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Research Explains Why Electric Fields Puncture Biological Cells

April 26, 2013
An exacting nanosecond jolt of electricity can briefly open a cell’s wall, allowing for the delivery of drugs or DNA. This procedure — called electroporation — is widely used in biology, biotechnology and medicine, including cancer treatments. Why the cell’s wall opens, however, has remained a...

Mobile App Challenge Reproduces the Entrepreneurial Experience

April 24, 2013
After six months of intense planning and programming, the winning team of the Mobile App Challenge at the University of California, Merced, will be announced during a showcase finale April 26. The Mobile App Challenge Showcase, held at noon in the California Room on campus, will allow each of the...

Summer Research Program for Undergrads Aims for the Experience of a Lifetime

April 22, 2013
Many universities offer the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, but they don’t have what UC Merced has to offer. “Yosemite really draws people in,” said Professor Stephen Hart, one of the REU program leaders. “Other REUs might take students into the field, but not into a national ...

Local Businesswoman Donates to Shape Student Leaders

April 18, 2013
Spurred by a gift from a prominent dairy woman, the University of California, Merced, announced plans today for a center to promote leadership qualities among its diverse student population. Margo Souza, former president and CEO of Turlock’s Circle H Dairy Ranch Inc., has pledged $1 million to...

Two Students Win Slots in Prestigious Assembly Internship Program

April 17, 2013
Students Leanne McKenzie and Mustafa Nawabzada are getting an up-close look at the legislative process as the first-ever UC Merced interns in the California State Assembly chief clerk’s office. The highly competitive, paid internship program began in 1989 and has been open almost exclusively to...

Campus Marks Earth Day with Festival of Fun and Education

April 15, 2013
Sustainability being a campus hallmark, it’s no surprise the UC Merced campus takes Earth Day very seriously, even though the events planned are fun. Each April 22, people around the country mark Earth Day, which began in 1970 and is seen by many as the start of the modern environmental movement....

Emotional Flexibility of Infant Sounds Proves Critical to Language Development

April 11, 2013
The squeals, vowel-like sounds and growls made by infants are critical to the development of human language, according a recent paper coauthored by a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Merced. The paper, published online by the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of...

Book Reveals Sobering Consequences of the Party Pathway

April 9, 2013
 Many large state universities fail in their mission to create social mobility, instead perpetuating inequality by catering to privileged students rather than focusing on student success, according to a new book coauthored by a professor at the University of California, Merced. The book “Paying...

Engineering a Garden Takes a Campus Community

April 8, 2013
As everyone knows, space is limited on the UC Merced campus. But with a little money and a lot of persistence, Engineers for a Sustainable World has found a way to carve out a little room for a community garden. The idea has been a dream of the Merritt Writing Program lecturer De Ette Silbaugh for...

Applied Math Professors Expanding Knowledge About Biology

April 3, 2013
Professor Suzanne Sindi found her calling in seventh grade, while reading “Jurassic Park.” “I liked the idea that math is a tool for understanding the whole world,” she said. Her School of Natural Sciences colleague Professor Karin Leiderman wants to understand how people’s bodies work. They are...

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