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Research Field Study Brings New Sharing Apps to UC Merced Employees

June 14, 2019
The practice of sharing our possessions is something that most of us learned in childhood. Now, UC Merced Professor Anita Bhappu is expanding that idea to the workplace through a research study focused on collaborative consumption. Launched in April, the Sharing Tribes Field Study uses two new...

Field Station Planned for UC Merced's Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve

June 13, 2019
At the northern tip of the UC Merced campus, an unremarkable aluminum gate leads into a field that extends, seemingly, into infinity. Perpendicular to the gate, the LeGrand Canal, drawn from Lake Yosemite, snakes around campus into the emerald pastures, through farm rows and almond orchards across...

New Multicultural Center Captures Past, Present and Future of UC Merced

June 13, 2019
Diversity, equity and inclusion are pillars of UC Merced’s mission to serve, teach and conduct research. After years of working to find a permanent support space for students of all demographics on campus, the campus unveiled its new Multicultural Center last month. The center, on the...

Undergrad Research Fuels Opportunities for Grad School, Careers

June 13, 2019
The opportunity to participate in cutting-edge scientific research as an undergraduate is one of the most exciting aspects of a UC Merced education. One of the best preparation opportunities for graduate school is to engage in research as an undergraduate, but at many universities, it’s...

Overdose, Suicide Among Leading Reasons for Postpartum Maternal Deaths

June 12, 2019
Overdoses and suicides were among the most common reasons for mothers dying within a year of giving birth in California, according to a new study published this week. Psychiatric epidemiology Professor Sidra Goldman-Mellor , a public health researcher with the School of Social Sciences,...

KFSN ABC30: Valley Medical School Plans Takes Shape

June 10, 2019

Women's Soccer Completes 2019 Recruiting Class

June 7, 2019

Men's Soccer Announces Youth Camp

June 6, 2019

Registration Open for Women's Basketball Team Camp

June 5, 2019

Pre-Health Advising Program Prepares Future Health Professionals

June 5, 2019
Hundreds of students join the UC Merced campus each year intent on health-related careers. What they might not know, though, is that there are resources on campus that can be critical in helping them achieve their goals. “If it weren’t for the Pre-Health Advising program, I might...

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