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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
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
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
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
Students Battle for Sustainability Supremacy
October 1, 2014
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UC Merced’s 2,100 resident students are gearing up for a month-long battle in which no one will get hurt. They might have greasy hair, though.   The 2014 Water Battle – to see which residence hall can save the most water... 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
New Faculty Members Expand, Strengthen Research
September 29, 2014
Whitney Laster joins SSHA.
UC Merced has hired 34 faculty members for the 2014-15 academic year, giving the campus 212 tenure-track professors who expand the depth and breadth of research expertise. Excluding student employees, the campus now has about 1,300 total... Read More
Pine Needle Bacteria Earn Professor Second NSF Grant of the Year
September 22, 2014
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Professor Carolin Frank will collect $1.6 million over the next four years to continue researching the nitrogen-fixing bacteria that live in pine needles and to work with the Sierra Foothill Charter School, which she helped found. The... Read More
Robert Reich in Merced to Discuss Income Inequality
September 17, 2014
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Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, an author, UC Berkeley professor of public policy and economic expert is coming to Merced to show the film “Inequality for All” and engage with the audience afterward. The event is... Read More
Students Expand Build Skills in New Souza Leadership Center
September 16, 2014
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Shy in high school, Rachel Fang didn’t want to follow the same pattern as a UC Merced student. “I decided that I was going to change,” Fang said. “I wanted to be more outspoken.” Fang found the confidence,... Read More
Extreme Changes in Seasonality Affect Soils’ Ability to Store Water and Carbon, Research Shows
September 10, 2014
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Extreme changes in seasonality in the Sierra Nevada can have lasting impacts on meadow health and could mean less water and carbon storage in high elevation wetlands, according to research conducted at UC Merced. The results of work by... Read More