UC Awards $16.4 Million in Grants to Address Climate, Energy and Health
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedJanuary 9, 2023For the first time, UC Merced faculty members from each of the campus’s three schools have been chosen as principal investigators on some of the 21 exciting...
View ArticleHSRI Receives $1.2 Million to Research Health Impacts From Vehicle-Related...
September 28, 2021UC Merced's Health Sciences Research Institute (HSRI) has been awarded a $1.2 million grant to study the effects of vehicle emissions on public health and the environment. This award...
View ArticleCenter Engages Campus, Community with Africa and its Diaspora
By Brenda OrtizFebruary 27, 2025Professor Nicosia Shakes gives graduate student Omowumi Omole feedback during a creative-writing workshop with author Tsitsi Dangarembga hosted by the the Center for...
View ArticleSocial Sciences Graduate Programs Shine in U.S. News Rankings
By Jody Murray, UC MercedApril 10, 2025Political science Professor Nate Monroe, standing, demonstrates a legislative committee hearing simulation. Students play the roles of committee members.UC...
View ArticleStudents Get Real-world Education with Behavioral Health Internships
By Jody Murray, UC MercedApril 21, 2025UC Merced students currently interning at Merced County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (clockwise from top left): Chandler Tien, Sianna Martinez, Simran...
View ArticleSociology Graduate Program Debuts Strongly in U.S. News Rankings
By Jody Murray, UC MercedApril 30, 2025Graduate students in an Environmental Sociology course are shown at a field trip to rural San Joaquin Valley. Connecting with the region is a key part of UC...
View ArticleUC Merced Alumna’s Legal Career Soars in Silicon Valley
By Jody Murray, UC MercedMay 13, 2025As a legal counsel, Temnee Wright ('08) has shaped the development of several Silicon Valley startups. She earned a bachelor's degree in political science at UC...
View ArticleUC Merced Graduates Encouraged to Embrace Every Moment
By Jody Murray, UC MercedMay 19, 2025Two of the more than 1,500 graduates who were celebrated during the Spring 2025 Commencement ceremonies.With cheers, hugs and leis, more than 1,500 UC Merced...
View ArticleUC Merced's CAPE Takes Extraordinary Steps to Prepare Legislative Interns
By Jody Murray, UC MercedJune 5, 2025At the legislative offices in Sacramento, U.S. Rep. Adam Gray, left, introduces friends to UC Merced Legislative Fellows (from left) Nijwam Anyangwe, Mariel Garcia...
View ArticleStudy: Mass Deportations Would Cost California Economy $275 Billion, Decimate...
June 17, 2025California's economy has a strong reliance on undocumented labor, the study said.Mass deportation of California's undocumented residents would open a $275 billion hole in the state's...
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