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Sociology a Lens That Focuses World's Events

October 15, 2014
Sociology at UC Merced is a prism that offers insight and perspective into what's happening in the world. Trying to understand how people mobilize under democracies or military dictatorships? Ask Professors Nella Van Dyke, Kyle Dodson or Paul Almeida. Curious about how colleges and high schools...

Campus’s Direct Investment in Regional Economy Exceeds $1.1 Billion

October 13, 2014
The University of California, Merced, has directly invested more than $1.1 billion into the San Joaquin Valley economy since the newest UC campus began start-up operations in July 2000, according to the campus’s Division of Business and Administrative Services. The investment total represents an...

Study Looks at Emotion's Role in Chemotherapy Tolerance

October 13, 2014
How patients perceive and talk about their illnesses can have an impact on how they recover and heal, according to a growing area of health research being furthered by UC Merced health psychology Professor Jitske Tiemensma. “It should be a team effort to treat a patient. Medical doctors often have...

High School Students Get Road Map to College

October 10, 2014
Eleventh and 12th graders and their parents filled the gymnasium bleachers at McLane High School in Fresno on Thursday (Oct. 9) eager to find out what it takes — academically and financially — to access higher education. The systemwide Achieve UC event is meant to inspire students to aim for...

Two UCCE Specialists Joining ANR, Based at UC Merced

October 9, 2014
The University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) has hired two UC Cooperative Extension specialists who will be based at UC Merced. Karina Diaz-Rios, specialist for nutrition, family and consumer sciences, joined ANR on Sept. 2. Tapan Pathak, specialist for climate...

Local AARP Supports Student Success with Scholarship

October 9, 2014
UC Merced offers a new scholarship to Merced County high school graduates, thanks to a $25,000 endowment from the local AARP chapter.  The AARP Merced Chapter No. 282 Scholarship Endowed Fund supports undergraduate students at UC Merced who have at least a 3.5 GPA or higher, show financial need and...

Video Technology Gives Students More Access to Psychiatric Services

October 8, 2014
With psychiatrists in short supply throughout the community, UC Merced is leveraging modern technology to expand that service to students. The UC’s 10th and newest campus is the first within the system to provide telemedicine psychiatry. Students who are referred to a psychiatrist are linked to an...

Slain Civil Rights Activist to Receive Spendlove Prize

October 8, 2014
Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights activist who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driving another activist home from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in March 1965, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance...

CBS Sacramento | Experts: Thinning Forests Could Help Increase Ground Water Supply

October 6, 2014
Oct. 4, 2014 — In a rural piece of forest in Tuoloumne County, an important experiment is underway that could influence California’s future of fire and water.

The Fresno Bee | Could those empty Valley reservoirs fill up in one winter?

October 6, 2014
Oct. 6, 2014 — Even if it's a wet winter, the last three years have left the ecosystem dry, and the ground will absorb a lot of water, said Professor Roger Bales.

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