The Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Quadrangle forms the heart of the campus' founding Academic Core.
UC Merced's founding quadrangle is an open, three-sided landscape form that provides open space views for offices and study rooms in Science and Engineering 1, the Classroom Office Building and Kolligian Library. The quad was named after UC Merced's Founding Chancellor, Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, in 2009. The open edge of the quadrangle now features the Beginnings sculpture as its focal point and provides open, overlook views to the City of Merced and the southern portions of the campus.
