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Study: Urban Rail Reduces Carbon Monoxide Air Pollution

June 27, 2011
The opening of a major urban rail system in Taiwan caused a meaningful reduction in air pollution, according to a forthcoming study by two professors at the University of California, Merced. “Despite the importance of the transportation sector for air pollution, little work has examined the air...

Human Rights a Passion for Literature Professor

June 24, 2011
Just after graduating college in 1995, Nigel Hatton showed up for the first day of his journalism internship with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. That afternoon, he was assigned to go with a couple more seasoned reporters to an execution. The shock of going to the execution contrasted...

Homegrown Alum Earns Law Degree

June 17, 2011
Ann Hinesley-Perez's original academic plans didn't involve law school — or even UC Merced. Hinesley-Perez was born and raised in Merced, but with UC Merced still in development, she left town in 2003 to pursue a psychology degree at UC Berkeley. But after the new campus opened in 2005, she...

Self-Identified Social Smokers Less Likely to Try to Quit

June 13, 2011
Self-identified social smokers are less likely to try to quit and to avoid smoking for more than a month, according to a national study in the American Journal of Public Health conducted by professors at the University of California, Merced, and UC San Francisco. In the study, “Social Smoking Among...

Summer a Fertile Time for Scientific Research

June 9, 2011
It's not just faculty and students in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Artswho are conducting groundbreaking research this summer. Those in Engineering and Natural Sciences will be busy as well. Engineering Professor Wei-Chun Chin recently received a summer assistantship from...

New Banners Promote University Pride, Town-Gown Relations

June 9, 2011
UC Merced aims to further connect the campus and community with bold graphics adorning city light poles Quick Facts UC Merced has collaborated with the city to place 30 distinctive banners on light poles along select city streets to help promote town-gown relations. The banners will highlight the...

Campus Names New Dean of Natural Sciences

June 3, 2011
Juan C. Meza, named one of Hispanic Business magazine’s ‘Top 100 Influentials of 2009,’ is head of high-performance computing research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory MERCED — The University of California, Merced, today announced the appointment of Juan C. Meza as the new dean of its...

Summer a Time to Focus on Innovative Research

June 2, 2011
Studying ancient remains, exploring caves, publishing books, leading workshops and presenting papers are just a handful of the things that will keep faculty busy this summer in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. Though the semester ended in mid-May, the campus’ focus on creating...

Enterprising Students Strive to Market Telehealth

May 26, 2011
UC Merced may still be a young campus, but that doesn't prevent its students from striving for audacious goals. One enterprising group of students aspires to change the face of how diabetes is managed in the Merced area. The local chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), under the guidance...

Undergraduates Studying Subnational Relationships

May 19, 2011
A team of UC Merced undergraduates are studying the relationships developing between U.S. cities and states and those in foreign countries for the U.S. Department of State. The students, also members of the UC Merced Pre-Law Society, were in lecturer Mark Harris' introductory course on business...

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