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New Study Finds Link Between Unconscious Movement and Reading

June 7, 2017
Right now, while you are reading these typewritten words, your hand muscles are moving imperceptibly, but measurably. These movements would be even greater if the words were handwritten. That’s because your motor system strongly contributes to your perception of language, in part by trying to...

Campus Joins Merced County Fair’s Food Drive Effort

June 5, 2017
UC Merced is partnering with the Merced County Fair to support Mercy Medical Center’s “We Care Wednesday” Community Food Drive presented by EECU and University Industrial Park. Anyone can join the fight against hunger and gain free admittance to the fair by bringing five or more cans of food from 5...

‘Swarmathon’ Robotics Team Competes at Cape Canaveral

June 1, 2017
Manuel Meraz transferred to UC Merced with a mission: to revive what had once been an award-winning, student-led robotics scene on campus. Meraz had just completed a robotics internship at the University of New Mexico, where his advisor introduced him to Stefano Carpin, professor of Electrical...

Former ASUCM President Gaining Capitol Experience

May 30, 2017
Domonique Jones got a taste of public office while serving as president of the Associated Students of UC Merced (ASUCM). Now the 2016 graduate is furthering that information in the state Capitol. Since her graduation, Jones has been serving in the legislative branch in Sacramento as part of the...

Governor Names Harris to Fair Employment and Housing Council

May 25, 2017
Mark T. Harris, J.D. , has been appointed to the California Fair Employment and Housing Council by Gov. Jerry Brown. Harris has been a continuing lecturer of management and business economics at UC Merced since 2008 and is a practicing attorney in Sacramento. From 1999 to 2001, Harris served as...

Human Resources Debuts New Employee Orientation Program

May 25, 2017
UC Merced’s newest employees experienced a different introduction to the campus when Human Resources launched its new experiential and participatory orientation program in June. As previously reported, New Employee Orientation (NEO) was overhauled by HR’s talent development team into...

Campus Launches Countywide Food and Ag Exchange

May 24, 2017
UC Merced is taking steps to fight hunger and tackle food waste on campus and across Merced County. The campus has launched CropMobster Merced County, an online food and agricultural exchange and community engagement program to help address issues ranging from food waste and growing local food...

Prachumsri Named Men’s Volleyball Coach

May 22, 2017
UC Merced’s Athletics Department has hired women's volleyball coach and alumnus Surabordin “Ai” Prachumsri as the men's volleyball head coach. He will remain coach of the women’s team, as well. After stepping in midseason as interim head coach of the men's volleyball team, Prachumsri led the team...

CREST Center Hosts Local Students for Science and Engineering Event

May 22, 2017
Students from Burbank and Peterson Elementary Schools in Merced participated in a day of interactive science and engineering hosted last month by UC Merced’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (CCBM), a National Science Foundation Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (...

Golf Fundraiser Catapults to New Record

May 19, 2017
The seventh annual Building Future Champions Dinner and Auction and the 20th annual Ma Kelley Memorial Shoot-Out golf tournament, held over two days last month at the Turlock Golf and Country Club, were a win-win for participants and for UC Merced Athletics. Keynote speaker Dave Dravecky, a former...

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