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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
Professor’s Soil Research Digs Up Many More Questions
November 5, 2014
Professor Hart measures soil emissions in the Sierra.
When people get near California’s giant sequoias, they usually look up.   But Professor Steve Hart looks down, and what he finds beneath the trees has intrigued him.   The trees, some of which could be more than 3,000... Read More
Campus, Community Programs Join to Prevent Obesity in Families
November 3, 2014
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In an effort to combat the increasing rates of obesity among Latino residents, the University of California, Merced and the Merced County Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program will join forces. Funded by a three-year, $90... Read More
Nobel Laureate Offers Chemistry Seminar
October 29, 2014
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Professor K. Barry Sharpless of Scripps Research Institute and the 2001 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, will offer a chemistry seminar at UC Merced at 3 p.m. Friday in COB 120. His pioneering work on asymmetric catalysis, which... Read More
Professor’s Research to Examine Whether Copper Plays Role in Alzheimer’s Disease
October 29, 2014
Professor Masashi Kitazawa and the students in his lab are researching the links between copper and Alzheimer's disease.
Professor Masashi Kitazawa wants to figure out if any environmental factors increase the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease – specifically, whether elevated levels of copper in drinking water play a role. A new $2.6... Read More
UC Merced Senior Is New Leader, Advocate for UC’s 240,000 Students
October 27, 2014
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng is now the official voice for the University of California’s roughly 240,000 students — the first UC Merced student ever to serve in that role. In August, Kuoch-Seng was elected president of the University... Read More
Poet Laureate to Share Heroes Book with Area Youth
October 23, 2014
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California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will share his new children's book about Hispanic American heroes with local youth next month, an event sponsored by the UC Merced Center for the Humanities and Merced County Library. The... Read More
Solar Power Purchase Positions Campus for Total Renewable Energy Use
October 22, 2014
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The University of California, Merced, will get 75 percent of its power from renewable sources by the end of 2016, and is on its way to being 100 percent renewably powered by then.   The University of California earlier this month... Read More
Decolonial Expert to Deliver Public Talk
October 21, 2014
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Duke University Professor Walter Mignolo, a leading voice in decolonial theory, will be giving a free public lecture at UC Merced. The talk, "The Humanities and the Current World (Dis)order," will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20... Read More
Student-run Journal Showcases Historical Essays, Reviews
October 20, 2014
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Most UC Merced students have the desire to help shape the university — whether it’s the culture or the curriculum. Rocco Bowman was no different. Bowman is the co-founder of the Undergraduate Historical Journal and served as... Read More
Sociology a Lens That Focuses World's Events
October 15, 2014
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Sociology at UC Merced is a prism that offers insight and perspective into what's happening in the world. Trying to understand how people mobilize under democracies or military dictatorships? Ask Professors Nella Van Dyke, Kyle Dodson... Read More
Campus’s Direct Investment in Regional Economy Exceeds $1.1 Billion
October 13, 2014
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The University of California, Merced, has directly invested more than $1.1 billion into the San Joaquin Valley economy since the newest UC campus began start-up operations in July 2000, according to the campus’s Division of Business... Read More
Study Looks at Emotion's Role in Chemotherapy Tolerance
October 13, 2014
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How patients perceive and talk about their illnesses can have an impact on how they recover and heal, according to a growing area of health research being furthered by UC Merced health psychology Professor Jitske Tiemensma. "It... Read More
High School Students Get Road Map to College
October 10, 2014
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Eleventh and 12th graders and their parents filled the gymnasium bleachers at McLane High School in Fresno on Thursday (Oct. 9) eager to find out what it takes — academically and financially — to access higher education. The... Read More
Two UCCE Specialists Joining ANR, Based at UC Merced
October 9, 2014
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The University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) has hired two UC Cooperative Extension specialists who will be based at UC Merced. Karina Diaz-Rios, specialist for nutrition, family and consumer... Read More
Video Technology Gives Students More Access to Psychiatric Services
October 8, 2014
Students who are referred to a psychiatrist are linked to an off-campus doctor through a secure video-conferencing system at the H. Rajender Reddy Health Center.
With psychiatrists in short supply throughout the community, UC Merced is leveraging modern technology to expand that service to students. The UC’s 10th and newest campus is the first within the system to provide telemedicine... Read More
Slain Civil Rights Activist to Receive Spendlove Prize
October 8, 2014
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Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights activist who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driving another activist home from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in March 1965, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Alice and Clifford... Read More
Campus Launches Redesigned, Responsive Website
October 6, 2014
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UC Merced today launched a redesigned website that features a responsive layout that looks great on phones, tablets and laptops, new and expanded information, a new color palette and wide photo rotators that showcase the campus. "UC... Read More
Urban Artist to Create Original Work for Public During Residency
October 1, 2014
Gronk Nicandro
Arts UC Merced Presents will bring internationally renowned artist Gronk Nicandro to the San Joaquin Valley to emphasize the role art plays in people's lives, foster artists’ collaborations and give the public a chance to watch... Read More