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New Grant to Help Prepare Grad Students for Faculty Careers

November 13, 2012
UC Merced is one of only seven universities nationwide to receive a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools to develop new approaches for enhancing graduate student skills for assessing undergraduate learning, and to help prepare students for future careers as university faculty members. In...

SSHA Helps Send Students to Political Conventions

November 5, 2012
When UC Merced first announced it would be sending students to the national political conventions through The Washington Center program, senior Chelsea Coe never expected she'd be one of the lucky two. Coe, a transfer student from Santa Monica, is a cognitive science major working with...

Professor: In Politics, It’s Not Just What You Say, It’s How You Say It

October 23, 2012
In an election year, as people are being machine-gunned with millions of dollars’ worth of political messages from all sorts of sources, it might be re-assuring (or distressing) to discover that even the more subtle aspects of language use can actually make a make a powerful and priceless...

Transfer Student Uses Sports, Academics to Inspire Local Youth

October 8, 2012
At 33, Nick Navarrette isn’t the average UC Merced student. He’s not even the average transfer student. Then again, Navarrette has never been “average,” nor does he pretend to be. Maybe that’s why adversity doesn’t seem to faze him. The former UC Merced police...

Cog Sci Professor Researches Communication's Development in Newborns

September 26, 2012
From burps to babbling, cognitive science Professor Anne S. Warlaumont studies how children develop their ability to verbally communicate in the first year of their lives. "I've always been interested in the origin of complex human behavior," Warlaumont said, "and communication...

Campus Humanities Center to Expand Mission with Private Gift

August 31, 2012
With the help of a $2 million gift, UC Merced's humanities center will support scholars in conducting interdisciplinary research, engaging the public and addressing issues critical to the San Joaquin Valley and California. In keeping with developing an innovative 21st century learning...

Students Share Personal Stories in Program to Keep Kids in School

August 27, 2012
Sociology major Patricia Paredes didn’t grow up in the best neighborhood or have the easiest childhood. But she overcame those hardships to graduate from a San Jose high school and enroll at the University of California’s newest campus. Now, Paredes is sharing her story of...

Human Rights Fellow to Explore Midwifery Decisions

August 6, 2012
Catalina Hernandez, UC Merced's first Human Rights Center fellow, is spending this summer exploring how women decide to seek help from a midwife for childbirth instead of an obstetrician. A proponent of midwifery, Hernandez said allowing women to choose their maternity care is a human-rights...

Cognitive Scientist Awarded McClatchy Chair in Communications

July 3, 2012
Cognitive science Professor Teenie Matlock has been named the McClatchy Chair in Communications at the University of California, Merced. Matlock’s appointment marks the first time the UC’s newest campus has filled the McClatchy Chair. The McClatchy Company donated funds to create the...

Doctoral Student Researches Area History, Pursues New Career

June 6, 2012
An academic focus on the Central Valley region’s historically African-American communities brought Michael Eissinger to UC Merced. He decided the UC’s newest campus was the best place to pursue his doctorate in world cultures. The university was geographically convenient for Eissinger...

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