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Several LGBT-Related Events Planned This Month

October 9, 2015
A variety of campus events are planned for October in observance of LGBT History Month, which was first commemorated in 1994. National Coming Out Day In honor of National Coming Out Day, Lambda Alliance will host its annual candlelight vigil from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the Wallace-Dutra Amphitheater...

Twelve New Members Join UC Merced Foundation Board

October 9, 2015
Twelve new trustees have been appointed to the University of California, Merced, Foundation Board of Trustees. The purpose of the 62-member board is to assist in the promotion and financial support of the university’s mission of teaching, research and public service. Among their roles as trustees,...

Costume Designer’s Career Captured in Digital Collection

October 8, 2015
In a decades-long career, UC Merced Professor Dunya Ramicova has designed thousands of memorable costumes for stage and screen. Soon, her renderings of those costumes will be available in the digital world and on display at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center. Both will spotlight the extensive and...

Busy Weekend Planned for Prospective Students, Families, Alumni

October 7, 2015
Each fall, UC Merced opens its doors to the community to show what takes place on a research university campus. During Preview Day — scheduled for Oct. 17 — UC Merced welcomes hundreds of high school and community college students and their families to campus to learn about UC Merced and see...

Event Connects High School Girls with Female Scientists

October 6, 2015
While many young women her age are thinking about their favorite shoes or who they’ll go with to the winter formal, Callie Nance, 15, is thinking about her favorite science organizations and her future as a physicist. That’s why the Dinner with a Scientist event at UC Merced last week was so...

Standout Sociology Program Earns Approval for Grad Degrees

October 5, 2015
Current and prospective graduate students have new degree options at UC Merced, which recently received approval from the UC system and the WASC Senior College and University Commission for both master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology. Sociology students at UC Merced previously could only obtain...

UC President’s Whirlwind Visit Covers Many Bases

October 2, 2015
University of California President Janet Napolitano learned about UC Merced’s outreach to local high school students and efforts to support the UC system’s Global Food and Carbon Neutrality initiatives during a visit to Merced on Oct. 1. Napolitano spent the morning at Golden Valley High School,...

Get Involved With Sustainability This Fall

September 30, 2015
After such a hot summer, a cool campus will be a welcome change this fall. UC Merced is aiming to be the coolest by participating in the University of California’s inaugural systemwide Cool Campus Challenge. And that’s just one of several events and new offerings by the sustainability leaders on ...

New AVC and Police Chief Combines All Things Safety

September 29, 2015
Albert Vasquez is putting to use his more than 30 years of experience in law enforcement and administration as UC Merced’s first assistant vice chancellor for campus and public safety and second police chief. Vasquez’s dual role, which began Aug. 17, allows him to combine environmental health and...

New Nanomaterials Taking Research to Mexico, Possibly into Space

September 28, 2015
Professors Linda Hirst and Sayantani Ghosh are combining liquid crystals with nanoparticles such as gold and quantum dots to come up with a new platform that could have applications in fields such as optics and medicine. And the two new grants the School of Natural Sciences researchers have earned...

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