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Capstone Team’s Designs Could Win DARPA Competition

April 28, 2014
Improvements for a ubiquitous device that cools high-powered electronics aboard military aircraft could do more than just earn a group of engineering students their senior capstone design credits. It could also win a competition funded and hosted by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (...

Professor’s Passion for Monkey Flower Leads to Genetic Discoveries

April 23, 2014
The environment affects the way genetic populations move, and similar environments likely play a bigger role in how a species develops than does geographic distance. Those are just two of the discoveries Professor Jason Sexton has made while studying the monkey flower, a California native that is...

Campus Issues Request for Qualifications for Developers

April 21, 2014
The University of California, Merced, opened a competitive process on April 17 by issuing a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a development team to be part of its vital plan to further grow the campus. The 2020 Project includes the comprehensive development of academic, administrative, research...

Professors’ Expertise Tapped for Policy Discussions at Drought Summit

April 21, 2014
Two researchers from the University of California, Merced, are slated to take part in the UC Drought Science, Policy and Management Summit at the state Capitol this week. School of Engineering Professors Roger Bales, with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, and Joshua Viers, director of the...

Researchers Melt Snow to See Climate Change Impacts

April 16, 2014
In a megadrought like the one California is experiencing, people tend to look at how much rainfall has come along. But it also matters when the snowmelt releases its cache, because the snowpack is the state’s natural reservoir. “If you just change when the snow melts, it has huge consequences for...

Walking, Talking in Infants Connected

April 14, 2014
Infants show a sharp increase in understanding and using language shortly after they begin walking, according to research by a UC Merced developmental psychology professor. “What is it about walking?” Professor Eric A. Walle said. “Does walking lead to more exploratory behavior by infants, then...

Students Save Cash Through New Program Offering ‘Office’ for Free

April 9, 2014
UC Merced students are now using some of the latest and most popular Microsoft Office applications without having to dig into their wallets. The free software is available under Microsoft’s Student Advantage program, which allows campuses that license Office 365 or Office Professional Plus for...

Annual Bobcat Art Show Roars into Ninth Year

April 7, 2014
UC Merced artists will showcase their talent during the campus’s annual Bobcat Art Show, which starts its month-long run Monday in the UC Merced Art Gallery and Kolligian Library. The show, now in its ninth year, features works submitted by UC Merced students and faculty and staff members. This...

Humanities Center Turns World Upside Down

April 2, 2014
The UC Merced Center for the Humanities has turned the world upside down. The center, which received a $2 million gift in 2012 to expand its activities, selected “The World Upside Down: Topsy-Turvy” as its first two-year-long research theme, which serves as a guiding plan for its offerings in the...

Professor’s Paper in Nature Communications Indicates Deep Sea Changes

March 31, 2014
Large, naturally occurring low-oxygen zones in the Pacific appear to be expanding, and there is a sharp change in the number of bacteria that produce and consume different forms of toxic sulfur, according to a UC Merced researcher’s latest paper in Nature Communications. These expanding...

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