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UC Merced Professor Arias Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
April 10, 2020
Arturo Arias, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation professor in the Humanities at UC Merced, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his ground-breaking study of contemporary indigenous novels from Guatemala and Mexico.... Read More
Q&A with Donald Barclay on Fake News in the Time of COVID-19
April 6, 2020
COVID-19 may have brought the world to a stand-still, but one thing that is still moving is information. Every day, new information is spread on television, social media and in print. But how can you be sure what you’re seeing is true when... Read More
COVID-19 More Likely to Impact Smokers and People Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, Report Finds
April 2, 2020
Smokers and former smokers are not only more susceptible to COVID-19, they are far more likely to see their conditions worsen over time and to require intensive respiratory assistance, according to a review released Thursday by the UC... Read More
Men’s Volleyball Setter Joey Medina Featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter
March 30, 2020
COVID-19 might have prevented graduating senior Joey Medina from playing his final volleyball match with his teammates this spring, but one thing might soften the blow — being featured on ESPN. ESPN’s SportsCenter showcased the volleyball... Read More
CalTeach Program Helps Fill Teacher Shortage Gap
March 24, 2020
When you add UC Merced students majoring in math and science with a mentor teacher it equals real-life experience teaching in local schools. That’s one of the many goals of UC Merced’s CalTeach program, which aims to address the shortage... Read More
UC Merced Takes Steps to Curtail Spread of COVID-19
March 17, 2020
UC Merced is taking the necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of the campus community with the least amount of disruption to its mission of education, research and public service. The COVID-19 pandemic has led the campus to... Read More
Six Graduate Programs Recognized by U.S. News Rankings
March 17, 2020
U.S. News & World Report has ranked six of UC Merced’s engineering graduate programs in its 2021 Best Graduate Schools rankings released today, a sign that the university’s reputation is continuing to build. “We’re particularly proud... Read More
Whiting Fellowship Will Help Build Refugee View into High School Curricula
March 12, 2020
The Whiting Public Engagement Program has awarded a $50,000 fellowship to Professor Ma Vang for her efforts to integrate the experiences of refugees into education for high school students in Merced County and beyond. “This fellowship... Read More
Research Reveals Collective Dynamics of Active Matter Systems
March 10, 2020
Flocks of starlings producing dazzling patterns across the sky are natural examples of active matter — groups of individual agents coming together to create collective dynamics. In a study featured on last week’s cover of the journal... Read More
New Tech Will Change How People Use Mobile Devices
March 9, 2020
Two projects from a UC Merced engineering lab are making interactions with mobile devices easier and quicker, especially for blind people. Computer science Professor Ahmed Arif and his students have developed a new way for blind people... Read More
‘Philanthropy Day’ Celebrates UC Merced’s Growing Culture of Giving
March 4, 2020
The Bobcat culture of giving will be celebrated with cookies and fun on Thursday, as the campus marks UC Merced Philanthropy Day hosted by the Student Alumni Association. “The annual celebration highlights and supports the spirit... Read More
Researchers Forge a New Weapon to Fight Parasites and Other Infections
February 27, 2020
Breakthrough collaborative science by an interdisciplinary team of researchers brought together by computational biology Professor David Ardell promises a new approach for treating all types of infections. Infections have become more... Read More
Grad Student Seeks Key Characteristics to Resiliency
February 26, 2020
From a young age, Maria Ramirez Loyola has been fascinated by the trait of resiliency. Her mother escaped an abusive marriage and fled from Mexico to the U.S. with two small children in tow. Ramirez Loyola witnessed first-hand the stress... Read More
Villaraigosa Entertains, Educates Capacity Crowd at UC Merced
February 26, 2020
Antonio Villaraigosa is no stranger to partisanship. The former mayor of Los Angeles and a former state legislator visited UC Merced on Tuesday as part of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series and spent more than an hour answering questions from... Read More
‘Research Week’ Celebrates UC Merced Innovation
February 25, 2020
UC Merced celebrates Research Week from March 2-6 to highlight the ground-breaking work taking place at the University of California’s newest campus. The annual week of events, sponsored by the Office of Research and Economic Development... Read More
‘Yes, You Can’: UC Merced Students Learning, Growing at Livermore Lab
February 24, 2020
Just 90 miles from the future of higher education — UC Merced — lies one of the epicenters of the future of technology, innovation and national security. Regardless of the route you take, the journey from UC Merced to Lawrence Livermore... Read More
New "Babies" Series on Netflix Features UC Merced Professor's Research on Development
February 21, 2020
Psychology Professor Eric Walle found something interesting when he studied babies who were walking compared to those who were crawling: Babies who walk are not only more mobile, they have vocabularies that are significantly larger than... Read More
Former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to Speak at UC Merced
February 20, 2020
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will give a speech on the future of civic engagement as part of UC Merced interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom’s speaker series. Villaraigosa was the first Mexican American in more than 130 years... Read More
Researchers Discover Mechanism Proteins Use To Find And Control Genes
February 19, 2020
Bioengineering Professor Victor Muñoz has answered a long-standing genetic mystery, and his research suggests that someday, bioengineers could devise ways to control gene activity — manually switching off the genes that contribute to... Read More
‘E-Week’ Shines Spotlight on Engineering Field, Students
February 18, 2020
Competitions, showcases, career success stories and more highlight the work of the School of Engineering and its students at UC Merced’s annual celebration of National Engineers Week, Feb. 18 to 21. E-Week is an opportunity for engineering... Read More