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Applications for Mentorship Program Due June 14

June 6, 2018
UC Merced’s Career Advancement Mentorship Program (CAMP) is now accepting applications. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Thursday, June 14. CAMP is an annual program that provides the opportunity for mentors to share their knowledge and experience with mentees to better equip mentees to...

Director's All-Academic Team Announced

June 5, 2018

News and Notes: Staff Assembly Hosts Event, Announces Election Results

June 5, 2018
Dining Partners with Staff Assembly for Salvage Social Hour UC Merced Dining, in partnership with Staff Assembly, will host Salvage Social Hour Wednesday, June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the 17th Street Public House, 315 Main St., Merced. Appetizers and beverages featuring ingredients commonly...

Grad Student Awarded Thesis of the Year for Work in Public Health

June 5, 2018
UC Merced public health graduate student Erendira “Dida” Estrada's master’s thesis, “Development of a participatory health communication intervention: An ecological approach to reducing rural information inequality and health disparities,” was named Thesis of the...

UC Merced, County Fair Join Forces to Fight Hunger

June 4, 2018
UC Merced is partnering with the Merced County Fair to support Mercy Medical Center’s “We Care Wednesday” Community Food Drive. Anyone can join the fight against hunger and gain free admittance to the fair by bringing five or more cans of food from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday (June 6...

Deseret News: Professor's Art Exhibit Draws Utah Crowd

June 1, 2018
Art history Professor ShiPu Wang's traveling exhibition focused on artist Chiura Obata has proven throught-provoking.

UC Merced Strikes ‘Grand Gold’ for Alumni Chat Series

June 1, 2018
In 2013, UC Merced’s Alumni Relations staff proposed an idea: Invite alumni back to campus to talk to current students about their post-graduation careers and experiences. That idea became UC Merced’s Alumni Career Chat Employment Success Series (ACCESS). And when Alumni Relations...

Insight on Capital Public Radio: Distracted Voters Choose White Candidates

May 31, 2018
Political science Professor Jessica Trounstine shared her research on how being distracted while voting can have unintended consequences, especially for political candidates of color.    

Study Finds That Gene Transcription Can Serve as Brain’s Timekeeper

May 31, 2018
Neurons keep time. These brain cells – which are responsible for the brain’s “heavy lifting,” from information processing to memory formation – seem to "know" how long they’ve been exposed to sensory stimulation. Now, scientists are starting to...

The Economist: Political Science Research Shows Tribalism

May 31, 2018
Professor Alexander Theodoridis and his colleagues found that people often dehumanize their partisan rivals.

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