Immigration Status Has Health Implications for Young Latinos, Study Shows

Professor Whitney PirtleYoung undocumented Latinos who gain legal status, even on a temporary basis, experience significant positive effects on their psychological well-being, according to a new study published in the journal Social Sc

Researchers Eye Social Media’s Influence on Relationships, Stress

Nearly 70 percent of Americans use some form of social media, according to a Pew Research Center survey. There is little doubt it affects our daily lives — but how?

Blum Center Announces 2017 Seed Grant Recipients

UC Merced’s branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies rebooted this spring with a faculty-led effort to spend two years working on becoming the hub for all food-security-related research and outreach on and off campus.

Part of that effort includes seed grants for UC Merced researchers. The Blum Center just announced this year’s winners:

Governor Names Harris to Fair Employment and Housing Council

Mark T. HarrisMark T. Harris, J.D., has been appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council by Gov. Jerry Brown.

New Collaboration Focuses on Refugee Stories, Experiences and Humanity

Professors Nigel Hatton and Ma Vang are part of a new initiative to study refugees.Often, when people talk about or study refugees, the focus is on policy, rescue operations or terrorism.

Shakespeare, Muir Come Alive in Yosemite for Earth Day

The works of Shakespeare, perhaps more so than any in the western canon, have been subject to reinterpretation and reappraisal by generations of artists, scholars and laypeople.

Some, like Verdi’s opera “Otello,” are considered masterpieces in their own right. Others, most notably Thomas Bowdler’s much maligned, puritanical expurgation of Shakespeare’s works, have been roundly scorned and derided.

Pesquisador do Programa Fulbright em Busca de 'Ciência Perdida' no Brasil

Por James Leonard, Comunicações Universitárias
Traduzido por Gracy Durães Mantoan

Chris FradkinChris Fradkin, professor e ex-aluno da Universidade da Califórnia em Merced, está indo para o Brasil em busca de "ciência perdida."