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Campus Hosts Play that Tells Stories of Physical, Sexual Abuse

January 30, 2013
A powerful one-woman play that explores the troubling world of physical and sexual abuse debuts Feb. 23 as part of Arts UC Merced Presents. “Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men,” written and performed by actress/poet/playwright Dael Orlandersmith, tells the often difficult and uncomfortable stories of six...

New Energy Manager’s Big Plans Require Small Steps

January 28, 2013
  As UC Merced’s new energy manager, it’s Varick Erickson’s job to watch every kilowatt hour used on campus and identify ways to save them. “It’s a lot like rummaging around in the couch and looking for change,” Erickson said. Except the spare kilowatt hours he finds could save the campus hundreds...

UC Merced Professor’s Lighting Device Earning Campus Its Fourth U.S. Patent

January 25, 2013
Professor Roland Winston knows a jellyfish that can help people see more clearly. But it’s not the kind found in the ocean. It’s one that’s about to earn Winston and UC Merced a U.S. patent, and is the solution to a problem that vexed many famous scientists. “Perfect imaging has been a desired goal...

Russian Student Gives U.S. a Second Chance, Finds Niche at UC Merced

January 22, 2013
Vadim Gassiy was in eighth grade when his mother encouraged him to leave Russia for a taste of American life, culture and education. But the small town of Niceville, Fla. proved too sharp a contrast to Gassiy’s big city lifestyle in Saint Petersburg. After one semester in 2004, Gassiy headed home...

Undergraduate Applications to UC Merced Surge 14 Percent

January 18, 2013
Editor’s Note: As of mid-February, UC Merced’s graduate student applications increased by 6.6 percent over last year. This press release reports a 41 percent increase, which at the time (Jan. 18) was an accurate figure. The current figure is lower. In the face of declining high school attendance in...

Parents' Financial Help Linked to Lower GPAs, Higher Graduation Rates

January 15, 2013
College students who aren’t studying hard may have their parents’ financial support to blame. A new study by University of California, Merced, sociology Professor Laura T. Hamilton found that students’ GPAs decreased with increased financial support from their parents. The study also found that...

Professor Awarded National Grant for Research on Moroccan Literature

January 15, 2013
University of California, Merced, literature Professor Cristián H. Ricci has received a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities award to write an in-depth analysis of Moroccan literature. The research project, “Moroccan Literature and the Broadening of Postcolonial Literary Studies,” is...

Historian Uses 'Big Data' to Study World History

January 14, 2013
The path from ancient China to information science might seem like a long one, but Ruth Mostern is walking it. Mostern, a history professor in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, is joining a team that will use more than $601,000 in National Science Foundation grants to start...

Researchers Publish in Leading Science, Technology Journal

January 7, 2013
The small-scale, cutting-edge work of graduate student Eric Josephs and chemistry Professor Tao Ye is providing an up-close look at the behavior of biomolecules. The two UC Merced researchers hope to help engineer new and better biosensors for medical uses. Now, a paper documenting some of their...

Video | UC Merced 2014 - A Year of Growth

December 23, 2012

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