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New Initiative Advances Agriculture Technology Education
March 13, 2017
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As agriculture and food production achieve greater high-tech heights and resources such as water become more scarce, the country will increasingly depend on innovative solutions from its brightest minds. A new initiative at UC Merced aims... Read More
Donation Encourages Grad Students to Share Their Research
March 13, 2017
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The contest for top honors in UC Merced’s Grad Slam competition will be even more intense this year thanks to a generous donation from Jane Binger, Ed.D., and her husband, Robert Bernstein, M.D. Binger and Bernstein — a UC... Read More
New UC Solar Project Produces Both Heat and Power
March 7, 2017
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One of California’s greatest energy challenges is finding innovative ways to lower natural gas consumption to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. To help meet that challenge, a new solar energy... Read More
Pulitzer Winner, HP Executive to Speak at Commencement Ceremonies
March 6, 2017
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar and HP Inc. Chief Diversity Officer Lesley Slaton Brown are the keynote speakers for the University of California, Merced’s 12th commencement exercises, May 13 and 14. The... Read More
New Math Center Aims to Enhance Student Support, Success
March 6, 2017
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Student success has always been a priority at UC Merced, and now students looking for support in math have an additional resource with the launch of The Math Center. “We’re very excited to collaborate with the Applied Math... Read More
Annual Research Week Celebrates UC Merced’s Innovation and Advances
March 2, 2017
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It’s time for the annual celebration of one of the main missions of UC Merced, along with education and public service — research. From March 6-10, people on and off campus can get an up-close look at how UC Merced... Read More
Annual Research Week Celebrates UC Merced’s Innovation and Advances
March 2, 2017
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It’s time for the annual celebration of one of the main missions of UC Merced, along with education and public service — research. From March 6-10, people on and off campus can get an up-close look at how UC Merced research... Read More
Precision Targeting Provides New Insights Into Therapy-Resistant Cancers
March 1, 2017
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The National Cancer Institute’s “cancer moonshot” tasks researchers with, among advancing other new biotechnologies, delving into immunotherapy and epigenomic analysis. UC Merced Professor Fabian V. Filipp is doing his... Read More
Hundreds of Coders Compete in Second Annual Hackathon
February 28, 2017
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Computer enthusiasts from all areas of study gathered at UC Merced earlier this month for the second annual HackMerced competition. Nearly 400 high school and university students from all over the world comprised more than 40 teams vying... Read More
Researcher Illuminates the Olfactory Life of Crabs
February 27, 2017
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If you want to know what the ocean really smells like, you’ll have to ask a crab. Yes, crabs have a sense of smell. In humans, chemicals in the air flow into our nasal cavities toward specialized sensory cells. Olfaction occurs... Read More
Despite Farms, Some in Valley Struggle to Find Fresh Food
February 22, 2017
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It might come as a surprise that, in a region where agriculture is so prevalent, many people in the San Joaquin Valley cannot afford fresh, quality produce or live too far from grocery stores, farmers markets and other sources. A recent... Read More
New Book Focuses on Teaching Writing to Minorities
February 17, 2017
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Teaching writing is both a science and art. As the field of education moves more toward inclusiveness and embracing diversity, however, the art and science of writing — and how to teach it — becomes more challenging. Two new... Read More
Cancer Patients’ Care Requires More Than Written Instructions
February 13, 2017
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The depth and breadth of post-diagnosis care for cancer patients often depends on the resources available to them. But a new paper in the journal PLoS One by UC Merced Professor Nancy Burke shows that care — and how effective it is... Read More
UC Merced Professor Delivers Pellissier Lecture
February 10, 2017
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Everyone is invited to hear UC Merced Professor Clarissa Nobile, this year’s Pellissier Distinguished Speaker, discussing biofilms. “Microbial Films: Why are They Important? How do They Form? And What Does This Mean for You?... Read More
Study: Infants Recognize Surprise in Others Before Age 2
February 8, 2017
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Infants as young as 20 months of age expect adults to display surprise when discovering a false belief, according to a new study from UC Merced Professor Rose Scott. Previous research suggested that children younger than 4 years old could... Read More
Raindrops, Red Wine Inspire Solar Tech Advancements
February 6, 2017
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In recent publications, Professor Vincent Tung proves that inspiration for advancements in materials science can come from anywhere — even the merging of raindrops on a windshield or the sheeting of red wine down the inside of a... Read More
New UC Grant Enables Deeper, Broader Valley Fever Research
February 1, 2017
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Researchers at UC Merced are playing key roles in the new UC Valley Fever Research Initiative, studying how the Valley fever fungus, Coccidioides immitis, causes disease in its mammalian hosts, and identifying the genes involved in this... Read More
Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food
January 30, 2017
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UC Merced is relaunching its branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies with a focus on food security for the first two years of the faculty-led effort. Economics Professor Kurt Schnier, with the School of Social Sciences,... Read More
‘Diverse’ Magazine Names Groundbreaking Professor an Emerging Scholar
January 26, 2017
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The magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education has named UC Merced Professor Ala Qattawi an Emerging Scholar of the Year in its first issue of 2017. Qattawi, with the School of Engineering, is the first woman in the United States to... Read More
Bird Researcher Expands Knowledge About Reserve’s Kestrels
January 23, 2017
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Kestrels are a fixture among the birds on the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve adjacent to campus. Though they are not endangered, the small falcons’ population has declined by 60 percent in California over the past half-... Read More