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The Real Horror of ‘Frankenstein:’ Human Extinction

Professor Justin Yeakel and a colleague at Dartmouth explored the ecological themes of  the novel 'Frankenstein.'If fictional scientist Victor Frankenstein had created a mate for his nameless Creature, humans would have gone ex

Annual Event Celebrates All Things Sustainable

Students plant herbs at EcoFest. The Student Sustainability Council is hosting the second annual EcoFest from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, on Scholars Lane, hoping to encourage the campus’s culture of sustainability.

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

Mechanical Engineering Now an Officially Accredited Graduate Degree

Current and prospective graduate students now have the option to earn degrees in mechanical engineering, after the UC system and the WASC Senior College and University Commission recently granted accreditation for both master’s and doctoral degrees.

Mechanical engineering students at UC Merced previously could obtain Ph.D.s in engineering under the Individual Graduate Program umbrella, which allowed them to have degrees with an emphasis in mechanical engineering.

Winston Feted for Golden Anniversary of Landmark Discovery

Professor Roland Winston and some of his team at UC SolarFifty years ago this year, while a freshman faculty member in the University of Chicago Physics Department, Roland Winston published a paper introducing a new field