Social Sciences

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Grad Students Help Begin Academic Exchange With Honduras
October 20, 2016
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Four UC Merced graduate students got a rare opportunity to establish and strengthen relationships between the campus and the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) this summer. The students — Danielle Bermudez, Maria Mora... Read More
Campus to Celebrate Spendlove Winner Anita Hill
October 12, 2016
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UC Merced will honor Anita Hill as the 10th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance in an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre. The ceremony... Read More
Researchers to Bring Global Arts to Downtown Merced
September 29, 2016
The Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) at UC Merced will present a series of lectures to connect the Merced community with the research and artistic activities taking place on campus. Music Professor Jayson Beaster-Jones, who organized... Read More
$3.6 Million Grant Funding Helps Valley Students Realize Educational Dreams
September 27, 2016
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Three grants totaling more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced’s Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) continue its Talent Search program, which helps high school students from... Read More
Future Public Servants Get a Boost From UC Fellowships
September 23, 2016
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UC Merced student Stephanie Maldonado was excited when she earned a slot in the University of California’s public service internship program in Washington, D.C., this fall — then came the financial reality check. Maldonado, a... Read More
Young Students a Glimpse of College Life, Leadership
August 17, 2016
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Ke-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July. The Fresno eighth-grader was one of 150 students from across California who were invited to live and learn at the university as part of... Read More
Campus Awarded $500K for Undergrad Research, Support
July 19, 2016
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Undergraduate humanities students at the University of California, Merced, will gain valuable research opportunities and support for their transitions into graduate studies and scholarly careers, thanks to a new program that will serve 60... Read More
Poetry Prize Recognizes Instructor’s Accomplishments, Potential
July 6, 2016
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences has awarded its prestigious May Sarton Prize for Poetry to Vanesha Pravin, a lecturer in UC Merced’s Merritt Writing Program. The award, considered one of the top national prizes in... Read More
Students Present 'Revolutionary Theatre' Event in Merced
June 27, 2016
UC Merced students will offer a window into race and racism through a unique theater presentation both on campus and in the Merced community on June 30. Sponsored by the university’s Center for the Humanities and School of Social... Read More
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Origins of Himalayan Populations
June 20, 2016
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In a collaborative study by the University of California, Merced, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Chicago and Uppsala University in Sweden, researchers conduct the first ancient DNA investigation of the Himalayan arc,... Read More