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Student Engineering Team Rewarded in International Competition
January 20, 2016
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The federal Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recognized this year’s team of UC Merced engineering students for its design of a device that cools high-powered electronics aboard military aircraft. In the yearlong... Read More
Staff Puts Students First to Promote Success and Learning
January 19, 2016
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Whether staffing the front counter, answering phone calls and emails or chatting online, staff members at UC Merced’s Students First Center (SFC) pride themselves on providing excellent customer service to all undergraduate... Read More
Researcher’s Work Shows History Doesn’t Indicate the Future of Climate Change
January 13, 2016
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Shakespeare might have been right when he wrote “what’s past is prologue,” but not when it comes to modeling climate change. A new study shows that rising air temperatures could have a crippling effect on the likelihood... Read More
A Record 22,632 Students Seek Admission to UC Merced
January 11, 2016
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Demand for an education from the University of California, Merced, remains high, with 22,632 applicants competing for admission for 2,100 undergraduate seats in Fall 2016, an increase of 13.5 percent over last year’s total. The rate... Read More
Professor Named ‘Rising Star’ in Quantitative Psychology
January 8, 2016
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UC Merced Psychology Professor Sarah Depaoli has been recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at... Read More
Student Team Makes the Cut in Global ‘Hyperloop’ Competition
January 5, 2016
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A small team of undergraduate students from UC Merced is gaining major exposure in a global competition to design portions of what could be the next big innovation in transportation. Elon Musk, the billionaire inventor and co-founder of... Read More
Biomedical Researcher Named Campus's First Pew Scholar
June 11, 2015
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Professor Clarissa J. Nobile of the University of California, Merced, is one of 22 researchers named today as a Pew Biomedical Scholar for her work exploring how communities of microbes conspire to cause disease. Nobile is the first UC... Read More
Relax: Benefits of Leisure Go Beyond the Moment
March 19, 2015
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Doing the things you enjoy can be good for your health, according to a new study by Professor Matthew Zawadzki, a health psychologist with the University of California, Merced.    The study, published in the Annals of... Read More
Campus Gains National Recognition for Community Engagement
January 7, 2015
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The University of California, Merced, has worked closely with community partners at the local, regional and state levels since before the campus opened in 2005, and that collaboration has contributed much to the university’s success... Read More
Discover Magazine Features Archaeologist’s Cave Research
December 10, 2014
Holley Moyes studies remote caves in Belize.
Most archaeologists have to dig in the field, but Professor Holley Moyes digs deeper than most. Her research takes her more than 400 feet into the Belize underground, where ancient Maya caves hold evidence of rituals to appease gods of... Read More
Six UC Merced Students Awarded UC Food Initiative Fellowships
December 9, 2014
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As part of the University of California Global Food Initiative, 54 students — including six from UC Merced—have been awarded fellowships to fund projects that will address issues ranging from community gardens and food pantries... Read More
Campus Earns Fourth Platinum LEED Certification
December 8, 2014
The Student Services Building earned a platinum LEED certificate from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The University of California, Merced, received another Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certification, this time for the Student Services Building. The award brings the campus total for LEED certifications... Read More
Chancellor Attends Second White House Education Summit
December 4, 2014
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MERCED, Calif. — The University of California, Merced, will report at the White House today (Dec. 4) on progress the campus is making in its efforts to support undocumented students, create career pathways to the Silicon Valley and... Read More
Ph.D. Student Beats Odds to Put Science and Community First
December 1, 2014
Ruben Rodriguez (left) with fellow grad student Jackie Minas
The odds were stacked against Ruben Rodriguez. When the 27-year-old UC Merced student was still in high school, he was confronted with a sobering statistic that Hispanics receive only 5 percent of all doctorates awarded. “That... Read More
Diverse Physics Group Achieves Milestones with Focus on Innovation
November 26, 2014
The new physics graduate group offers a variety of research possibilities.
From understanding how groups of atoms behave at ultra-low temperatures to modeling how flocks of birds organize, UC Merced's Physics group is helping solve many of the world's mysteries and using the knowledge to improve... Read More
Researchers Delve into Valley Fever from All Angles
November 24, 2014
One of the ways people contract valley fever is by breathing in agricultural dust from soil where the fungus is present.
Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of UC Merced Magazine. Before it infects humans who breathe it in, the fungus that causes valley fever changes shapes in the environment. Once infected, some people fight it off... Read More
NIH Supports Professor’s Work in Inhibiting HIV Infection
November 19, 2014
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Biochemistry Professor Patricia LiWang calls it a stroke of luck that she has become enmeshed in HIV research, but her developments are no accident. The National Institute for Health (NIH) apparently agrees, awarding her more than $2.3... Read More
Scholarship Helps UC Merced Senior Fulfill Dream of Studying Abroad
November 17, 2014
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Lorraine Sturdevant always wanted to explore other countries, but finances were always an obstacle. But winning a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship allowed her to take her first journey outside North America. She spent the... Read More
Campus Hosts Hmong Student Conference
November 11, 2014
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The Hmong Student Association at UC Merced will host its eighth annual educational conference themed, “Hmoob Mekas - Our Next Generation,” on Nov. 15. The one-day conference will focus on Hmong culture, education and identity... Read More
Researching the Hows and Whys of Politics
November 10, 2014
Professor Nate Monroe is just one of a growing and prolific group of political science faculty members at UC Merced.
Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of UC Merced Magazine and has been updated in the wake of the Nov. 4 elections. Read the whole issue online. In two small rooms on the University of California’s youngest... Read More