Humanities

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Grad Students Help Begin Academic Exchange With Honduras

UC Merced graduate students talked with UNAH Sociology students on their first night in Honduras.Four UC Merced graduate students got a rare opportunity to establish and strengthen relationships be

Campus to Celebrate Spendlove Winner Anita Hill

Anita HillUC Merced will honor Anita Hill as the 10th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance in an Oct.

Researchers to Bring Global Arts to Downtown Merced

The Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) at UC Merced will present a series of lectures to connect the Merced community with the research and artistic activities taking place on campus.

Music Professor Jayson Beaster-Jones, who organized the series, will give the first talk on Sunday, Oct. 2. Each of the lectures, which are free and open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. in the Black Box Theater at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center at 645 W. Main St.

Campus Awarded $500K for Undergrad Research, Support

The new Classroom and Office Building 2 will open for classes in the fall.Undergraduate humanities students at the University of California, Merced, will gain valuable research opportunities and support

Students Present 'Revolutionary Theatre' Event in Merced

UC Merced students will offer a window into race and racism through a unique theater presentation both on campus and in the Merced community on June 30.

Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Origins of Himalayan Populations

Mark AldenderferIn a collaborative study by the University of California, Merced, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Chicago and Uppsala University in Sweden, researchers conduct the first ancient DNA investigation of the Himalayan arc, gen

Professor Recounts Lost History of Migrant Workers in New Book

Mario SifuentezWhen UC Merced Professor Mario Sifuentez was a graduate student, he didn’t have to look far to find a subject to research — members of his family had been migrant workers

Long-Standing Series Introduces Local Kids to Opera

This year's cast includes TaNayiah Bryels (from left), Chrysanthe Pappas and Christian Cabral.Thousands of Merced County schoolchildren will be introduced to the wonders of opera this

Bodie Digital Preservation Project Earns CITRIS Grant

UC Merced Professor Nicola Lercari is leading an effort to preserve, through 3-D renderings, the deteriorating ghost town of Bodie.

Thanks to $60,000 in seed funding from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Lercari and his team will be continuing and expanding the project for another year.