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The University of California, Merced is the United States’ first research university in the twenty-first century and is located in the heart of California's Central Valley. UC Merced is unique among the University of Caifornia campuses ~~in that over~~ as half of its student body are first generation college students. Due to its constant growth, the university has the innovative outlook necessary for to put into practice ambitious, forward-thinking ideas. Its faculty and administration are constantly looking for new opportunities ~~to create a strong infrastructure~~ to encourage student entrepreneurship. Innovation stems from our research labs, student run projects and organizations. ~~As it realizes its full potential in the future, UC Merced works to solve real world problems in the Central Valley and produce innovative technologies.  ~~

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

=== E&J Gallo Management Program ===

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There is no formal emphasis, major, or minor available at UC Merced in the field of entrepreneurship. UC Merced offers a course in Entrepreneurship (MGMT 180) under the E&J Gallo Management Program which encourages students to have experience creating products, crafting business plans, and delivering pitches. Starting in Spring semester 2014, management and economics students from this program have begun collaborating with engineering students in the Capstone program. They will help Capstone groups to find ways to market their products.

=== Mobile App Challenge - CITRIS ===

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The Mobile App Challenge is a competition hosted by CITRIS, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. CITRIS is an institution at UC campuses that helps groundbreaking research obtain funding and helps to incubate research into startups. Students form teams to develop mobile apps that can solve a variety of issues to their choosing. The Software Engineering course (CSE 120) in the School of Engineering is required to participate in the challenge. Teams compete for a cash prize in front of a panelist of judges--the top 5 teams of the Mobile App Challenge then move on to compete in Innovate to Grow.

== Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) ==

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CITRIS is a program that is headquartered at Berkeley, but has centers at Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz University of California campuses. CITRIS is an institution at UC campuses that helps groundbreaking research obtain funding and helps to incubate research into startups. CITRIS has four primary initiatives: Energy, Democracy, Infrastructure, and Health. Its mission is to benefit each initiative with further integration with information technology. Through these four initiatives, CITRIS provides the support necessary to help provide solutions for California and the global community at large. CITRIS is also responsible for sponsoring the Mobile App Challenge, where the top 5 teams moving into the Innovate to Grow competition.

== Blum Center - Global California: The World at Home ==

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The Blum Center at UC Merced is an extension of the original Blum Center from Berkeley, only recently founded from a seed grant. There are also centers at UC Davis, and UCLA. The Blum Center will have a specific focus on the Central Valley’s future prosperity. By utilizing interdisciplinary expertise from students with all different backgrounds, the Blum Center will be able to exercise a wide variety of projects in both Engineering Service Learning and Capstone projects. The Blum Center provides a unique perspective because of its location and high concentration of first generation college students.

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