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Capital Public Radio: Prescribed Burns Could Damage Soil

September 19, 2018
Damage from prescribed burns might not be visible right away, but it can be seen weeks and months later, said Professor Teamrat Ghezzehei.

Campus Awards Chancellor’s Postdoc Fellowships

September 19, 2018
Two of UC Merced’s newest postdoctoral researchers, Colleen Cheverko and Maria-Elena Young, received the Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship (CPFP) for 2018-2019. The fellowships, which are for one year with a potential one-year renewal, provide professional development and faculty...

Science Trends: Public Land Exchanges

September 18, 2018

NSF Grant Helps Professor Connect Evolutionary Dots along the Open Tree of Life

September 18, 2018
UC Merced life and environmental sciences Professor Emily Jane McTavish and a collaborator at the University of Kansas recently received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend and improve the Open Tree of Life (OpenTree). OpenTree is a collaborative project...

Publisher Weekly: Fake News - Consider the Source

September 18, 2018

Three Bobcats Earn Cal Pac Player of the Week Honors

September 17, 2018

Martinez, Bobcats Win PUC Pioneer Invitational

September 17, 2018

New University Registrar is Actually a UC Merced Veteran

September 17, 2018
UC Merced’s new University Registrar is far from new. Erin Webb first joined the Registrar’s Office at UC Merced in 2007 because she wanted to make a difference in the lives of students in her home town and to work at a young and growing institution. “I’ll never forget my...

Postdoc Earns Prestigious NIH Award to Study Health Disparities

September 17, 2018
Jaapna Dhillon had no idea that studying how almonds affect health would win her a huge advantage in securing a tenure-track position. But Dhillon just became UC Merced’s first postdoctoral researcher to receive a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH...

Could UC Merced Lead the Change Toward More Inclusivity in STEM?

September 17, 2018
UC Merced is uniquely positioned to be a change agent in how the academy addresses diversity in STEM, said Professor Donna Riley, the Kamyar Haghighi Head of Purdue’s School of Engineering Education. Riley was the featured speaker at the Chancellor’s Dialogue on Diversity and...

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