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Dawson Wins Harriet Tubman Prize for Book on Aquatic Culture of African Diaspora
October 24, 2019
As a child, Kevin Dawson traveled from California to visit his grandmother in Harlem, where he recalls playing in Jackie Robinson Park. Dawson, an avid swimmer and surfer, would peer through a fence with his cousins to check out the park’s... Read More
UC Merced Celebrates Bobcat Pride During Homecoming Weekend
October 24, 2019
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UC Merced hosted its annual Homecoming celebration last weekend. Current and prospective students and their families, as well as members of the community, took part in the Campus and Community Showcase, including face painting, inflatables... Read More
Students Bring Death to Life in Annual Downtown Dia de los Muertos Celebration
October 23, 2019
Death is a part of life, a loss surrounded typically by mourning and grief. But what if the passing of a loved one were also a transition to be celebrated? That is the sentiment behind Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” in Mexican... Read More
Berhe Named to Endowed Chair in Recognition of Her Work in Soil Sciences
October 21, 2019
Soil biogeochemistry Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe has been named the Ted and Jan Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology. “The Falasco family is engaged in construction and development, so they have an intimate connection with and... Read More
Legacy Builders - An Oral History about the Class of 2009
October 18, 2019
The Class of 2009 were pioneers of the Bobcat spirit, overcoming obstacles and defying the odds. Ten years later, we look back at UC Merced’s formative beginnings from the perspectives of those who lived the journey.  Click the link below... Read More
RadioBio Breaks Down Science Through the Airwaves
October 15, 2019
Audio has become a top form of entertainment over the past several years, in large part due to the rising popularity of podcasts. UC Merced graduate students are seizing the opportunity to help improve science literacy. A group of... Read More
Students Engineer Art from Trash for Annual Yosemite Facelift Event
October 9, 2019
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, or in this case art. Each year Global Arts Studies Program Lecturer Richard Gomez brings students to Yosemite to create an art installation from nothing other than trash found in the park. This... Read More
Valley Fever the Focus of Public Event
October 7, 2019
UC Merced is offering the opportunity for Valley residents to learn what clinicians and researchers know about Valley fever, an airborne fungal infection that can have serious, even fatal, consequences for people across California and the... Read More
Nobile Awarded Kamangar Family Endowed Chair
October 7, 2019
Professor Clarissa Nobile has been named the newest Kamangar Family Endowed Chair in Biological Sciences and will be honored at a private ceremony with the donors this fall. “I am so pleased and honored to have been named to this chair,”... Read More
Inaugural Class Graduates from Gallo MIST Master of Management Program
October 3, 2019
When Alyssa Young returned to Long Beach after earning her bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC Merced in 2017, she didn’t imagine she would be back in Merced just one year later. But when she saw a post on the UC Merced... Read More
Engineering Professor Working to Improve Strawberry Harvesting
October 2, 2019
Harvesting is said to be one of the most costly and labor-intensive operations in strawberry production. But a UC Merced engineering researcher is looking for ways to make it easier and cheaper. As part of a four-year project, Professor... Read More
National Writing Project Kicks Off Under New Leadership
September 30, 2019
It’s a new school year, which also happens to be a new chapter of the UC Merced Writing Project. The UC Merced Writing Project is a local affiliation of the National Writing Project, which aims to improve writing skills among students as... Read More
Alumna Tackles Eco-Evolutionary Research on the California Coast
September 26, 2019
Lauren Schiebelhut credits the support and opportunities afforded to her at UC Merced with opening the door to her research career. Schiebelhut — a first-generation transfer student from Fresno — earned a bachelor’s degree in biological... Read More
UC Merced Hosts Voter Registration and Census Festival, Welcomes Padilla
September 24, 2019
UC Merced hosted the National Voter Registration and Census Festival Monday, with more than 200 students registering for next year’s election. The university partnered with the Latino Community Foundation and Secretary of State Alex... Read More
Applied Math — an ‘Oddity’ in its Field — Continues to Evolve at UC Merced
September 23, 2019
Math at UC Merced isn’t exactly like math at most other universities. Sure, there are parabolas and equations, orders of operations and cosines, but at this campus, those lead into topics such as Mad Cow Disease, coral photosynthesis and a... Read More
UC Merced Reaches for Stars with Solar Cells
September 18, 2019
Two UC Merced physics groups are totally spacing out this year. Professors Sayantani Ghosh and David Strubbe and their students in the Department of Physics are working on a NASA initiative to fabricate solar cells in space and turn... Read More
UC Merced Playing Bigger Role in New UCSF SJV PRIME
September 16, 2019
With a projected shortage of more than 4,000 primary-care clinicians over the next decade in California, the newest cohort in the UCSF SJV PRIME program presents a glimmer of hope to San Joaquin Valley medicine. Six medical students — all... Read More
Scholars Bridge Crossing 2019
September 11, 2019
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Sustainable CA: Water in the Balance
September 11, 2019
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September 11, 2019
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