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Researcher to Study Nuances of Neurons in the Brain
June 29, 2015
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Neurobiologists have identified different types of neurons in the brain, but have struggled to put that knowledge into a useful context because they don't yet fully understand what makes one neuron behave differently from another. A... Read More
Scientists Decipher the Tick-Tock of Biological Clocks
June 25, 2015
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Researchers at the University of California, Merced, have taken another step toward unlocking the mysteries of the biological clock. In a study published online today (June 25) in Science Express — and soon to appear in print in the... Read More
openDemocracy | Racism, citizenship and deportation in the United States
June 25, 2015
Professor Tanya Golash-Boza writes that immigration reform in the U.S. must include an overhaul of deportation practices, as well.
Researchers Align Atomic Friction Experiments
June 22, 2015
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Working together to study friction on the atomic scale, researchers at UC Merced and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the first atomic-scale experiments and simulations of friction at overlapping speeds. In "Dynamics of... Read More
Campus Wins National Career Services Award
June 19, 2015
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UC Merced’s Center for Career and Professional Advancement has long been a source of campus pride for the quality services it provides to students, and now it can add national recognition to its list of accomplishments. The center... Read More
Study: In Any Language, Learning to Walk and Talk Are Linked
June 17, 2015
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UC Merced developmental psychologist Eric Walle recently discovered a link between walking and talking in infants. This development, however, brought up additional questions. Was the link specific to culture? Age? Native language? Walle,... Read More
New NASA-Affiliated Center Opening at UC Merced
June 15, 2015
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MERCED, Calif. — NASA has awarded a group of researchers at the University of California, Merced, $5 million to establish the campus’s largest extramurally funded research and education center to date, designed to benefit... 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
TakePart | Replanting America: 90 Percent of What We Eat Could Come From Local Farms
June 11, 2015
Professor Elliott Campbell discusses a study that shows nearly all Americans could survive on food from sources within 100 miles of their location.
Interdisciplinary Spirit Pays Off for Grad Student
June 9, 2015
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One of the things that attracted Chelsea Coe to UC Merced as an undergraduate student was the opportunity to do research. She transferred to UC Merced during her junior year and worked in Professor Teenie Matlock’s interactive... Read More
Athletics Honored with Cal Pac Awards
June 8, 2015
Long hours and hard work paid off for UC Merced’s intercollegiate athletics program last week when the California Pacific Conference’s 2014-15 awards were announced. For the first time in conference history, one school earned... Read More
Researcher Wins Fulbright Award to Study Himalayan Hydropower
June 3, 2015
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UC Merced researcher David Rheinheimer has seen the Himalayas from many angles — from his home on the Yangtze River, from the foothills as a student in India and from the Nu River in Yunnan’s Three Parallel Rivers area. But as... Read More
Most Americans Could Eat Locally, Research Shows
June 1, 2015
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MERCED, Calif. — New farmland-mapping research published today shows that up to 90 percent of Americans could be fed entirely by food grown or raised within 100 miles of their homes. Professor Elliott Campbell, with the University... Read More
Professor Joins Major New Robotics Initiative
May 29, 2015
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UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin will serve on the executive board of a new multidisciplinary research enterprise called the People and Robots Initiative, by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (... Read More
Campus Community Aids in Voting Push for Area Bike Trail
May 27, 2015
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Merced is conveniently located in the middle of everything. Whether one seeks the beach, the mountains or the city, the destination lies little more than two hours away. Thanks to a committed group of outdoor enthusiasts, however, the... Read More
Students Take Lead in Helping Campus Go Green
May 20, 2015
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Students Gabriel Morabe and Hoaithi “Thi” Dang share a love of green — the color that makes for a better campus and stronger planet. Morabe, a junior, and Dang, a freshman, are devoted to sustainability at UC Merced and... Read More
Student Teams Win Cash Prizes at Innovate to Grow
May 19, 2015
The winners of this year’s Innovate to Grow competition have been announced. The event includes three components: The Mobile App Challenge, the Capstone competition for senior Innovation and Design Clinic teams and the Engineering... Read More
Chemistry Researcher Awarded Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
May 18, 2015
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Researcher Makenzie Provorse parlayed her passion for computational chemistry into a position as UC Merced’s second Chancellor’s Postdoctoral fellow. As a runner up for the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship — a 31-... Read More
Children’s Opera Series Returns for Sixth Year
May 18, 2015
Thousands of area children will attend performances of “Who Stole B-Flat?” on the UC Merced campus this week as part of an effort to expose Merced County youth to opera and theater.  In addition to the free performances... Read More
Graduates and Supporters Share Excitement on Social Media
May 18, 2015
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The world of social media was buzzing this past weekend with text and multimedia posts. Here is a sampling: [View the story "UC Merced Honors the Class of 2015" on Storify]