News
January 14, 2013
UC Merced’s Violence Prevention Program has welcomed Campus Advocate Tamara Isaac-Cooksey, who is contracted through Merced’s Valley Crisis Center. Isaac-Cooksey will provide free and confidential advocacy services for sexual assault, dating/domestic violence and stalking for UC Merced...
January 10, 2013
Construction on Science and Engineering Building 2, the campus's next major academic facility, will hit a milestone today with a topping out ceremony.
The final beam will be installed on the much-needed three-story building.
Staff and faculty are invited to sign the beam and watch as its...
January 10, 2013
UC Merced's Center for Research on Teaching Excellence recently received national recognition for its Mobile App Learning Lounge (MALL).
MALL was selected as a finalist for the Innovation Award at the 2012 Professional and Organizational Development (POD) conference in Seattle.
POD is the...
December 14, 2012
Kerry Clifford, academic specialist for the School of Natural Sciences, has been with UC Merced since 2011, coming to the San Joaquin Valley from UCSF. Within the school, Clifford helps coordinate academic appointments.
Here, she talks about her job, the changes she's seen and American...
December 13, 2012
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Peterson assumed his leadership role at UC Merced on Dec. 3 and has been meeting with various campus groups to learn more about the university.
Before coming to campus, Peterson led the Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (...
December 12, 2012
With pilot programs completed and feedback from users in, Information Technology (IT) is moving forward with plans to transition faculty, staff and students to Microsoft Office 365 for email, calendar, instant messaging and other collaboration-tool services.
IT has begun coordinating with unit...
December 12, 2012
IT upgrading the library wireless network
Information Technology is upgrading the wireless network in the Kolligian Library to the latest Motorola technology. The new wireless access points will provide the newest wireless technology devices with increased security and performance. Users in the...
December 12, 2012
Facilities Management recently announced that effective Dec. 10, UC Merced's Castle location became a restricted-access facility and no longer provides open access to the general public.
Castle buildings 1200 and 1201, as well as the location's north and south side gates, are now locked 24...
December 12, 2012
Professor Christine Isborn is doing quantum chemistry at the speed of graphics.
Isborn is using the same graphics computer cards (graphical processing units, or GPUs) that make your Playstation games so realistic and movie-like to turn her regular old computer into a superfast supercomputer...
December 12, 2012
From soil to stem cells, scholars at UC Merced are conducting a diverse array of research as part of the campus’s mission to generate new knowledge and find solutions to complex societal and environmental problems. While the campus’s research is varied, there is one thing each project...
