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March 13, 2013
As everyone who has been following the federal budget crisis knows, sequestration – $85 billion in automatic spending cuts for 2013 – took effect March 1.
It’s unclear how the situation will play out across the country, but it’s already clear that the competition for...
March 13, 2013
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland informed the UC Board of Regents of the campus’s intention to seek the board's approval of an amendment to its long-range development plan (LRDP) at the board’s next regularly scheduled meeting in May.
The amendment, developed in close...
March 12, 2013
As part of its ongoing support to the university community, Institutional Planning and Analysis (IPA), recently posted the 2012 UC Merced Profile, a six-page resource including student data, financial aid support, alumni and UCUES survey results and much more.
March 12, 2013
A couple years ago, Alejandra Vazquez signed up to be a community service officer on the UC Merced campus.
She thought she was just taking an interesting job, but for her and others, the experience has turned out to be so much more.
Community service officers, student employees with the...
March 12, 2013
There's still time to register for "Risky Business: A Day Focusing on University Risk Management Awareness," happening from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 27.
The event, hosted by UC Merced Risk Services, will bring together faculty and staff from across campus to communicate on common risk...
March 11, 2013
Today is Last Day to Incur Expenses for 2012 Flex Spending Accounts
Employees who had health care and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) in 2012 and have unused funds, have until March 15 to incur expenses. Unused FSA funds are forfeited to the plan. All required receipts for...
March 11, 2013
A collaboration between a dean and a professor and a grant from the National Science Foundation have made UC Merced part of a national nanotechnology-biology hub that will expand both knowledge and opportunities for students in Merced.
School of Natural Sciences Dean Juan Meza and Professor Mike...
March 11, 2013
Faculty and staff are invited to attend the spring semester Town Hall meeting from 1-2 p.m. March 28 in Lakireddy Auditorium (COB 102). Held once each semester and once during the summer, Town Hall meetings offer campus community members an opportunity to receive important campus updates from...
March 8, 2013
Like any good librarian, Robin Milford thoroughly researched UC Merced before joining the campus as an access services librarian in November 2012. In reading about the UC Merced Library, she realized it is truly innovative, not only in terms of its physical space and collections, but also in the...
March 8, 2013
Redesigned websites launched recently for the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA), and for University Communications.
SSHA's site uses the latest campus template, which features a photo slider and more entry points for important information. The site also has a news...
