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Conference of California Sociologists Engages UC Merced Undergrads

December 3, 2025

More than a dozen undergraduate students in UC Merced’s Sociology Club were immersed in the discipline’s breadth of research and professional possibilities during the California Sociological Association’s annual conference. The two-day gathering, held in Berkeley in early...

Research Shows Connection Between Attitudes, Language

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...

Center Makes Maps Come to Life

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...

Grad Students to Continue Heritage Research with Fellowship

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...

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

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,...

Conference to Explore Black Arts Movement, Influences

An international two-day conference on the Black Arts Movement will draw world-renowned scholars, musicians and artists, and offer new scholarship and perspectives on the 1960s and 1970s movement....

Professor Studies How Information Consumption Impacts Health Behaviors

From sunrise to sunset, people consume all kinds of information from television, online and from other sources. UC Merced public health Professor A. Susana Ramirez wants to know how that...

UC Merced Wraps Another Record Year

Between record enrollment and research expenditures, a massive economic impact on the San Joaquin Valley, new buildings and a visit from the new UC president, the University of California, Merced,...

Political Science Professors Leaders in Field with Publications

UC Merced political science professors publish in leading journals and with top university presses at a rate that outpaces just about every other elite institution. The finding — an example of the...

Globe-Trotting Graduate Student Finds a Home, Success at UC Merced

Most students don’t arrive at UC Merced by way of Germany and Hawaii. But graduate student Bodo Winter often takes a unique path. Now in his third year, this Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive and...