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Apply Now for a Paid Summer Internship with Real Research Experience
April 18, 2022
The May 1 deadline is fast approaching for students to apply for the San Joaquin Valley Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics Tools and Science (FACTS) bridge program, a paid summer research program funded by a grant from the U.S.... Read More
CITRIS Researchers Lay Groundwork to Bring Flying Buses to California Skies
April 14, 2022
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has awarded a team of researchers from the University of California campuses at Merced, Berkeley and Davis a two-year grant to simulate urban air mobility in the San Francisco area,... Read More
Plan to Attend Innovate to Grow or Volunteer as a Judge
April 13, 2022
Now is the time to register to attend this year's Innovate to Grow (I2G) competition and see some of the 66 student engineering teams present their solutions to real-world engineering challenges. And if you would like to be a judge,... Read More
Study on Cigarette Packs' Native American Imagery Raises Questions About Safety, Cultural Misappropriation
April 11, 2022
Most people are familiar with the adage "a picture is worth a thousand words." However, the message conveyed by an image may not always be factual. Authors of a study recently published in the BMJ journal Tobacco Control said that was the... Read More
Engineer and Dentist Partner to Root Out Problems in Teeth
April 4, 2022
A trip to the dentist isn't something most people look forward to. But computer science and engineering Professor Shijia Pan found inspiration and a new collaborator at her dentist’s office. Pan, Merced dentist Dr. Jun Ho Lee, and... Read More
Report Makes Case to Provide Unemployment Benefits for Undocumented Workers
March 31, 2022
Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrant workers in California could receive aid from an unemployment benefit system if the state approves the program. UC Merced's Community and Labor Center (CLC) has published a report that examines... Read More
UC Merced Grad Programs See Uptick in U.S. News Rankings
March 29, 2022
Twelve of UC Merced’s graduate programs and one of its schools are among the best in the country in the U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings, according to results released March 29. “It is exciting to see that... Read More
Graduate Students’ Fellowships Promote Study of Valley Fever
March 28, 2022
Professor Katrina Hoyer ’s lab is helping UC Merced serve the San Joaquin Valley community through its studies of immune responses to Valley fever and other diseases. Graduate students Susana Tejeda-Garibay and Nadia Miranda are exploring... Read More
UC Merced Student Selected as a ‘Rising Graduate Scholar’ by Diverse
March 17, 2022
Rhondene Wint is one of 10 exemplary graduate students to be featured in the March 17 special issue of Diverse: Issues In Higher Education (Diverse) based on “standout scholarship thus far and their current trajectory toward a very... Read More
UC Merced, Stanislaus State Awarded $1.4 Million to Help Snuff Out Tobacco Use
March 14, 2022
UC Merced's Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC) and California State University, Stanislaus, are partnering on a large project as part of California Endgame's goal to end tobacco use in the state by 2035. The two universities... Read More
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