Campus Honors Impact of Top Donors at Annual Event
March 21, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsCampus supporters, administrative and academic leadership, faculty members, students and alumni gathered for UC Merced’s Celebration of...
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Psychology Student Earns Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
April 20, 2016Doctoral student Patricia Cabral, who studies adolescent health risk behaviors in the Psychological Sciences graduate group, recently won a highly-competitive Ford Foundation Predoctoral...
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Campus Hosts First UC-Wide Chess Tournament
April 26, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsChess players from across the UC system— ranging from beginners to international masters — convened for the 2016 UC Chess Championship held April...
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Awards Ceremony Honors Campus Leaders
April 29, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsEach spring, the Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center recognizes and celebrates students, staff and faculty members, and student...
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Anita Hill Named 10th Recipient of Spendlove Prize
May 3, 2016Hill, whose raised awareness of sexual harassment during Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, will be honored during a ceremony in October.By James...
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Greening the Campus Earns Gold in Sustainability Ratings
May 4, 2016By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsThe UC Merced campus is getting greener and earning gold as it does — gold ratings, that is.UC Merced improved its rating through the Association...
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Souza Leadership Center Recognizes Program Graduates
May 16, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsEleven UC Merced students were honored during a recent dinner for completing the Margo F. Souza Leadership Center certification program.“The...
View ArticleCampus Ranks Among Best for Scholarships
June 14, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsThe GoodCall 2016 Best Schools for Scholarships Report has ranked UC Merced No. 8 out of 4,000 U.S. public colleges and universities for earning...
View ArticleBioengineering Student Wins Strauss Scholarship to Help Visually Impaired
June 20, 2016Harkanwalpreet Sodhi, a third-year bioengineering student, won a $10,000 Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarship to help visually impaired people in Merced.The scholarship will help Sodhi...
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Poetry Prize Recognizes Instructor’s Accomplishments, Potential
July 6, 2016The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has awarded its prestigious May Sarton Prize for Poetry to Vanesha Pravin, a lecturer in UC Merced’s Merritt Writing Program.The award,...
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$3.6 Million Grant Funding Helps Valley Students Realize Educational Dreams
September 27, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsThree grants totaling more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced’s Center for Educational Partnerships...
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Campus to Celebrate Spendlove Winner Anita Hill
October 12, 2016UC Merced will honor Anita Hill as the 10th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance in an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Art Kamangar...
View ArticleStudent Health and Counseling Services Receive National Accreditation
October 19, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsUC Merced’s H. Rajender Reddy Health Center, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and Health Promotion received accreditation from the...
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Cognitive Scientist Earns Early Career Impact Award
January 13, 2017UC Merced Professor Rick Dale is a recipient of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBS) Early Career Impact Award from the Society for Computers in...
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UC Merced Celebrates Pride Week
March 22, 2017By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsLambda Alliance, in collaboration with other campus units, offices and departments, will host UC Merced’s annual Pride Week program celebrating...
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New Classroom Building Earns Campus’ 17th LEED Certification
March 23, 2017By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsTen years after receiving its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council...
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Event Celebrates Generosity of Donors
March 30, 2017By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsCampus friends and supporters were recognized for their charitable spirit at UC Merced’s third annual Celebration of Philanthropic Leaders event,...
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Cheer Team Takes Second Place at National Competition
April 11, 2017By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsUC Merced’s Cheer Team traveled to Anaheim last month to compete alongside 11 other teams in the 2017 USA Collegiate Championships, placing...
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Campus Mainstay Chou Her Named Chief of Police
April 12, 2017By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsThe University of California, Merced, announced today (April 12) the appointment of Chou Her to chief of police, effective immediately.Her, the...
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Fulbright Scholar in Search of ‘Lost Science’ in Brazil
April 17, 2017By James Leonard, University CommunicationsChris Fradkin, a UC Merced lecturer and alumnus, is heading to Brazil in search of “lost science.”The term, first coined in 1995 in a Scientific...
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