<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of California, Merced is the United States’ first research university of in the twenty-first century and is located in the heart of the California's Central Valley. Only recently founded in 2005the campus continues to grow in size, it’s still an adolescent campus with while making room for growth and new ideas as the campus grows in sizeand programs. UC Merced has the innovative outlook necessary for to put into practice ambitious, forward-thinking ideas as its faculty and administration are constantly looking for new opportunities to explore to create a strong infrastructure for entrepreneurship. Innovation stems from our research labs, student run projects and organizations. As it realizes its potential, UC Merced will solve real world problems and produce innovative technologies to advance society. </span>
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= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =