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Professor Named ‘Rising Star’ in Quantitative Psychology

January 8, 2016
UC Merced Psychology Professor Sarah Depaoli has been recognized as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national and international level. According to the APS,...

Student Team Makes the Cut in Global ‘Hyperloop’ Competition

January 5, 2016
A small team of undergraduate students from UC Merced is gaining major exposure in a global competition to design portions of what could be the next big innovation in transportation. Elon Musk, the billionaire inventor and co-founder of PayPal and Tesla Motors, has envisioned a “hyperloop” in...

Day of Giving Nets More Than $310K for Scholarships

December 23, 2015
UC Merced employees and alumni were loud and proud supporters of the #GiveTueUCM campaign, part of the international day of charity known as Giving Tuesday on Dec. 1. Including matching funds, the university raised more than $310,000 for undergraduate scholarships and $316,000 total. Last year’s...

Psychologist: Show Troubled Kids Peter Parker, Not Spider-Man

December 21, 2015
Before Spider-Man became Spider-Man, he was Peter Parker, an orphan living with relatives of modest means, and a bullying victim forced to cope with the murder of his uncle. Not many kids in those circumstances will develop superpowers from a bite by a radioactive spider, but a UC Merced...

MACES Event Highlights Energy, Sensing Research

December 18, 2015
More than 70 people learned about the research and education opportunities offered by UC Merced’s new Merced nAnomaterials Center of Energy and Sensing (MACES) during an open house Dec. 4. MACES, established earlier this year with a $5 million grant from NASA, is intended to benefit current and...

Natural Sciences Dean Elected to AAAS Council

December 17, 2015
School of Natural Sciences Dean Juan Meza has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) council, representing the Section on Mathematics. The association is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of all people,...

Discover Jessica Rivas | Connections That Matter

December 16, 2015
Jessica Rivas fell in love with some of the things that make UC Merced unique. The campus partners with Yosemite National Park, a place for amazing experiences. But, UC Merced is also a campus that cares. We want you here.

Humans Have Disrupted Ecosystems for 6,000 Years, Research Shows

December 16, 2015
The basic structure of Earth’s ecosystems lasted for 300 million years but changed about 6,000 years ago, and humans are the most likely reason. A team of about 25 researchers from around the globe, including UC Merced Professor Jessica Blois, outline that discovery in a paper published today in...

UC Merced Rallies to Finish Second in Cool Campus Challenge

December 15, 2015
After 10 weeks of competition — including a wild flurry of activity at the end — UC Merced placed second in the University of California’s first-ever Cool Campus Challenge. With the University of California’s ambitious goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2025 just 10 years away, the Cool Campus...

UC Merced, County Unite to Conserve Land, Enhance Recreation

December 15, 2015
The University of California, Merced, is working with the County of Merced on plans for a new recreation area between campus and Lake Yosemite and protection for wetlands adjacent to campus. The Merced County Board of Supervisors at its meeting today agreed to a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

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