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Extension Training Future Teachers and Child-Care Workers

November 5, 2018

The California Teachers Association (CTA) indicates the state faces a massive shortage of highly qualified teachers – especially those who can teach math, science and special education — and early childhood caregivers and educators. Studies show these shortages disproportionately affect students in...

Psychologists Look to Partner with Merced Babies, Moms for National Study

October 30, 2018

Psychology Professor Eric Walle ’s Interpersonal Development Lab will recruit local infants and mothers as an important and unique part of a large-scale study focusing on the development of young children. Led by scientists at New York University and Pennsylvania State University, the Play and...

UC Merced Secures First Platinum Certifications in Labs, Offices

October 29, 2018

It’s the crown jewel of sustainability — a platinum certification signifying all the steps to making a space sustainable have been met. For UC Merced, platinum certification had eluded the Green Labs and Green Offices programs. That changed recently when the Office of the Chancellor achieved...

NSF Grant Unites Four Hispanic-Serving Institutions to Help Diversify STEM Faculty

October 24, 2018

UC Merced is partnering with UC Santa Barbara and two California State University campuses — Fresno and Channel Islands — on a project to create a more diverse STEM faculty at colleges and universities nationwide. The quartet has been awarded a total of $2 million from the National Science...

Catalyst Grant to Provide Hope, Opportunity for Undocumented Students and Families

October 18, 2018

UC Merced has long served as an educational opportunity for undocumented students and their families. A new grant will ensure the university can help more scholars realize their academic, career and personal goals. UC Merced is one of 32 campuses that will receive support this academic year from...

$10M Grant Will Help Increase Hispanics in Computing

October 18, 2018

UC Merced is part of a consortium of more than 40 institutions and organizations from the public and private sectors at the forefront of a national effort to increase the number of Hispanic students who participate in computing. The National Science Foundation’s Inclusion across the Nation of...

Health Communication Researcher Working to Improve Internet-based Medical Information

October 17, 2018

If you’re an American with Internet access, you’ve probably done it. You get a headache, a sniffle or a mystery bruise, and instead of seeing your doctor, you consult “Dr. Google.” According to some studies, more than 80 percent of Americans have used the Internet to “self-diagnose” health issues....

Vote in the Mid-terms Without Leaving Campus

October 17, 2018

UC Merced’s polling station will be open Nov. 6 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Alpine Room. This year, the on-campus polling station features a centralized satellite voting, which means anyone from any Merced County voting precinct can get his or her specific ballot at the on-campus site and vote. In...

CAREER Award Will Help Professor Advance Organic Chemistry Education

October 16, 2018

Chemistry and chemical biology Professor Ryan Baxter recently became the campus’s 22nd recipient of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) prestigious early CAREER awards for untenured faculty. The $647,000 he received from NSF will mostly go toward paying student research assistants and...

New Events Bring New Energy to Homecoming 2018

October 15, 2018

It’s that time of year again - time to show your Bobcat pride at UC Merced’s annual Homecoming celebration. Students, staff, faculty, alumni and the community are welcome to the two-day event, which will include a downtown block party for the first time. The event kicks off Friday at the Downtown...