Social Sciences

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Depression Due to Politics: the Quiet Danger to Democracy
July 7, 2025
On laptop screens, televisions and social media feeds across the nation, images and words fueled by a fractured political landscape spout anger, frustration and resentment. Clashing ideologies burst forth in public demonstrations, family... Read More
New Dining Space Mural Honors Native Heritage, Student Perseverance
June 6, 2025
Hidden for a year behind two large barn-style doors, a powerful new mural now adorns the walls of the Yablokoff-Wallace Dining Center. The latest piece of public art on the UC Merced campus explores Native past and future with themes of... Read More
UC Merced's CAPE Takes Extraordinary Steps to Prepare Legislative Interns
June 5, 2025
Mariel Garcia accepted a welcoming handshake from the chief of staff for state Sen. Tim Grayson. A large photograph of rolling hills at sunset near Walnut Creek, a city in Grayson’s district, dominated a wall in the compact reception room... Read More
UC Merced Alumna’s Legal Career Soars in Silicon Valley
May 13, 2025
Temnee Wright (’08) has realized a successful career as legal counsel at several Silicon Valley companies. Her interest in law was forged at UC Merced, where she made the most out of being a student in the university’s first undergraduate... Read More
Sociology Graduate Program Debuts Strongly in U.S. News Rankings
April 30, 2025
Only 10 years after it began, the Ph.D. program in UC Merced’s Department of Sociology made an impressive debut in U.S. News & World Report’s latest rankings of graduate-level offerings. The Sociology graduate program tied for No. 64... Read More
Students Get Real-world Education with Behavioral Health Internships
April 21, 2025
UC Merced students are getting first-hand experience in providing mental health care to the most vulnerable and needful among us, thanks to a partnership between the university and Merced County. Undergraduate psychology majors are serving... Read More
Into the Woods: Nature Works its Magic in Shakespeare in Yosemite
April 15, 2025
If Arden, the sprawling, wild forest in William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” were in the United States instead of the Bard’s imagination, it would certainly be a national park. Like Yosemite. That is why this light comedy is an ideal... Read More
Social Sciences Graduate Programs Shine in U.S. News Rankings
April 10, 2025
UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts made a splash in the latest rankings of university graduate programs compiled by U.S. News and World Report. The university’s Political Science program ranked 52nd in the... Read More
Stargazing and Lecture Offer Unique Perspectives on Stars and Exoplanets
February 27, 2025
The night sky is filled with countless mysteries and worlds yet to be explored but that someday might be visited by spacecraft. In a free event titled “Celestial Tales: Stars, Exoplanets and the Myths That Connect Us,” on March 6, the... Read More
Todo Cambia Festival Takes New Artistic Directions
February 24, 2025
Todo Cambia, UC Merced’s annual Human Rights Film Festival, is about more than film this year. The seven-day festival kicks off Saturday, March 1 with a talk and readings by a former Texas state poet laureate. Days later, a UC Santa... Read More