Social Sciences

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Professor Awarded National Grant for Research on Moroccan Literature
January 15, 2013
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University of California, Merced, literature Professor Cristián H. Ricci has received a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities award to write an in-depth analysis of Moroccan literature. The research project, “Moroccan... Read More
Parents' Financial Help Linked to Lower GPAs, Higher Graduation Rates
January 15, 2013
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College students who aren't studying hard may have their parents' financial support to blame. A new study by University of California, Merced, sociology Professor Laura T. Hamilton found that students' GPAs decreased with increased... Read More
Historian Uses 'Big Data' to Study World History
January 14, 2013
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The path from ancient China to information science might seem like a long one, but Ruth Mostern is walking it. Mostern, a history professor in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, is joining a team that will use more than $... Read More
Applying Creative Solutions to ‘Impossible’ Problems
December 3, 2012
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The tougher a problem, the more creative a solution it needs, from the increasing power in orbiting satellites and saving tigers to saving state parks and catching thieves. And when a problem seems absolutely impossible? “That’s when you... Read More
New Grant to Help Prepare Grad Students for Faculty Careers
November 13, 2012
UC Merced is one of only seven universities nationwide to receive a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools to develop new approaches for enhancing graduate student skills for assessing undergraduate learning, and to help prepare... Read More
Campaign 2012 Academic Seminar Gives Students Perspective
November 5, 2012
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When UC Merced first announced it would be sending students to the national political conventions through The Washington Center program, senior Chelsea Coe never expected she'd be one of the lucky two. Coe, a transfer student from Santa... Read More
Professor: In Politics, It’s Not Just What You Say, It’s How You Say It
October 23, 2012
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In an election year, as people are being machine-gunned with millions of dollars’ worth of political messages from all sorts of sources, it might be re-assuring (or distressing) to discover that even the more subtle aspects of language use... Read More
Transfer Student Uses Sports, Academics to Inspire Local Youth
October 8, 2012
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  At 33, Nick Navarrette isn’t the average UC Merced student. He’s not even the average transfer student. Then again, Navarrette has never been “average,” nor does he pretend to be. Maybe that’s why adversity doesn’t seem to faze him... Read More
Student, Faculty Music Projects Enlivening Area Scene
September 19, 2012
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Professor Arnold Kim’s music couldn’t be more different than that of student-staff-alumni band Feeling Gravity’s Pull. Kim’s The Yellow Hope Project work is heavily influenced by what he has been listening to for years – old-school... Read More
Common Read Builds Community, Connections with Shared Book
September 17, 2012
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A richly illustrated book tracing centuries of change in the California landscape is this year’s Common Read, a program that connects students and faculty across disciplines by putting the same text in dozens of classrooms. First launched... Read More