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Research Universities Create Economic Spillover, Study Shows

March 6, 2014
A $1 increase in university spending generates an 89 cent increase in local noneducation labor income — evidence of a measurable spillover effect created by public research institutions, according to recently published research out of the University of California, Merced. While past studies have...

Campus Spirit Encouraged Alumna to Pursue Fungi Research

March 5, 2014
Graduate school is a constant state of discovery, something UC Merced alumna Jackie Shay credits for her current passion: fungus. Shay just returned home from a month in the humid climes of Madagascar in search of species in the Marasmius genus — a tiny, relatively inconspicuous-looking mushroom...

Research Week Offers Opportunities to Learn More about Intriguing Subjects

March 4, 2014
California’s drought is a major topic, including on the UC Merced campus.   It will be among the subjects explored during this year’s Research Week, from March 10 through 14. The annual event includes a brunch kickoff, a poster competition, live research demonstrations, a smoking symposium...

Research Shows Connection Between Attitudes, Language

March 3, 2014
People’s attitudes could affect the amount of information they share, said UC Merced researchers who studied a massive chunk of Yelp business review data. Ph.D. student David Vinson and Professor Rick Dale discovered people use richer language in Yelp reviews when they are giving businesses extreme...

Center Makes Maps Come to Life

February 26, 2014
Like many children on long car trips, Erin Mutch often asked “Where are we?” But instead of telling her, Mutch’s parents gave her a map to figure it out. Mutch’s knack for using maps to tell bigger stories is a skill that’s taken her to the Silicon Valley to work at a startup, to the frontlines of...

UC Merced Chosen as Pioneer for Entrepreneurial Program

February 24, 2014
University of California, Merced, was chosen as one of a dozen campuses across the nation to bring to life a new program designed to inculcate innovation and entrepreneurship in undergraduate engineering students. The National Science Foundation supports the campuses’ participation in the new...

Grad Students to Continue Heritage Research with Fellowship

February 20, 2014
Two UC Merced graduate students will continue their research into world heritage with the support of prestigious Marie Curie Fellowships. Fabrizio Galeazzi and Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco were each awarded Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development, allowing them to take...

Professor Discovers How to Rein in Power of Tiny Particles with Potentially Big Effect

February 18, 2014
The heat generated by smartphones and other electronic devices could be harnessed to also power them, according to compelling research out of the University of California, Merced. Physics Professor Michael Scheibner’s latest work in the emerging field of phononics – the study of quasi-particles...

Grad Student Crunches Data for Viticulture Lab

February 18, 2014
Katherine Amrine knows a few things about data analysis. As a UC Merced graduate student, her dissertation described a new way of classifying living things from bits of data gleaned from whole genomes. She also applied that innovative approach to one of the most abundant bacteria in the ocean,...

New Study Connects Smoke-Free Laws, Dentists’ Advice to Quit

February 13, 2014
Smoke-free laws may help encourage dentists to recommend that their patients kick the smoking habit, according to new research co-authored by UC Merced Professor Mariaelena Gonzalez. The paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health, suggests the societal change manifested by smoke-free...

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