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Study: Real-World Negotiators Bargain More Fairly
April 15, 2015
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Experienced policymakers are more likely to make fair offers in bargaining than the average person, and less likely to accept low offers — even if it means both sides get nothing.  Such were the findings of a recent study... Read More
Journalist to Speak on Immigration at Campus Conference
April 15, 2015
Journalist Roberto Lovato will give the keynote address this week at “Blurring the Border: Deporting Denizens in the 21st Century,” an interdisciplinary conference on immigration, deportation and citizenship in the United... Read More
Two Grad Students Earn Prestigious NSF Fellowships
April 14, 2015
UC Merced graduate students Theo Crouch II and Lauren Edwards recently were awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Jessica Ross was recognized as an honorable mention by... Read More
Three Students Chosen to Further Carbon Neutrality Efforts
April 13, 2015
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Three UC Merced undergraduates are the recipients of a new fellowship under University of California President Janet Napolitano’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative. Through the President’s Sustainability Student Fellowship/... Read More
Floodplain Management Can Increase Groundwater Supply
April 9, 2015
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California’s groundwater is being rapidly depleted because cities and farms extract more than is replenished naturally, compacting local aquifers and decreasing supply in some places in the Central Valley. And, it turns out, levees... Read More
Environmental Systems Student Wins Inaugural GradSLAM! Event
April 9, 2015
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This week marked the end of the first-ever UC Merced GradSLAM! competition, in which graduate students were given just three minutes to present their research to a panel of non-specialist judges with the goal of increasing the students... Read More
Cognitive Science Student Earns IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
April 8, 2015
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UC Merced graduate student David Vinson recently obtained an intensely competitive IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award, which will provide $30,000 to support his research in computational social science through the 2015-16 academic year. He will... Read More
Art Show Turns 10, Bids Farewell to Founder
April 7, 2015
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Gail Benedict left San Diego 14 years ago to join the intrepid team of individuals charged with creating the University of California’s newest campus in the heart of the Central Valley. Like many, she came for the rare opportunity... Read More
Martins Named Cal Pac Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year
April 7, 2015
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The Cal Pac Conference has named UC Merced’s men’s soccer coach Albert Martins as 2014 Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year. Since Martins joined two years ago, the team’s wins improved from four last season to 12 this... Read More
Sociologist Earns Fulbright Scholar Award to Study in Honduras
April 6, 2015
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Paul Almeida, a sociology professor at the University of California, Merced, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to study non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their role in community well-being in Honduras. Approximately 1,100... Read More
New System Can Help Save Water with a Couple of Clicks
April 3, 2015
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New software developed at UC Merced allows anyone on campus with a smartphone to report water leaks to Facilities in a couple of easy steps. Facilities and Operations in mid-March installed quick-response-code stickers in all the... Read More
Musical Sheds Light on Lives of Undocumented Youth
April 3, 2015
“In and Out of Shadows,” a musical by famed Chicano writer and Fresno native Gary Soto, is coming to Merced for a special one-night-only show on April 11. Performed by the San Francisco Youth Theatre DREAM ensemble, the show... Read More
Professor to Serve with New Water Policy Center
April 2, 2015
UC Merced Professor Joshua Viers has been named a member of the new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Water Policy Center, established to help meet the state's urgent need for timely information and innovative water... Read More
Student Group Presents Two-Part Lecture Series on Race
April 1, 2015
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The African Diaspora Student Association at UC Merced will present a two-part lecture series on race, culture and history in April. The series — entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?” — will begin April 7 with a... Read More
April Events Dedicated to Sexual Assault Awareness
April 1, 2015
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and UC Merced’s CARE Office is joining universities and colleges across the globe in an effort to increase awareness about sexual assault, decrease its frequency and help survivors.... Read More
Mobile Farmers Market Begins on Campus
March 31, 2015
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UC Merced’s Dining Services is bringing Produce on the Go, a mobile farmers market, to campus from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Wednesday, beginning April 1. The truck will sell fresh, local and sustainably grown fruits, vegetables and... Read More
New Magnetic Resonance Lab Opens on Campus
March 30, 2015
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Looking at molecules just got easier for UC Merced researchers, now that Professor Erik Menke, Professor Jason Hein and other colleagues have opened a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) lab. “It’s a standard piece of equipment... Read More
Sociologist Earns Prestigious Award for 2014 Book
March 30, 2015
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UC Merced Professor Paul Almeida has been selected by the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) as the 2015 recipient of its Distinguished Scholarship Award for his book, “Mobilizing Democracy: Globalization and Citizen Protest.... Read More
Researchers Dispel Child Development Myths at Symposium
March 26, 2015
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When it comes to child development and education, separating fact from fiction is critical for professionals in the field. More than 65 educators and care providers benefited from the expertise of UC Merced faculty members March 14 during... Read More
Academic Trailblazers to Address UC Merced’s 10th Graduating Class
March 25, 2015
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The University of California, Merced, has spent the past decade blazing a trail as the nation’s first research university of the 21st century, and its students are no different. In May, the campus’s 10th graduating class will... Read More