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New Study Finds Link Between Unconscious Movement and Reading
June 7, 2017
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Right now, while you are reading these typewritten words, your hand muscles are moving imperceptibly, but measurably. These movements would be even greater if the words were handwritten. That’s because your motor system strongly... Read More
Blum Center Announces 2017 Seed Grant Recipients
June 7, 2017
UC Merced’s branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies rebooted this spring with a faculty-led effort to spend two years working on becoming the hub for all food-security-related research and outreach on and off campus. Part... Read More
UC Merced Library Chosen to Digitize AIDS Historical Archives
May 17, 2017
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The UC Merced Library’s digital assets team is playing an important role in providing access to a swath of modern history that will contribute to research and society. The team has been asked to digitize about 127,000 pages from 49... Read More
NSF Grant Brings Powerful New Microscope to Campus
May 9, 2017
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UC Merced added a powerful new tool to the campus’s Imaging and Microscopy Facility. The newly acquired Zeiss LSM 880 is a state-of-the-art laser scanning confocal microscope that represents a huge leap forward for the university... Read More
Class of 2017 Shows Anything is Possible at UC Merced
May 3, 2017
Commencement is May 13 and 14
The newest campus in the University of California system, UC Merced is a campus that attracts leaders — individuals who enjoy the challenge of paving the way for others to follow — and the Class of 2017 is no different. On... Read More
Students Help Campus Earn Latest LEED Certification
May 1, 2017
The LEED Lab is a multidisciplinary, hands-on course offered to undergraduate students who are interested in sustainable design and operations.
UC Merced’s Classroom and Office Building (COB) has achieved a silver rating from the LEED Building Operations and Maintenance (O+M) sustainability program, the campus’s first certification to come from the LEED Lab Engineering... Read More
MACES Hosts Big Bash to Highlight Tiny Technology
April 27, 2017
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MACES, the Merced nAnomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing, held its second annual open house on April 19, showcasing student research and highlighting the center’s connection to NASA. The daylong event kicked off with remarks... Read More
Community Members Aid Cutting-Edge Research in ‘BioBlitz’ Project
April 26, 2017
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When scientists at UC Merced seek to better understand California’s biodiversity, they turn to cutting-edge genomics. They also turn to their neighbors. On a sunny Saturday in April, scientists joined forces with members of the... Read More
Applied Math Conference Highlights Student Research
April 20, 2017
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The UC Merced student chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) hosted the second annual Central Valley Regional SIAM Student Chapter Conference on April 7. In only its second year, the conference attracted 85... Read More
Grad Students Pitch Their Research in GradSlam! Contest
April 19, 2017
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After a fierce round of competition during the GradSlam! finals on April 13, environmental systems student Byran Fuhrmann emerged as UC Merced’s new GradSlam! campus champion. For winning the competition — in which graduate... Read More