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NIH Grant Charts Path to UC Merced Ph.D. for Fresno State Students
July 16, 2015
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A new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will create a pipeline to doctoral degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences at the University of California, Merced, for underrepresented minority students from California State... Read More
SSHA Professors Conducting Summer Research Projects
July 15, 2015
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Like their colleagues in science and engineering, researchers in UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts are keeping busy this summer with a wide variety of projects. Among them: • Sociology Professors Tanya... Read More
Study: In Any Language, Learning to Walk and Talk Are Linked
June 17, 2015
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UC Merced developmental psychologist Eric Walle recently discovered a link between walking and talking in infants. This development, however, brought up additional questions. Was the link specific to culture? Age? Native language? Walle,... Read More
Interdisciplinary Spirit Pays Off for Grad Student
June 9, 2015
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One of the things that attracted Chelsea Coe to UC Merced as an undergraduate student was the opportunity to do research. She transferred to UC Merced during her junior year and worked in Professor Teenie Matlock’s interactive... Read More
Student Teams Win Cash Prizes at Innovate to Grow
May 19, 2015
The winners of this year’s Innovate to Grow competition have been announced. The event includes three components: The Mobile App Challenge, the Capstone competition for senior Innovation and Design Clinic teams and the Engineering... Read More
Children’s Opera Series Returns for Sixth Year
May 18, 2015
Thousands of area children will attend performances of “Who Stole B-Flat?” on the UC Merced campus this week as part of an effort to expose Merced County youth to opera and theater.  In addition to the free performances... Read More
Political Science Grad Gaining Capital Experience
May 13, 2015
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Baltazar Cornejo is poised to become a strong and tireless advocate for the Central Valley, thanks to a fellowship program that provides real-world experience in state government.  Born in Modesto to farmworker parents who had... Read More
Campus to Mark Milestone with 10th Graduating Class
May 12, 2015
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When students walk across the stage at this weekend’s commencement ceremonies at the University of California, Merced, they will join the nearly 4,000 scholars who have earned degrees from the university, while marking yet another... Read More
Grad Student Examines Use of Social Media in Health Care
April 23, 2015
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The use of images and direct questions by health communicators on Facebook tends to increase user engagement, though linking to external websites and videos does not. Posts conveying positive emotions have no clear impact on engagement,... Read More
Study: Real-World Negotiators Bargain More Fairly
April 15, 2015
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Experienced policymakers are more likely to make fair offers in bargaining than the average person, and less likely to accept low offers — even if it means both sides get nothing.  Such were the findings of a recent study... Read More