Social Sciences

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Campus Celebrates LGBT+ Culture During Pride Week
March 23, 2016
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UC Merced’s Pride Week kicks off March 28. The weeklong celebration is hosted by Lambda Alliance and LGBTQ+ Initiatives in the Office of Student Life. It’s a collaborative effort to affirm the LGBT+ community by providing... Read More
Students Can Catch Up, Save Up With Summer Session
March 17, 2016
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Completing degree requirements in eight semesters can be challenging for many students. Add a minor, a job or a semester abroad, and students can easily find themselves playing catch-up. That’s why UC Merced senior Shelby Smith, a... Read More
Two Professors Named Campus’s First MacArthur Chairs
February 18, 2016
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Two UC Merced faculty members with distinguished, international research careers recently became the campus’s first John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chairs. Professor Mark Aldenderfer, who served as dean of the School of Social... Read More
New Dean Inspired by Campus’s Innovative Spirit
February 9, 2016
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With two decades of experience at prominent American research universities, Jill Robbins has a good feel for what works and what doesn’t in academia. That’s partly because change comes so slowly to most established institutions... Read More
Harvard Professor to Speak on How Culture Changes the World
February 9, 2016
Harvard University Professor Doris Sommer will present UC Merced’s fourth annual Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities at noon Feb. 22 in the California Room on campus. Sommer’s talk, “The Work of Art in the World:... Read More
Human Rights Film Series Marks 10th Anniversary
February 2, 2016
The UC Merced Human Rights Film Series celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, with a series dedicated to the memory of Denard Davis, a Merced community advocate, educator, mentor and civil rights leader who died in September. The... Read More
Professor Named ‘Rising Star’ in Quantitative Psychology
January 8, 2016
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UC Merced Psychology Professor Sarah Depaoli has been recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at... Read More
Psychologist: Show Troubled Kids Peter Parker, Not Spider-Man
December 21, 2015
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Before Spider-Man became Spider-Man, he was Peter Parker, an orphan living with relatives of modest means, and a bullying victim forced to cope with the murder of his uncle. Not many kids in those circumstances will develop superpowers... Read More
UC Merced Shares in Three of Four UC Catalyst Grants
December 11, 2015
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University of California President Janet Napolitano announced this week the 2016 recipients of the President’s Research Catalyst Awards, and professors from UC Merced are contributors to three of the four projects. Professors... Read More
‘My Merced’ Captures Campus’ Spirit in Song
December 2, 2015
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From the moment they step foot on the UC Merced campus, people often say they feel a sense of pride and belonging. Award-winning composer Jimmy Dunne has attempted to capture the essence of that feeling in ‘My Merced,’ the... Read More