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Two Students Receive Strauss Scholarship for Public Service
June 21, 2017
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Since 2006, 10 UC Merced undergraduates have been awarded the prestigious Donald A. Strauss Foundation scholarship. This year, two more joined their ranks. The Strauss Foundation selected biological sciences major Pranuthi Kanneganti and... Read More
Researcher Continues Progress Toward Effective HIV Inhibitor
June 19, 2017
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Patricia LiWang was at an impasse. It was 2011 and the UC Merced professor’s research group had figured out how to make some of the most potent HIV inhibitors even more powerful. LiWang was thrilled by these findings; funding... Read More
Study: Wildfires, Climate Change Could Make Sierra a Polluter
June 14, 2017
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What if nature were to become a polluter, discharging millions of tons of planet-warming carbon into the atmosphere in much the same way as diesel-fueled trucks or coal-fired power plants? This nature-as-polluter scenario might seem far-... Read More
New Study Finds Link Between Unconscious Movement and Reading
June 7, 2017
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Right now, while you are reading these typewritten words, your hand muscles are moving imperceptibly, but measurably. These movements would be even greater if the words were handwritten. That’s because your motor system strongly... Read More
Blum Center Announces 2017 Seed Grant Recipients
June 7, 2017
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... Read More
Campus Joins Merced County Fair’s Food Drive Effort
June 5, 2017
UC Merced is partnering with the Merced County Fair to support Mercy Medical Center’s "We Care Wednesday" Community Food Drive presented by EECU and University Industrial Park. Anyone can join the fight against hunger and... Read More
‘Swarmathon’ Robotics Team Competes at Cape Canaveral
June 1, 2017
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Manuel Meraz transferred to UC Merced with a mission: to revive what had once been an award-winning, student-led robotics scene on campus. Meraz had just completed a robotics internship at the University of New Mexico, where his advisor... Read More
Former ASUCM President Gaining Capitol Experience
May 30, 2017
Domonique Jones
Domonique Jones got a taste of public office while serving as president of the Associated Students of UC Merced (ASUCM). Now the 2016 graduate is furthering that information in the state Capitol. Since her graduation, Jones has been... Read More
Campus Launches Countywide Food and Ag Exchange
May 24, 2017
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UC Merced is taking steps to fight hunger and tackle food waste on campus and across Merced County. The campus has launched CropMobster Merced County, an online food and agricultural exchange and community engagement program to help... Read More
CREST Center Hosts Local Students for Science and Engineering Event
May 22, 2017
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Students from Burbank and Peterson Elementary Schools in Merced participated in a day of interactive science and engineering hosted last month by UC Merced’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM), a National Science... Read More
Prachumsri Named Men’s Volleyball Coach
May 22, 2017
Surabordin "Ai" Prachumsri
UC Merced’s Athletics Department has hired women's volleyball coach and alumnus Surabordin "Ai" Prachumsri as the men's volleyball head coach. He will remain coach of the women’s team, as well.... Read More
Golf Fundraiser Catapults to New Record
May 19, 2017
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The seventh annual Building Future Champions Dinner and Auction and the 20th annual Ma Kelley Memorial Shoot-Out golf tournament, held over two days last month at the Turlock Golf and Country Club, were a win-win for participants and for... Read More
Governor Names Harris to Fair Employment and Housing Council
May 18, 2017
Mark T. Harris
Mark T. Harris, J.D., has been appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council by Gov. Jerry Brown. Harris is a continuing lecturer of management and business economics at UC Merced since 2008 and a practicing attorney in... Read More
UC Merced Library Chosen to Digitize AIDS Historical Archives
May 17, 2017
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The UC Merced Library’s digital assets team is playing an important role in providing access to a swath of modern history that will contribute to research and society. The team has been asked to digitize about 127,000 pages from 49... Read More
EECU Gift Helps Enrich Valley Teachers
May 16, 2017
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Dozens of educators took part in the CalTeach Professional Development Summer Institute for Valley Teachers last year, and thanks to another generous gift from Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) the program will continue so more can... Read More
Campus Marks Largest Class, Year of Growth With 2017 Commencement
May 11, 2017
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More than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to participate in the University of California, Merced’s 12th commencement ceremonies this weekend — its largest class since opening in September 2005 —... Read More
Students’ Engineering Chops to be Showcased at ‘Innovate to Grow’
May 10, 2017
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Is it still possible to build a better mouse trap? Engineering students at UC Merced think so. “Eraticate” — a fitting name for a group focused on mouse trap optimization — isn’t concerned with the cliché... Read More
Student Speakers Share Desire to Make a Difference
May 9, 2017
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Jocelyne Fadiga and Havilliah “Jake” Malsbury traveled from different worlds to study at UC Merced. The youngest sister of 13 children, Fadiga grew up in Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) in West Africa before immigrating... Read More
NSF Grant Brings Powerful New Microscope to Campus
May 9, 2017
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UC Merced added a powerful new tool to the campus’s Imaging and Microscopy Facility. The newly acquired Zeiss LSM 880 is a state-of-the-art laser scanning confocal microscope that represents a huge leap forward for the university... Read More
New Collaboration Focuses on Refugee Stories, Experiences and Humanity
May 8, 2017
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Often, when people talk about or study refugees, the focus is on policy, rescue operations or terrorism. Rarely is the conversation centered on refugees as human beings. But a new collaboration among five UC campuses — including UC... Read More