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Grad Student Aids Campus’s Move to Remote Teaching

April 15, 2020
When UC Merced began transitioning to emergency remote instruction in late March, hoping to lessen the spread of COVID-19, Jackie Shay didn’t waste any time jumping in to help her fellow teaching assistants (TA) make the shift. Teaching remotely isn’t new for Shay, a Quantitative and...

UC Merced Professor Arias Wins Guggenheim Fellowship

April 10, 2020
Arturo Arias, a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation professor in the Humanities at UC Merced, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his ground-breaking study of contemporary indigenous novels from Guatemala and Mexico. Arias was one of 173 American and Canadian fellows announced...

Top 10 Finalists Advance in UC Merced’s Grad Slam

April 6, 2020
Although COVID-19 has changed everyone’s plans this spring, Graduate Division staff members rallied to make sure the campus’s annual Grad Slam competition — showcasing graduate student research — continued as planned. This year’s qualifying round was different than...

Q&A with Donald Barclay on Fake News in the Time of COVID-19

April 6, 2020
COVID-19 may have brought the world to a stand-still, but one thing that is still moving is information. Every day, new information is spread on television, social media and in print. But how can you be sure what you’re seeing is true when so many sources proclaim to have the latest news?...

Turlock Journal: Face Coverings Could Help Slow Spread of Virus

April 3, 2020

COVID-19 More Likely to Impact Smokers and People Exposed to Secondhand Smoke, Report Finds

April 2, 2020
Smokers and former smokers are not only more susceptible to COVID-19, they are far more likely to see their conditions worsen over time and to require intensive respiratory assistance, according to a review released Thursday by the UC Merced Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC)....

Fresno Bee: Coronavirus | Those Who Smoke or Vape: Stop Now, It’ll Help

April 2, 2020

ABC30: Merced Volleyball Player Featured on ESPN's #SeniorNight

April 1, 2020

Elizabeth Arakelian: Joey Medina Featured on ESPN's SportsCenter

March 31, 2020

Four Bobcats Recognized, Steele Headlines All-Cal Pac Selections

March 30, 2020

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