Tag Archive: UC Merced

NEWS: Sarvani Chadalapaka UC Merced: UC Tech Award Program DEI Leadership 2023 silver award winner

March 28, 2024 All Articles,

Sarvani Chadalapaka wins the silver UC Tech Award

Last summer, Sarvani Chadalapaka, director of Cyberinfrastructure and Research Technologies at UC Merced, won the 2023 UC Tech Awards Program DEI leadership silver award, thanks to her leadership and advocacy supporting underrepresented groups at UC Merced.  Learn more about her…
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From IT employee to university-wide partner – How Avi Badwal drives success and efficiency at UC Merced

April 5, 2023 All Articles, , , ,

Avi Badwal: Director-of-Enterprise-Products-and-Services-UC-Merced

The UC IT blog editors were grateful to have the opportunity to speak with Avi Badwal, UC Merced’s Director of Enterprise Products and Services. His unique outlook, including how he views his role in IT, along with the distinct management techniques…
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Improving the Road to UC Merced – How a focus on student experience drove a team to achieve unprecedented success

March 23, 2023 All Articles, , , , , ,

By Laurel Skurko. It’s March in California. This means nearly 250,000 students who applied to the University of California (UC) last fall will soon learn the answers to their questions: “Was I accepted?” and “What’s next?” Thanks to a digital-first…
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Introducing Nick Dugan – UC Merced’s new vice chancellor and chief information officer

March 8, 2023 All Articles, , , ,

Nick Dugan, UC Merced Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer

In early January, Nick Dugan was appointed chief information officer (CIO) for UC Merced by Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz. Dugan is the first CIO at Merced to hold a vice chancellor title and sit on the chancellor’s cabinet. In a…
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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month via Campus Land Acknowledgements

November 22, 2022 All Articles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Native American Heritage Month

By Syliva Condro. November is Native American Heritage Month. Enjoy a collection of UC campus land acknowledgments to learn more about the historical culture and the contemporary presence of indigenous people in our area. Take a moment to review Read more about Celebrating Native American Heritage Month via Campus Land Acknowledgements

Students Conduct Ag Tech Research on Campus for USDA Internships

January 26, 2022 All Articles, , , , , , , 0

Professor Colleen Naughton with the 2021 FACTS Summer Bridge Program students.

By Elizabeth Arakelian. While many are preparing to head off to college after an unprecedented year, a handful of students are already on UC Merced’s campus and working away in research labs. They’re part of the inaugural FACTS Bridge…
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Register Ahead for Fall Innovate to Grow; Event Highlights Experiential Learning

December 15, 2021 All Articles, , , , , , , , 0

Students show off one of their projects for Innovate the Grow audiences. Image by Veronica Adrover.

More than 40 student teams from UC Merced’s School of Engineering will show off the projects they’ve been designing and assembling for community partners — from data analysis and food processing to autonomous mobile robots and water-treatment monitoring. The Fall 2021  Read more about Register Ahead for Fall Innovate to Grow; Event Highlights Experiential Learning

No Need to Fear, CSAM is Here

October 6, 2021 All Articles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 0

A dog holding a cell phone and a jack-o-lantern bucket, Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM)

By Jeané Blunt. October may be known for it’s spooky holiday, but it’s also Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM). And what’s more frightening than unsecured data? To help UC celebrate, the UC Cyber Champions have cultivated a calendar…
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UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools

June 16, 2021 All Articles, , , , , , , , , , , 0

A teacher does a science experiment in front of students

By Leigh Bernacchi. The technology world is punctuated by startups, and UC Merced is “starting up” its own program to invigorate computer science education in the San Joaquin Valley. The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000, two-year grant to support…
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