When UCTV's magazine program "State of Minds" first visited the UC Merced campus in Fall 2004, it was little more than a construction site with big dreams. But a recent trip revealed something entirely different -- and far more inspiring. Tune in Wednesday, May 23 at 9 p.m. for "State of Minds: Spring 2007, UC Merced" to find out how students are faring in the UC system's newest campus. The program re-airs through June and a complete list of airdates and video-on-demand archives of past installments are available at www.uctv.tv/stateofminds.

Also featured in this installment of "State of Minds," a UC Davis senior leads a local high school team in a robotics competition; a UC Irvine professor researches John Lennon's FBI files, a UC Riverside professor discusses hip-hop intellectuals and UC's Agricultural and Natural Resources division studies how to prevent E. coli contamination.

"State of Minds" is a 30-minute magazine-style program that features segments from all the UC campuses, exploring the many exciting developments, personalities and pursuits that make UC one of the nation's finest research university systems.

UCTV is a 24-hour, non-commercial satellite channel that broadcasts educational and enrichment programming from the campuses, national laboratories and affiliated institutions of the University of California. UCTV is available to more than 16 million homes nationwide via:

* Cable TV: In California and across the country (details at http://www.uctv.tv/cable)

*Direct Broadcast Satellite: Dish Network Channel 9412

* Worldwide on the Internet at http://www.uctv.tv: Live webcast, video-on-demand archives, audio and video podcasts. Also available on Google Video (http://video.google.com/uctv)