A Medical School at UC Merced

“Loose Lips: How about a shorter name, please”

by Merced Sun-Star, Friday, Oct. 02, 2009

The Merced Sun Star published a short article last Friday on the process that appears to be leading to the building of a medical school at UC Merced.

Campus leaders said that with funds already received from the federal government, the next step is to establish an undergraduate program that “lays the groundwork for the medical school.” The name is the highly descriptive “Center of Excellence for the Study of Health Disparities in Rural and Ethnic Underserved Populations.”

The article pokes fun at the proposed name for this undergrad program but does not address the issue of building another medical school in this time of budget crisis both in the state and UC.