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New Blum Center at UC Merced to Focus on Valley Prosperity

September 30, 2013
UC Merced has a unique opportunity to help the San Joaquin Valley as the university forges the newest branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies. The $400,000, two-year seed grant through the University of California allows the university to launch its center, themed “Global...

Summer Scholars Learn by Doing

September 23, 2013
UC Merced has made a name for itself by giving undergraduates the opportunity to engage in research early in their academic careers. This summer, 41 students have been conducting research with world-class faculty, thanks to sponsorships from seven different programs. According to Jesus Cisneros,...

Mammoth Bones to be Displayed, Studied

August 28, 2013
The youngest University of California campus is now the steward of some ancient remains. Columbian mammoth bones dating back to the last Ice Age were transferred recently to a storage facility at UC Merced's building at Castle Commerce Center. The bones, including a skull, tusks and...

South African Reconciliation Leader to Receive Spendlove Prize

August 23, 2013
Jonathan D. Jansen, vice chancellor and rector of the University of the Free State and South Africa's first black dean, has been named the 2013 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance. The University of California, Merced, will award the...

Professor: Immigration Reform Should Consider Families, Social Ties

August 12, 2013
Immigration judges should be allowed to consider a person's family and social ties to the United States before ordering the deportation of legal permanent residents for minor offenses, says a professor at the University of California, Merced. "The reason legal permanent residents can be...

Summer Takes Researchers Around the Globe

July 19, 2013
Just because it’s summertime doesn’t mean research at UC Merced comes to a halt. Just the opposite. This summer, professors and students in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts are conducting a variety of research projects here and around the world. Cognitive...

Graphic Labels Discourage Smoking in Young Adults

July 3, 2013
Graphic cigarette warning labels are better at discouraging smoking in young adults than text-only labels, according to research recently published by a UC Merced professor. Health psychology Professor Linda Cameron had more than 300 people between 18 and 30 years old view the U.S. Food and Drug...

Cog Sci’s Strength Shown at Conference

June 25, 2013
Cognitive and Information Sciences at UC Merced will be the top program represented this summer at the discipline’s premiere conference, Cognitive Science. There will be 25 presentations from the program’s faculty, researchers, graduate students and undergraduates, the most from any...

Anthropology Lab Gives Students a Tactile Edge

May 28, 2013
With a growing collection of artifacts and replicas, UC Merced's anthropology teaching laboratory gives students the ability to hold history in their hands. Students taking anthropology courses are able to study replica casts from Australopithecus, Neanderthal and other human ancestors. They...

Arts Program Partners with Schools to Expose 2,500 to Live Theater

May 28, 2013
Some lucky students experienced a new kind of stage performance many of them are likely not familiar with this month: an opera. Arts UC Merced Presents, Merced Opera in the Schools and the Merced County Office of Education worked together to bring the children’s 45-minute mini-opera...

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