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UC Merced Welcomes Visit by Junior Leadership Merced Students

November 27, 2019

Fifteen students from Merced County high schools experienced a bit of college life this week as part of the Junior Leadership Merced program. The students visited UC Merced on Monday, Nov. 25, spending time with staff members from The Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center, which hosted the...

Zatz Named American Society of Criminology Fellow

November 21, 2019

The American Society of Criminology (ASC) has elected Vice Provost and Graduate Dean and sociology Professor Marjorie Zatz as an ASC Fellow — the society’s highest honor — in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of criminology. The society celebrated Zatz’s achievements during...

New Chief Human Resources Officer Nicole Pollack returns to her Valley roots

November 19, 2019

Nicole Pollack is happy to be home. After a few years in the Bay Area, the longtime Turlock resident is back in the San Joaquin Valley and diving into her new role as UC Merced’s chief human resources officer and assistant vice chancellor of Human Resources. Since starting the job Aug. 5, Pollack...

Rural Poverty and Health Summit to Feature UC Merced Health Leaders

November 18, 2019

UC Merced health experts will join other Central Valley medical leaders on Friday, Nov. 22, for the Rural Poverty and Health Equity Summit in Delano. Professor Nancy Burke, chair of the Department of Public Health at UC Merced, is a featured speaker and will be part of the event’s opening panel...

Storytellers to Share Personal Lessons in Inaugural ‘Spoken Experience’ Event

November 13, 2019

Students, faculty and staff members will step up to the microphone and share lessons from their lives during UC Merced’s inaugural The Spoken Experience storytelling event on Thursday, Nov. 14. During the event, 10 people will deliver five-minute monologues reflecting on moments of enlightenment...

Star Student and NASA Standout Preparing for a Stellar Future

November 12, 2019

Like many young women, Calista Lum absorbed the message that she was not as capable as her male peers when it came to science, technology, engineering and math. Teachers in her Fairfield high school engineering classes often asked if male classmates had done her work for her. “I just assumed the...

Postdoctoral Fellow Earns Best Presentation at International Conference

November 8, 2019

Deepti Chittamuru won the best abstract award — out of 700 abstracts submitted — at the 17th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. She was also awarded the Health Equity Scholarship by the Academy of Communication in Healthcare, an organization committed to innovative research...

Free Health Conference Offered for Spanish-Speaking Students and Families

November 8, 2019

UC Merced will hold a free Spanish-language health conference for the community on Saturday, Nov. 16, with sessions on topics including preventative health measures, coping with stress, domestic violence and vaccines. The event is led by the Medical Spanish Service Learning Project, which trains...

Chancellor Brostrom Welcomes Maria Echaveste for Conversation on Democracy

November 6, 2019

At a time of dramatic political division in our society, the role of universities — as places where people can connect with others and explore ideas — is more important than ever, according to Maria Echaveste, the featured guest for a conversation with interim Chancellor Nathan Brostrom. Brostrom...

Physicist Found His Path to the Future at UC Merced

November 4, 2019

When Denzal Martin started his undergraduate work at UC Merced, he wasn’t thinking about a career in physics, interning with NASA or attending graduate school. The Los Angeles native was studying computer science and engineering. One day, though, he decided to attend a materials science and...