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Two MacArthur Foundation Chairs Awarded to Female SSHA Faculty

November 9, 2020
Two female faculty members of UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) have been named the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation chairs, making four prestigious chairs in the campus’ 15-year history. Professors Nancy Burke and Whitney Pirtle have been...

Documentary on Refugee Experience to Premiere at UC Merced and Abroad

November 6, 2020
Global arts Professor Yehuda Sharim’s 2019 documentary “Songs That Never End” will continue to be screened at several international venues over the course of the coming weeks. The documentary examines the displacement refugees grapple with upon relocating. The film follows the...

Meza Named First AMS Fellow from UC Merced

November 6, 2020
Professor Juan Meza, former dean of the School of Natural Sciences, has become the first Fellow of the American Mathematical Society from UC Merced. He is one of 46 Fellows inducted as part of the Class of 2021. The Fellows of the AMS designation recognizes members who have made outstanding...

Sliding on Waves of Atoms: Lab Is First to Observe Ripples and Friction on 2D Materials

November 5, 2020
Mechanical Engineering Professor Mehmet Baykara’s latest discovery in two-dimensional (2D) materials will have implications for future space missions, as well as nanotechnology on Earth. Since the Nobel prize-winning discovery of 2D materials in 2004, scientists have believed the...

DNA Tracks Mysterious Denisovans to Chinese Cave

November 4, 2020

UC Merced Mourns Passing of John Sykes

November 3, 2020

Infrared Cameras Can Spot a Fever, but May Not Slow Covid-19

November 3, 2020

Schools Adopt Face Recognition in the Name of Fighting Covid

November 3, 2020

New Precision Ag Project Would Help Farmers Measure Plant Moisture

November 2, 2020
One of the biggest challenges in managing crops, especially in large fields, is knowing how much water each section of a field needs. Determining that accurately is a cumbersome process that requires people to hand-pluck individual leaves from plants, put them in pressure chambers and apply air...

Why Dry Weather This Election Day May Boost Biden

November 1, 2020

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