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UC Merced Chancellor Calls For Off-Campus Growth

Joe Moore — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:06:55 +0000

UC Merced may be less than a decade old, but the struggling economy and environmental concerns are already leading campus officials to explore the possibility of directing some of the university's future growth to off-campus locations.

On Valley Edition: Valley Environment Study, State Parks, Fresno Zoo

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:05:05 +0000

This week on Valley Edition, we talk with the UC Merced scientist behind a new study of the Valley's environment, and find out where we're making progress and where we're still falling behind in cleaning up our air and water. We also examine the fiasco involving the State of California's Department of Parks and Recreation, which last week discovered over $50 million in an account that had gone unreported for a decade, all happening at the same time that many parks have been threatened by closure.

UC Merced Study Rates Valley's Progress on Environment

Gabriela Ornelas — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:47:39 +0000

Researchers say the Central Valley has made environmental improvements, just not as much as they'd like. That's according to a new study released today by UC Merced and The Great Valley Center.

The results of the study indicate that watersheds are reaching normal levels, wetland habitat restoration is on the rise, urbanization is slowing, and key air quality indicators are improving. Director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Roger Bales, says these are important indicators in the quality of land, water, and air in the region.

On Valley Edition: Worst Place to Find a Job; UC Merced; Storytellers Project

Juanita Stevenson — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:28:17 +0000

This week on Valley Edition, we talk about whether the Valley is the worst place in the US to find a job, as US News and World Report claims in a new article. We talk with UC Merced's new chancellor about the efforts at the campus to boost the region's economy. And we close the program with a report about a theater project in Sanger that aims to bring people together over the topic of hunger, in a land of agricultural abundance.