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Study: Infants Recognize Surprise in Others Before Age 2

February 8, 2017
Infants as young as 20 months of age expect adults to display surprise when discovering a false belief, according to a new study from UC Merced Professor Rose Scott Opens a New Window.. Previous research suggested that children younger than 4 years old could not recognize when people...

Artist-in-Residence Brings Theories of Flight to Classroom, Community

January 19, 2017
Spanish artist Olga Diego blends the concepts of art and engineering into the magic of flight. This semester, Diego is bringing her creativity and expertise to UC Merced as the campus’s newest artist-in-residence and lecturer. Diego, known partly for her playful and often-oversized...

Cognitive Scientist Earns Early Career Impact Award

January 13, 2017
UC Merced Professor Rick DaleOpens a New Window. is a recipient of the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences (FABBSOpens a New Window.) Early Career Impact Award from the Society for Computers in Psychology. Dale, a cognitive scientist in the...

History Professor to Give Talk in Turlock on the Graphic Novel

January 11, 2017
UC Merced history Professor Mario SifuentezOpens a New Window. will present a lecture, “Histories and the Graphic Novel,” at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15. Sifuentez will discuss how the medium of the graphic novel has shaped history and...

Study: Early High-Altitude Settlers Were Hunter-Gatherers, Not Farmers

January 5, 2017
A new paper by UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer begins to settle a longstanding debate over when people began permanently occupying higher elevations of the Tibetan Plateau, and shows communities did not have to be based around agriculture and domesticated animals to be permanent...

Professor’s Himalayan Archaeological Finds Documented on ‘NOVA’

January 3, 2017
Join UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer as he and his colleagues explore the world’s highest cave tombs, revealing new details about the lives of the people who settled the Himalaya, in the season premiere of “NOVA” on PBS. In “Secrets of the Sky Tombs,”...

Message From Chancellor Leland on Student Jennifer Mendiola

December 7, 2016
The following message from Chancellor Dorothy Leland was sent to the campus community today, Dec. 7: Dear UC Merced Campus Community,   It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that I write today to inform you that graduate student Jennifer Mendiola has been confirmed as one of...

High-Altitude Archaeology Uncovers Earliest Evidence of Potato Consumption

November 28, 2016
Every French fry, gnocchi, tater tot and order of hash browns humans have eaten in the past 5,000 years can be traced back to one place in the world — northwestern Bolivia and southern Peru. A paper by UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer and Assistant Project Scientist...

Massive VR System Links Merced to the World

November 23, 2016
Imagine being able to explore the newly discovered hidden chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza or microstructures within the human brain, to work on big-data projects with CERN or participate with performers in Australia — all without ever leaving Merced. It’s now possible to...

Will Shadish Memorial Fellowship Announced for Giving Tuesday

November 17, 2016
During this year’s Giving Tuesday — an international day of giving held each year on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving — UC Merced will honor Professor Will Shadish with a new graduate student fellowship fund. On Nov. 29, donors can direct their gifts to the Will...

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