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Grad Student Awarded Thesis of the Year for Work in Public Health

June 5, 2018
UC Merced public health graduate student Erendira “Dida” Estrada's master’s thesis, “Development of a participatory health communication intervention: An ecological approach to reducing rural information inequality and health disparities,” was named Thesis of the...

UC Merced, County Fair Join Forces to Fight Hunger

June 4, 2018
UC Merced is partnering with the Merced County Fair to support Mercy Medical Center’s “We Care Wednesday” Community Food Drive. Anyone can join the fight against hunger and gain free admittance to the fair by bringing five or more cans of food from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday (June 6...

Deseret News: Professor's Art Exhibit Draws Utah Crowd

June 1, 2018
Art history Professor ShiPu Wang's traveling exhibition focused on artist Chiura Obata has proven throught-provoking.

UC Merced Strikes ‘Grand Gold’ for Alumni Chat Series

June 1, 2018
In 2013, UC Merced’s Alumni Relations staff proposed an idea: Invite alumni back to campus to talk to current students about their post-graduation careers and experiences. That idea became UC Merced’s Alumni Career Chat Employment Success Series (ACCESS). And when Alumni Relations...

Study Finds That Gene Transcription Can Serve as Brain’s Timekeeper

May 31, 2018
Neurons keep time. These brain cells – which are responsible for the brain’s “heavy lifting,” from information processing to memory formation – seem to "know" how long they’ve been exposed to sensory stimulation. Now, scientists are starting to...

Insight on Capital Public Radio: Distracted Voters Choose White Candidates

May 31, 2018
Political science Professor Jessica Trounstine shared her research on how being distracted while voting can have unintended consequences, especially for political candidates of color.    

The Economist: Political Science Research Shows Tribalism

May 31, 2018
Professor Alexander Theodoridis and his colleagues found that people often dehumanize their partisan rivals.

Workshops to Inform Staff on New GE Program

May 30, 2018
This fall, UC Merced launches a new undergraduate education program that fully supports students in achieving the Hallmarks of the Baccalaureate Degree at UC Merced. The program nurtures a spirit of inquiry among students, building their knowledge of disciplines, cultures and perspectives in the...

Young Artist Movement Making Room for More Art on Campus

May 29, 2018
Three enterprising Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) students saw the empty UC Merced Art Gallery on campus and, worried the space would be reallocated, wondered why they couldn’t volunteer to run it. So they started the Young Artist Movement (YAM) — a “guerilla” group...

News and Notes: Staff Had ‘Rad’ Time During ’80s-Themed Appreciation Week

May 24, 2018
UC Merced staff members got the time to enjoy the company of their colleagues while being saluted for the tireless work they do to support students, faculty members and the university’s mission during UC Merced’s annual Staff Appreciation Week (SAW). This year’s event gave a...

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