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The Future of Heritage and Cultures

February 15, 2019
Technological advancements and a shift to interdisciplinary research have changed the way researchers can look at the past to help inform the future. Find out how UC Merced is helping to lead the way: https://uc-merced.instantmagazine.com/public-relations/the-future-of-heritage-and-cultures/uc-...

New Project to Build Climate Resilience through Improved Land Management

February 7, 2019
A $4.6 million grant to UCs Merced and Irvine will help researchers develop new tools and methods for better managing the state’s forests, shrub lands and grasslands. The Innovation Center for Advancing Ecosystem Climate Solutions, a three-year program co-led by UC Merced Professor Roger...

EECS Ph.D. Student Wins Facebook Fellowship

February 5, 2019
UC Merced Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate student Yijun Li was recently selected as a 2019 Facebook Fellowship winner. The Facebook Fellowship program is designed to support promising doctoral students engaged in innovative and relevant research in computer science and...

Pellissier Lecture: Spreading Excellence on a Larger Scale

January 31, 2019
Bestselling author and Stanford University Professor Robert Sutton will share principles and examples of “Scaling Up Excellence,” the title of his presentation as this year’s Vital and Alice Pellissier Family Distinguished Lecturer. Sutton, professor of management science and engineering and...

NASA Fellowship Lifts Grad Student’s Cardiac Biosensor Research

January 23, 2019
Warren Nanney, who’s pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, received a three-year NASA fellowship that’s creating a unique opportunity for him to develop biosensors that could detect heart attacks before symptoms appear. NASA recently awarded 12 fellowships totaling $1.9 million to...

Students Celebrated for ‘Rising Above’ at UC Merced

January 17, 2019
UC Merced has a track record of helping first-generation and underrepresented students succeed in college, earning high rankings nationally for social mobility and outperforming expected graduation rates. As UC Merced students continue to rise above their circumstances, a Bay Area organization is...

Merced Native and Ph.D. Grad Lands Faculty Position at Pitt

January 16, 2019
For Merced native Tessa Provins, the opportunity to attend UC Merced for her graduate education was a chance to come home again — but it wasn’t simply the familiar location that drew her to the campus. Provins earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University in 2013 before pursuing...

New Book Explores How Formerly Incarcerated Persons Participate In Civic Activism

January 10, 2019
When pondering faith and redemption, the concept of “making good” on the past can be a crucial step in moving forward. Professor Edward Orozco Flores’s new book, “Jesus Saved an Ex-Con: Political Activism and Redemption After Incarceration” explores how formerly incarcerated individuals organize to...

Professor’s Research Earns Prestigious Appointment to Help Guide Tobacco Policy

December 21, 2018
Professor Mariaelena Gonzalez has been appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to the California Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee (TEROC). Gonzalez, with the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts and an affiliate of the Heath Sciences Research Institute, focuses on social...

More than $9M in Research Grants to Address California’s Critical Issues

December 20, 2018
The University of California Office of the President announced its biennial Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grants, funding 16 collaborative projects encompassing issues from management of the citrus industry and homelessness to immigration and equality. UC Merced sociology...

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