News
April 23, 2013
Retirement Savings Classes on May 3
The next Fidelity Investment retirement savings classes are scheduled for May 3 in KL 362. Classes include:
Building a Portfolio for Any Weather, 11 a.m. to noon
Understanding Fund Menu Changes, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Assessing Your Account Workshop...
April 22, 2013
Margo Souza, former president and CEO of Turlock’s Circle H Dairy Ranch Inc., has pledged $1 million to UC Merced to establish The Margo F. Souza Leadership Center — a multi-faceted leadership program — housed within the campus’s Office of Student Life.
Souza, an alumna of...
April 22, 2013
Researchers aren’t the only ones at UC Merced developing innovative approaches to conduct business. Thanks to efforts by Michelle Comer, the academic records coordinator in the Office of the Registrar, UC Merced is the first University of California campus to offer electronic transcripts....
April 19, 2013
Children at UC Merced’s Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) enjoyed some free-wheeling fun, learned about bike safety and helped raise more than $2,000 for St. Jude’s Research Hospital during the center’s Trike-a-Thon fundraiser.
During the course of a week, the preschoolers...
April 19, 2013
Today (April 26) is the last day to sign up as a 2013 Commencement volunteer. Two ceremonies will be held May 18 and 19 to honor the campus’s largest class of graduates, and volunteers are still needed to assist with the event on May 19. Prospective volunteers must submit an online form ...
April 11, 2013
An artists reception for the Bobcat Art Show will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at the UC Merced Art Gallery (Social Sciences and Management Building, Room 106).
First and second place awards will be announced at the reception in five categories: painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed...
April 10, 2013
The squeals, vowel-like sounds and growls made by infants are critical to the development of human language, according a recent paper coauthored by a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Merced.
The paper, published online by the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of...
April 10, 2013
Many large state universities fail in their mission to create social mobility, instead perpetuating inequality by catering to privileged students rather than focusing on student success, according to a new book coauthored by a professor at the University of California, Merced.
The book “...
April 9, 2013
UC Merced to be Future Home of Distant Past
Ever wonder what lived in the Central Valley 15,000 years ago? Thanks to a forthcoming agreement between the campus and Caltrans, you’ll find out soon enough.
Caltrans has been hard at work altering a portion of California State Route 99 in...
April 9, 2013
The campus will take part in Denim Day: Wear Jeans for Justice on April 24. The Denim Day campaign began in 1999 as a part of an international protest of an Italian High Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the survivor was wearing jeans at the time of the assault. The judge said...
