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Dean Aldenderfer to Step Down in 2015

December 17, 2014
Mark Aldenderfer has announced his plan to step down as dean of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts at the end of this academic year. He has served as SSHA dean since 2010. The school has accomplished much during his tenure at the helm, including: A doubling of the size of...

Discovery News | Why We Torture When We Know It Doesn't Work

December 11, 2014
Prof. Courtenay Conrad comments on the reasons why government agents use torture instead of other methods of coercion. Watch the video.

Undergrad Embodies UC Merced’s Entrepreneurial Spirit

November 26, 2014
“Start something new” could be the unofficial motto of UC Merced. Even in our 10th academic year, many opportunities for innovation still exist on campus. Armando Lomeli, a senior from Los Banos, wouldn’t have it any other way.  As a psychology major minoring in both...

Research Takes Graduate Student Across World

November 12, 2014
Graduate student Kaiqi Hua's research into pre-modern China has taken him to the canals of Hangzhou, the rocket-battered streets of Jerusalem and the East-West Center in Hawaii. Hua, a seventh-year graduate student in Interdisciplinary Humanities, is studying a Buddhist movement called the...

UC Merced Senior Is New Leader, Advocate for UC’s 240,000 Students

October 27, 2014
Jefferson Kuoch-Seng is now the official voice for the University of California’s roughly 240,000 students — the first UC Merced student ever to serve in that role. In August, Kuoch-Seng was elected president of the University of California Student Association (UCSA) by its board of...

Student-run Journal Showcases Historical Essays, Reviews

October 20, 2014
Most UC Merced students have the desire to help shape the university — whether it’s the culture or the curriculum. Rocco Bowman was no different. Bowman is the co-founder of the Undergraduate Historical Journal and served as its inaugural chief editor. The journal is a...

Sociology a Lens That Focuses World's Events

October 15, 2014
Sociology at UC Merced is a prism that offers insight and perspective into what's happening in the world. Trying to understand how people mobilize under democracies or military dictatorships? Ask Professors Nella Van Dyke, Kyle Dodson or Paul Almeida. Curious about how...

Study Looks at Emotion's Role in Chemotherapy Tolerance

October 13, 2014
How patients perceive and talk about their illnesses can have an impact on how they recover and heal, according to a growing area of health research being furthered by UC Merced health psychology Professor Jitske Tiemensma. “It should be a team effort to treat a patient....

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...

New SSHA Faculty Increase Areas of Research Focus

September 29, 2014
For the 2014-15 academic year, the School of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (SSHA) has hired 19 faculty members who continue to expand the depth and breadth of research expertise. A vital asset to the university and California’s San Joaquin Valley, Assistant Professor of History Ma Vang...

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