Agriculture may not have been required for year-round, permanent settlement of the Tibetan Plateau, says Mark Aldenderfer, an archaeologist at UC Merced.
A grant awarded to UCMerced and the Merced County California Regional Obesity Prevention Program from NIH's Child Health and Human Development Institute allows academics from various disciplines to engage directly with community members affected by obesity.
UC Merced archaeologist Professor Holley Moyes has spent two decades crawling into jungle-choked caves to answer one question: What drove the Maya to make offerings in such dark, remote places?
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Biochemistry Professor Patricia LiWang calls it a stroke of luck that she has become enmeshed in HIV research, but her developments are no accident.
The National Institute for Health (NIH) apparently agrees, awarding her more than $2.3 million over the next four years to continue working toward a...
Lorraine Sturdevant always wanted to explore other countries, but finances were always an obstacle.
But winning a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship allowed her to take her first journey outside North America. She spent the summer studying in Thailand, an adventure that wouldn...
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The Hmong Student Association at UC Merced will host its eighth annual educational conference themed, “Hmoob Mekas - Our Next Generation,” on Nov. 15.
The one-day conference will focus on Hmong culture, education and identity. Local high school students will have the opportunity to attend eight...
Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2014 issue of UC Merced Magazine and has been updated in the wake of the Nov. 4 elections. Read the whole issue online.
In two small rooms on the University of California’s youngest campus, far removed from the epicenters of American political power...
