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Video Technology Gives Students More Access to Psychiatric Services

October 8, 2014
With psychiatrists in short supply throughout the community, UC Merced is leveraging modern technology to expand that service to students. The UC’s 10th and newest campus is the first within the system to provide telemedicine psychiatry. Students who are referred to a psychiatrist are linked to an...

Slain Civil Rights Activist to Receive Spendlove Prize

October 8, 2014
Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights activist who was killed by the Ku Klux Klan while driving another activist home from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in March 1965, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance...

CBS Sacramento | Experts: Thinning Forests Could Help Increase Ground Water Supply

October 6, 2014
Oct. 4, 2014 — In a rural piece of forest in Tuoloumne County, an important experiment is underway that could influence California’s future of fire and water.

The Fresno Bee | Could those empty Valley reservoirs fill up in one winter?

October 6, 2014
Oct. 6, 2014 — Even if it's a wet winter, the last three years have left the ecosystem dry, and the ground will absorb a lot of water, said Professor Roger Bales.

Campus Launches Redesigned, Responsive Website

October 6, 2014
UC Merced today launched a redesigned website that features a responsive layout that looks great on phones, tablets and laptops, new and expanded information, a new color palette and wide photo rotators that showcase the campus. “UC Merced's new website reflects the campus's dynamic and welcoming...

UC Solar Working to Meet State’s Renewable Energy Goals

October 6, 2014
MERCED, Calif. — The solar energy industry is emerging as a key player in the multi-pronged approach California will take in leading the nation in renewable energy, experts say. And the University of California’s research is leading the way. The University of California, Merced, home of The...

Video | Discover UC Merced: Nick Fong

October 5, 2014
If you're not a student, faculty or staff member here, you don't know UC Merced. You haven't experienced the excitement of building a university from the ground up, finding strengths you didn't know you had, doing more than you imagined possible, learning more than you ever dreamed possible....

Merced Sun-Star: Professors Receive Grants for Research

October 3, 2014
Oct. 3, 2014 — Two professors were awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health to further their research in Alzheimer’s disease and HIV prevention.

UC Merced Workshop to Explore Bilingualism

October 2, 2014
UC Merced is hosting a bilingualism workshop that brings together scholars from psychology, linguistics, cognitive science and education. The workshop begins at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 in the Dr. Lakireddy Auditorium with a keynote presentation by UC Berkeley Professor Lily Wong Fillmore on cultural...

Urban Artist to Create Original Work for Public During Residency

October 1, 2014
Arts UC Merced Presents will bring internationally renowned artist Gronk Nicandro to the San Joaquin Valley to emphasize the role art plays in people's lives, foster artists’ collaborations and give the public a chance to watch art be created. Nicandro is a set designer, painter, draftsman and...

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