By Susan Suleiman, UC Newsroom Carpeting the high valleys of Yosemite and other parts of the Sierra Nevada, mountain meadows are more than an iconic part of the California landscape. The roughly 17,000 high altitude meadows help regulate the release of Sierra snow melt into rivers and streams. But climate change and California’s severe drought […]
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A Flutter of a Spark in the Winds
Adventure Risk Challenge brings high school students from underrepresented communities to NRS reserves for the adventure of their lives. In between wilderness outings to rock climb, backpack, and kayak, students receive up to six weeks of literacy and leadership training. During the program, each student is asked to write a poem using an element in […]
President Napolitano explores UC-Yosemite links
by Lorena Anderson, UC Merced and Kathleen M. Wong, UC Natural Reserve System A visit to Yosemite gave University of California President Janet Napolitano a close look at partnerships between UC and the national park, and a chance to meet students whose lives have been transformed by their experiences in a crown jewel of the […]
2014 Arts2NRS Winners
Six artists-in-residence will be working at the UC Natural Reserve System this summer thanks to the 2014 Arts2NRS program. Offered for the first time this year by the NRS and the UC Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), the program supports selected UC-affiliated artists working at some of the NRS’s 39 reserves. The Arts2NRS call […]
NRS Summer Artist-in-Residency Program
Long known for supporting science research and teaching, the Natural Reserve System has teamed up with UC’s leading arts research organization to encourage reserve use by artists. Together with the University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA), the NRS is offering summer artist-in-residency opportunities at one of eleven reserves. The Arts2NRS program […]
Undergrads Research the Sierra Nevada
UC Merced researchers take advantage of the university’s proximity to the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountain range through research in Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon national parks. Professors Stephen Hart and Michael Berman and Yosemite Field Station Director Becca Fenwick hosted eight students from around the state and the country as part of the National Science Foundation-sponsored […]
Conifer Endophytes: The Microbe Partners of Pines
The human body is awash in microbes. They live a top our skin, within our guts, between our teeth, below our fingernails. Unnerving as it may seem, many play a key role in maintaining human health by producing vitamins, helping digestion, and edging out nasty pathogens. It should come as no surprise, then, that plants […]
Summer Research Program for Undergrads at Yosemite
If you’re a college undergraduate, and your perfect summer job would be to do research in Yosemite National Park, this is your lucky year. In 2013, UC Merced is sponsoring a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer program at Yosemite National Park. Supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, participating undergraduates will work on […]