Students Present 'Revolutionary Theatre' Event in Merced
June 27, 2016UC Merced students will offer a window into race and racism through a unique theater presentation both on campus and in the Merced community on June 30.Sponsored by the university’s Center...
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Alumnus Finds His Purpose in Education
July 8, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsEditor's note: The following story appeared in the spring issue of UC Merced Magazine.When Abraham Olivares moved to Merced at age 20, a career in...
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Campus Awarded $500K for Undergrad Research, Support
July 19, 2016The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant will create a humanities-based expansion of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center, serving 60 students over three years.By James Leonard,...
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To ‘Change the World,’ UC Researchers Start Writing
August 15, 2016By Cyndee Fontana-Ott, For University CommunicationsWhen UC San Francisco Professor Elizabeth Dzeng wrote about homelessness for the San Francisco Chronicle, she wasn’t just conveying...
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Young Students a Glimpse of College Life, Leadership
August 17, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsKe-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July.The Fresno eighth-grader was one of 150...
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Mind and Body Join Robotics in New Research Project
September 19, 2016By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsThree UC Merced researchers are connecting eye-tracking hardware with a robotic exoskeletal arm to further understand the mind-body...
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Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants
September 21, 2016The National Science Foundation awarded the campus two of 30 research training grants for graduate students — particularly those from underserved populations — in computational...
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Future Public Servants Get a Boost From UC Fellowships
September 23, 2016By Cyndee Fontana-Ott, For University CommunicationsUC Merced student Stephanie Maldonado was excited when she earned a slot in the University of California’s public service...
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$3.6 Million Grant Funding Helps Valley Students Realize Educational Dreams
September 27, 2016By Brenda Ortiz, University CommunicationsThree grants totaling more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced’s Center for Educational Partnerships...
View ArticleResearchers to Bring Global Arts to Downtown Merced
September 29, 2016The Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) at UC Merced will present a series of lectures to connect the Merced community with the research and artistic activities taking place on...
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Campus to Celebrate Spendlove Winner Anita Hill
October 12, 2016UC Merced will honor Anita Hill as the 10th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance in an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Art Kamangar...
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Grad Students Help Begin Academic Exchange With Honduras
October 20, 2016By Christy Snyder, Graduate DivisionFour UC Merced graduate students got a rare opportunity to establish and strengthen relationships between the campus and the National Autonomous...
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Will Shadish Memorial Fellowship Announced for Giving Tuesday
November 17, 2016By Christy Snyder, Graduate DivisionDuring this year’s Giving Tuesday — an international day of giving held each year on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving — UC Merced will honor...
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Massive VR System Links Merced to the World
November 23, 2016The WAVE uses 20 screens, 3-D technology, 4K resolution and an extensive research network to transport viewers to far-flung places around the globe — and that’s only the beginning.By...
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High-Altitude Archaeology Uncovers Earliest Evidence of Potato Consumption
November 28, 2016By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsEvery 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...
View Article'Revolutionary Theatre' Performance to Explore Racism, Inequality
November 28, 2016By University Communications StaffStudents in the UC Merced Global Arts Studies Program will present “Voices of the Revolutionary Theatre Collective” Dec. 8 at the Merced Multicultural...
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Message From Chancellor Leland on Student Jennifer Mendiola
December 7, 2016The 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...
View ArticleResearchers to Discuss Strong Family Relationships in Symposium
December 20, 2016UC Merced will host its fourth annual Symposium on the Child and Family from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 28, offering a day of talks by researchers on the theme of “Strong Families:...
View ArticleProfessor’s Himalayan Archaeological Finds Documented on ‘NOVA’
January 3, 2017Join 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,...
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Study: Early High-Altitude Settlers Were Hunter-Gatherers, Not Farmers
January 5, 2017By Lorena Anderson, University CommunicationsA new paper by UC Merced Professor Mark Aldenderfer begins to settle a longstanding debate over when people began permanently occupying...
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