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A Recipe for Change: Beth Mitchneck to Speak on Gender Equity in Higher Ed

March 6, 2019
The next lecture in the Chancellor’s Dialogue on Diversity and Interdisciplinarity series will be from Beth Mitchneck, Vice Provost for Faculty Success at UMass Lowell. The dialogue is designed to bring notable scholars to campus to present current issues within higher education. On Monday,...

UC Merced Students Explore Peru By Volunteering as Translators

March 6, 2019
The explorer mentality, public health Professor Stephen Wooding said, is what sets the students of UC Merced apart from anywhere else. A willingness to try something new, to go somewhere they’d never thought possible, is a part of the Bobcat DNA. For three students, the time they spent...

National Geographic: Mayan Cave Stuns Archeologists

March 5, 2019

Bay City Beacon: Segregation by Design

March 5, 2019

Grant Enables Researcher to Focus on Valley Families and Children’s Development

March 5, 2019
Certain aspects of children's social cognition ripple throughout their lives, including whether small children can understand that other people’s minds are different than their own. That understanding plays a critical role in relationships, cooperation with other people and even in...

Bobcats Win Twice, Notch Historical Afternoon in Santa Cruz

March 4, 2019

Study: Tiny ‘Ecosystem Engineers’ Are an Overlooked Source of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

March 4, 2019
It’s estimated that a leaf-cutter ant colony can strip an average tree of its foliage in a day, and that more than 17 percent of leaf production by plants surrounding a colony goes straight into their giant, fungus-growing nests. It’s no wonder these ants are considered the smallest...

Kids Day Inspires Local Students to Pursue STEM Careers

March 4, 2019
UC Merced hosted sixth- through eighth-graders from Weaver School as part of Kids Day during Engineers Week last month. Students rotated between three STEM-related stations — creating volcanic eruptions using acid-based chemical reactions, producing solar circuits, and touring Central...

SF Chronicle: Commentary: Why Trump Must Support National Parks

March 4, 2019

Bobcats Fall Short in Fullerton, Lose to Hope International in Five

March 2, 2019

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