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Central Coast Student Brings Flair for Robotics to UC Merced

August 13, 2024
  This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. After diving into robotics in high school, Antonio "Tony" Lopez-Blanco is eager to attend UC Merced in pursuit of a career that reaches for the sky. Lopez says he is “...

Do Countertop Compost Machines Really Work?

August 12, 2024

Researcher's Work Aimed at Helping People Live Better Lives

August 8, 2024
"I like research on the Internet of Things because it solves problems in people's lives," said Shijia Pan , a professor of computer science and engineering at UC Merced and a principal investigator at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the...

Psychological Bias Links Good Deeds with Religious Belief, UC Merced Research Says

August 8, 2024
Experiments conducted by UC Merced researchers find that people who perform good deeds are far more likely to be thought of as religious believers than atheists. Moreover, the psychological bias linking kindness and helpfulness with faith appears to be global in scale. Research on the mental...

Fulbright Award Sends Physics Grad Student to France for Quantum Research

August 7, 2024
Persistence has paid off for UC Merced doctoral candidate Arabi Seshappan. The graduate student from Fremont, about to start her sixth year, was selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program's Fulbright-Université Paris-Saclay Doctoral Research Award, which is only granted to three U.S....

Californians say they were fired for leaving their jobs in sweltering heat. Is the state on their side?

August 7, 2024

Ecologists’ Meeting Showcases UC Merced Student Researchers and Faculty

August 6, 2024
Students and faculty are converging on Long Beach this week for the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Seven students will present their research and Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe will serve as one of the meeting’s keynote speakers. This is the first time fourth-year Ph....

Honor Student Gives UC Merced a New 'Cat to Cheer About

August 6, 2024
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. Jenna Hinds, a Central Valley native, is bringing spirit to UC Merced. Hinds discovered a passion for cheerleading as a senior in high school. After participating in UC Merced tryouts, will join...

Three Years of Learning and Play at Kids Discovery Station Merced

August 5, 2024
Less than three years ago, the idea of bringing a children’s museum to Merced began to blossom. Since Mayya Tokman and Angelo Kyrilov, both UC Merced professors, opened the doors of Kids Discovery Station, they have seen more than 65,000 visitors. After successful pilot exhibits in 2018 at...

A soil fungus that can kill is on the rise in California: What to know about Valley fever

August 2, 2024

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