appreciation Week offers an opportunity to commend staff members for their hard work...
April 24, 2013
After six months of intense planning and programming, the winning team of UC Merced's Mobile App Challenge will be announced during a showcase finale today (April 26).
The Mobile App Challenge Showcase, held from noon to 2 p.m. in the California Room, will allow each of the eight...
April 23, 2013
While Tammy Johnson is new to her position and lengthy title, she isn’t new to the campus. Johnson joined UC Merced in 2005 as manager of Instructional Support for the School of Natural Sciences. She has seen the campus grow from several buildings under construction into an impressive...
April 23, 2013
Many universities offer the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, but they don’t have what UC Merced has to offer.
“Yosemite really draws people in,” said Professor Stephen Hart, one of the REU program leaders. “Other REUs might take students into the field...
April 23, 2013
As UC Merced continues its budget planning process for fiscal year 2013-2014, faculty and staff are invited to attend budget hearings April 30 and May 1.
Principal officers from each school and division, along with campus units, have assigned time slots to present their area’s budget...
April 23, 2013
Watch the webcasts of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society's (CITRIS) i4Energy lecture series at noon each Friday throughout the spring.
The next lectures are “Smart Grid and Technology Integration at Pacific Gas & Electric” by Kevin Dasso...
April 23, 2013
Panorama readers,
The next edition of Panorama will come out May 17, so more information can be included about Chancellor Leland's presentation about Project 2020 to the UC Board of Regents and Staff Appreciation Week.
If you have a story idea or event to submit to Panorama, the deadline is...
April 23, 2013
UC Merced has reduced its carbon footprint by using green power generated on site, an achievement being recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has named UC Merced a Green Power Partner.
The campus uses more than 2 million kilowatt hours of solar energy each year, all generated by...
April 23, 2013
An exacting nanosecond jolt of electricity can briefly open a cell’s wall, allowing for the delivery of drugs or DNA. This procedure — called electroporation — is widely used in biology, biotechnology and medicine, including cancer treatments.
Why the cell’s wall opens,...
April 23, 2013
UCPath Demonstration of the Case Management and AWE systems on May 2
UC Merced’s UCPath (HR, Payroll, Benefits system) project team has been working on the initiative’s implementation and impact on local campus processes. It is now time to include many of campus stakeholders in the...
