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Sociologist Explores Race, Gender and Class Inequalities in Education

February 12, 2010
“What did you learn in school today?” may be one of the most important questions parents can ask their child. Research by a UC Mercedsociologyprofessor shows that low-income students who talk about their day at school with family members are more likely to pursue higher-education opportunities....

Facebook Fans Sign-on to Community, Lively Discussions

February 12, 2010
Patricia Dugan joinedUC Merced’s Facebook pagewhile she was deciding whether she wanted to attend the university. Online, she found a thriving community of students, faculty, alumni and university supporters talking about UC Merced’s achievements, lifestyle and events, as well as occasionally...

Researcher Receives Prestigious CAREER Award

February 8, 2010
The mass production of biofuels would be one of the greatest possible steps toward eliminating the world's dependence on fossil fuels, but a number of factors have stood in the way. Among them are arguments against using productive agricultural lands for fuel instead of food and the cutting of...

Environmental Engineering Students Launch Campus Group

February 5, 2010
Tara Backmantransferredto UC Merced as a junior in 2007, drawn by the chance to major inenvironmental engineering, a field that sparked her interest. But a year after her arrival, while searching for internships so she could put her education and skills to work, she felt a little lost. “I didn’t...

Guidebook to Demonstrate Teaching Techniques for Student Success

February 5, 2010
Teams of UC Merced graduate students will develop innovative curriculum that addresses the needs of undergraduates, especially first-generation college students. With the help of a $295,484 grant from the U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE),...

Researchers Receive Grant to Develop Solar Sensing, Tracking System

February 3, 2010
Proposed project would benefit energy suppliers that utilize solar by allowing them to know in advance conditions that would impact their systems ability to produce electricity UC Merced researchers are developing a system that will measure the amount of sunlight that reaches ground level where...

Sitting Down with the New Dean

February 1, 2010
On Jan. 1, Mark S. Aldenderfer took the helm as dean of theSchool of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts(SSHA) - UC Merced’s fastest-growing school. He had been an anthropological archaeologist at the University of Arizona. The following is an interview with him about his vision for the school...

Extreme Science Forges Path for Breakthroughs

January 29, 2010
It’s supersmall, ultracold and hyperfast. It’s the extreme science carried out in some of UC Merced’s labs. Researchers in theSchool of Natural Sciencesare pushing boundaries in hopes of yielding results that could change the world. One professor works with artificial atoms, another one uses...

Humanities Center to Create Discussions on Research

January 22, 2010
Most humanities scholars’ research involves reading a book, article or poem, analyzing it and relaying the conclusions. Basically solitary, it leaves little time for talk about what they’re discovering. “We don’t go into labs,” UC Merced ProfessorSusan Amussensaid. “(The research) is great, but it...

Professor Lured from Princeton by Opportunities, Faculty

January 22, 2010
All politics is local, and for UC Merced ProfessorJessica Trounstine, it’s the most fruitful level to study. City and county governments are where she digs to find answers to larger political questions, such as why incumbents win reelection and what factors affect community investment. “There are...

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