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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
Mostern in D.C. to Advocate for Humanities Research
March 16, 2015
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Professor Ruth Mostern, chair of the Interdisciplinary Humanities graduate group, is in Washington, D.C., today and tomorrow (March 16 to 17) to advocate for the humanities. Mostern is attending the annual meeting of the National... Read More
Literature Professor Releases Book on Acclaimed Chilean Author
March 13, 2015
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Ignacio López-Calvo, professor of Latin American literature in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, has edited a book that was published by Palgrave MacMillan this month. “Roberto Bolaño, A Less Distant Star: Critical... Read More
Professor Directs ShakespeareFest's 'Winter's Tale'
February 17, 2015
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Tragedy and comedy come to life in “The Winter’s Tale,” directed by UC Merced’s very own Katherine Brokaw. Presented by Merced ShakespeareFest, the four-act play is among the last written by William Shakespeare and... Read More
Gift Establishes UC Merced Presidential Chair in the Humanities
February 9, 2015
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The University of California, Merced, will soon benefit from increased leadership in the humanities, thanks to an anonymous $500,000 donation and a $500,000 match from the UC Office of the President.   The gift and match will... Read More
Humanities Center to Host Visiting Lecturers
February 3, 2015
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The next week will be a busy one for the Center for the Humanities at UC Merced. David Palumbo-Liu, the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University,  will be on campus two days this week. He will... Read More
Students' Spanish Skills Aid Valley Crisis Center
January 26, 2015
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In the fall semester, UC Merced Senior Lecturer Virginia Adán-Lifante offered extra credit to students who volunteered to translate a portion of the Valley Crisis Center website into Spanish. The opportunity reflected Adán-Lifante’s... Read More
Undergrad Embodies UC Merced’s Entrepreneurial Spirit
January 5, 2015
Armando Lomeli
“Start something new” could be the unofficial motto of UC Merced. Even in our 10th academic year, many opportunities for innovation still exist on campus. Armando Lomeli, a senior from Los Banos, wouldn’t have it any... Read More
Students, Faculty Inducted into Hispanic Honor Society
December 19, 2014
Spanish majors and minors at UC Merced have a new measure of excellence to pursue, thanks to the recent charter of the university’s chapter of Sigma Delta Pi. UC Merced is the seventh UC campus to charter a chapter of the National... Read More
Scholarship Helps UC Merced Senior Fulfill Dream of Studying Abroad
November 17, 2014
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Lorraine Sturdevant always wanted to explore other countries, but finances were always an obstacle. But winning a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship allowed her to take her first journey outside North America. She spent the... Read More