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Having Oral Sex Increases Likelihood of Intercourse Among Teens

November 1, 2010
Study by researchers at UC Merced and UCSF is the first to track teens’ sexual behavior over time to determine whether oral sex increases the likelihood of having sexual intercourse. Half of teens who have oral sex during the ninth grade will have intercourse by the end of the 11th grade, and...

Researcher Uses Fruit Flies to Understand Cancer Causes

October 29, 2010
Fruit flies, with a short lives and genes that are easy to manipulate, make excellent models for innovative research into cancer. Natural SciencesProfessorMike Cleary, a member of UC Merced’sstem cellconsortium, is using these tiny bugs, formally known as Drosophila, in his cutting-edge work in...

Plan for Intercollegiate Sports Moves Forward

October 28, 2010
Survey will gauge student interest in advance of NAIA application in January;Varsity play expected to begin in Fall 2011 Quick Facts A student survey will help guide decisions about which sports UC Merced should offer and whether a student fee should be implemented to pay for them. The...

Interdisciplinary Study Finds Political Parties Viewed as Polar Opposites

October 27, 2010
People view Democrats and Republicans, and liberals and conservatives as exact opposites, according to a recently published interdisciplinary study conducted by two UC Merced professors. The findings, authorsEvan HeitandStephen Nicholsonwrote, suggest that the American political system is highly...

UC Merced Ph.D. Lands Tenure-Track Position in Hydrology

October 21, 2010
One of UC Merced’s earliest Ph.D. recipients has another first under his belt; he is the first graduate to be hired in a tenure-track faculty position. In August, Glenn D. Shaw started as an assistant professor in geological engineering at Montana Tech of the University of Montana in Butte. Shaw...

Cognitive Science's MTS Lecture Series Boosts Campus' Visibility

October 20, 2010
ProfessorTeenie Matlockrecalls trying to generate the right name for a newcognitive sciencelecture series at UC Merced back in 2005. “It was important to emphasize the basis of cognitive science but at the same time capture its breadth and impact on other disciplines,” she said. “It made sense to...

Economic Contribution to Valley Surpasses Half-Billion Dollars

October 18, 2010
Campus’ total statewide investments top $1.1 billion in first decade of operations;Impact will continue to grow along with campus, student body Quick Facts UC Merced has created an economic contribution of more than $500 million to the San Joaquin Valley and more than $1.1 billion statewide...

Study Shows Coral Genomes Could Adapt to Climate Change

October 15, 2010
When UC Merced biology ProfessorMónica Medinaand her team learned that a group from Penn State was undertaking coral larvae research in Florida similar to their own research in Mexico, she decided to reach out to them. “I said, ‘Well let’s just find out what they’re doing, and maybe we can...

President of Leading Hospital System Named Commencement Speaker

October 13, 2010
Lloyd H. Dean of Catholic Healthcare West to inspire graduates at May 2011 ceremony Quick Facts Lloyd H. Dean will speak to UC Merced’s Class of 2011 at commencement in May. Dean is president and chief executive officer of Catholic Healthcare West, the eighth largest hospital system in the ...

Prospective Students Experience All that UC Merced Offers

October 13, 2010
There’s nothing like spending time at UC Merced to help understand what it’s like to be a Golden Bobcat. High school students and transfer students who are curious about UC Merced will have the opportunity to do just that Saturday, Oct. 16 during the university’s fall open house — known asPreview...

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