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Bobcat Day Brings Admitted Students to Campus
April 14, 2016
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Students from across California and their family members will converge on the UC Merced campus April 16 for Bobcat Day. The day is an opportunity for admitted students to visit campus, and talk with faculty and staff members and students... Read More
Bad Break Left Alum With Questions; UC Merced Answered
April 13, 2016
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Erik Olstad started down the path to becoming a veterinarian by accident. After high school, the now 32-year-old attended California State University, Fresno, to get a political science degree. But while snowboarding at China Peak, he... Read More
Sociologist Shows Human Side of Deportation in New Book
April 12, 2016
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A single mother in Guatemala works at a factory owned by a U.S. company, but doesn’t make enough money to support her family. She immigrates to the U.S. and finds a low-paying job with no benefits and no unemployment insurance, and... Read More
New York Times | Sierra Nevada Snow Won’t End California’s Thirst
April 11, 2016
Professor Roger Bales explains why an increase in snow in the Sierra Nevada does not solve California's drought issues.
Oceanic ‘Dead Zone’ Research Earns Campus’s 13th CAREER Award
April 11, 2016
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Professor Michael Beman, with the School of Natural Sciences, became the 13th faculty member to win a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award since the campus opened. The grant provides nearly $... Read More
Researcher Works to End HIV Stigma in Ethiopia, India
April 8, 2016
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UC Merced lecturer Carol Sipan became concerned with the social stigma of HIV in some developing countries after a 2009 trip to Burundi, where she and a colleague from Tanzania were training pastors and church leaders on what they and... Read More
Recovery Group Supports Students Dealing With Addiction
April 7, 2016
Last fall, UC Merced’s first peer-led recovery program — known as Bobcats for Recovery — began meeting weekly to help support undergraduate and graduate students in recovery from substance use disorders. As the recovery... Read More
Ancient Textile Discovery Suggests More Southern Route for Silk Road
April 7, 2016
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Cloth remains found in the Samdzong tomb complex in Nepal by UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer suggest the village might have been part of the long-distance trade network of the Silk Road. Textile and dye analyses of the cloth —... Read More
Study: In-Home Parent Training Levels Field for Low-Income Kids
April 5, 2016
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Home-based interventions that teach parents to engage children in playful interactive learning activities can close the cognitive development gap between disadvantaged children and higher-resource peers, according to a new study led by UC... Read More
New Lecture Series Draws Distinguished Maya Scholars
April 5, 2016
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UC Merced Professor Arturo Arias, recently named one of the campus’s first John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chairs, has established a new lecture series to further critical race issues and ethnic knowledge of Mesoamerican and Latin... Read More
Study Shows How Plants Could Adapt to Changing Climate
April 4, 2016
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If you want to understand how plant populations will respond as the climate changes, just examine the plants in different locations. That’s one of the conclusions drawn by UC Merced School of Natural Sciences Professor Jason Sexton... Read More
Events Planned to Increase Sexual Assault Awareness
March 31, 2016
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UC Merced’s Campus Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) Office will kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) on April 1 with numerous events. The month of education is an effort to increase awareness about sexual assault,... Read More
New Lecture Series Articulates Campus’s Core Values
March 31, 2016
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Carlos Castillo-Chavez has had, by all accounts, an extraordinarily successful academic career. He began as an immigrant from Mexico City and wound up researching and teaching at Cornell University for 18 years before moving to Arizona... Read More
Pine Bacteria Getting a Closer Look From Scientists
March 30, 2016
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Professor Carolin Frank’s research into the nitrogen-fixing properties of bacteria inside the needles of some high-elevation pine trees is the topic of a new paper in the journal New Phytologist. Frank, with the School of Natural... Read More
Wells Fargo Gift Increases Focus on Critical Regional Projects
March 29, 2016
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An increased gift from longtime campus partner Wells Fargo is allowing more engineering students at the University of California, Merced, to focus on solutions to problems related to water, energy and food. Wells Fargo awarded its Clean... Read More
Campus Hosts Exhibit to Counter Violence
March 29, 2016
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The Victory Over Violence (VOV) exhibit is on display through April 1 in the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library, Room 355, to help raise awareness of the need to overcome violence. The VOV exhibit consists of a series of 12 panels with... Read More
Message From the Provost and EVC on Professor William Shadish
March 29, 2016
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To the campus community: I am sad to report that William Shadish, professor of quantitative psychology and a founding faculty member at UC Merced, died at his home on Sunday, March 27. Professor Shadish joined UC Merced in 2003, before... Read More
Students Part of ‘Symbiotic’ Effort to Meld Art With Science
March 28, 2016
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Graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan translated her love of science into four separate college degrees. She holds bachelor’s degrees in biology, chemistry, and environmental and sustainability studies, and a master’s in biochemistry... Read More
NASA, UC Merced Successfully Test Miniature Methane Sensor
March 24, 2016
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Researchers from the UC Merced Mechatronics, Embedded Systems and Automation (MESA) Lab and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently tested JPL miniature methane gas sensor similar to one developed for use on Mars, on an... Read More
Campus Celebrates LGBT+ Culture During Pride Week
March 23, 2016
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UC Merced’s Pride Week kicks off March 28. The weeklong celebration is hosted by Lambda Alliance and LGBTQ+ Initiatives in the Office of Student Life. It’s a collaborative effort to affirm the LGBT+ community by providing... Read More