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April Events Dedicated to Sexual Assault Awareness

April 1, 2015
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and UC Merced’s CARE Office is joining universities and colleges across the globe in an effort to increase awareness about sexual assault, decrease its frequency and help survivors. The month of awareness and education begins today (...

Student Group Presents Two-Part Lecture Series on Race

April 1, 2015
The African Diaspora Student Association at UC Merced will present a two-part lecture series on race, culture and history in April. The series — entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?” — will begin April 7 with a talk by professor and author James Loewen. Loewen’s talk, “The Most Important Era in U.S...

Mobile Farmers Market Begins on Campus

March 31, 2015
UC Merced’s Dining Services is bringing Produce on the Go, a mobile farmers market, to campus from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Wednesday, beginning April 1. The truck will sell fresh, local and sustainably grown fruits, vegetables and dairy products and hand out simple, affordable recipes and...

Sociologist Earns Prestigious Award for 2014 Book

March 30, 2015
UC Merced Professor Paul Almeida has been selected by the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) as the 2015 recipient of its Distinguished Scholarship Award for his book, “Mobilizing Democracy: Globalization and Citizen Protest.” The PSA chose Almeida’s book from a competitive pool for its...

New Magnetic Resonance Lab Opens on Campus

March 30, 2015
Looking at molecules just got easier for UC Merced researchers, now that Professor Erik Menke, Professor Jason Hein and other colleagues have opened a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) lab. “It’s a standard piece of equipment — nothing out of the ordinary — but it’s exceedingly important that we...

Researchers Dispel Child Development Myths at Symposium

March 26, 2015
When it comes to child development and education, separating fact from fiction is critical for professionals in the field. More than 65 educators and care providers benefited from the expertise of UC Merced faculty members March 14 during the university’s second annual Symposium on the Child and ...

Academic Trailblazers to Address UC Merced’s 10th Graduating Class

March 25, 2015
The University of California, Merced, has spent the past decade blazing a trail as the nation’s first research university of the 21st century, and its students are no different. In May, the campus’s 10th graduating class will hear keynote addresses from academic leaders who are equally innovative...

Campus Makes U.S. News Rankings for Grad Programs

March 23, 2015
For the first time, U.S. News & World Report has ranked two of UC Merced’s graduate programs, a sure sign that the young university’s reputation is beginning to build. The rankings, released this week, tie UC Merced’s engineering graduate programs at No. 140, and place its Psychological...

Flatworms Help Scientist Discover Link Between Brain and Cancer

March 21, 2015

Impact | Digital Preservation in Historic Bodie

March 21, 2015
Much of the Bodie State Historic Park is in a state of decay, and many of the town’s oldest structures are in danger of being lost forever. Using digital technology, UC Merced Professor Nicola Lercari is working to preserve Bodie in three dimensions.

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