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Literature Professor Wins Latino Book Award

July 31, 2015
UC Merced Professor Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez recently won a 2015 International Latino Book Award for “With a Book in Their Hands: Chicano/a Readers and Readerships,” which beat six other finalists in the category of Best Latino Focused Nonfiction Book. The book stems from research done after...

Local Students Gain Lab Experience in Summer Program

July 30, 2015
As a high school student in Merced, Ana Arteaga didn’t know which academic path she would choose in college. But her route became clear after she spent two summers in a chemistry lab at UC Merced. In May, Arteaga graduated with a chemistry degree from UC Merced and now is headed to Oregon State...

Robbins Named Dean of School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

July 28, 2015
Jill Robbins has been named dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) at the University of California, Merced, the university announced today. She will begin serving full time in that capacity on Jan. 1, 2016. Robbins joins UC Merced after more than 20 years as a university...

Regents Approve UC Merced’s New Downtown Center

July 23, 2015
The University of California, Merced, has moved a step closer to realizing its plan to build a new center in downtown Merced that will provide space for administrators and collaborations with community partners. The UC Regents today approved the construction of the 67,400-gross-square-foot building...

Campus to Host Community Forum on Growth Plans

July 21, 2015
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland and members of her leadership team will hold a forum to provide community members with an update on the 2020 Project and university facilities to be located in downtown Merced. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, in the California Room on ...

Matsumoto Appointed Dean of School of Engineering

July 20, 2015
Mark Matsumoto has been named dean of the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced, the university announced today. His appointment is effective Sept. 1, 2015. Matsumoto is currently associate dean for research and graduate education in the Bourns College of Engineering at UC...

Business Insider | The 15 most amazing women in science today

July 20, 2015
By studying artifacts left in caves by ancient Mayans, Professor Holley Moyes hopes to both preserve Mayan culture and discover stories of these ancient people.

NIH Grant Charts Path to UC Merced Ph.D. for Fresno State Students

July 16, 2015
A new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will create a pipeline to doctoral degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences at the University of California, Merced, for underrepresented minority students from California State University, Fresno.   UC Merced Professor Andy LiWang and...

SSHA Professors Conducting Summer Research Projects

July 15, 2015
Like their colleagues in science and engineering, researchers in UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts are keeping busy this summer with a wide variety of projects. Among them: • Sociology Professors Tanya Golash-Boza and Zulema Valdez are working on a project that seeks to...

Science and Engineering Researchers Stay Busy in Summer

July 13, 2015
The summer might mean an extended break for some in the campus community, but UC Merced researchers are busier than ever. Whether here or abroad, many professors and students are taking advantage of the time off to pursue important research projects.  Below are a few examples from the School of...

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