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Undergrad Experience: Jacqueline Bustamante

February 19, 2021
Name: Jacqueline Bustamante Year: Fourth year Major: Chemistry Hometown: Atwater What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC Merced? My experience working on the synthesis of organic molecules known as dibenzocyclooctadienes (DBCOD) in Professor Jennifer Lu ’s lab...

New Study Shows Immigration Policies Impact Student Success

February 19, 2021
A new report from the UC Collaborative to Promote Immigrant and Student Equity (UC PromISE) that summarizes results of a study of children of immigrants attending the University of California indicates that immigration policies have a negative effect on the students. Sociology Professor Zulema...

Study Finds No Gender Discrimination When Leaders Use Confident Language

February 18, 2021
People tend to listen to big talkers, whether they are women or men. Still, more women prefer not to use assertive language, according to a new study by economics Professor Ketki Sheth. The study published in Management Science was conducted with fellow economist Shanthi Manian at Washington State...

Climate Change and Suppression Tactics are Critical Factors in Increasing Fires, Study Shows

February 18, 2021
The millions of people affected by 2020’s record-breaking and deadly fire season can attest to the fact that wildfire hazards are increasing across western North America. Both climate change and forest management have been blamed, but the relative influence of these drivers is still heavily debated...

UC Merced Engineers Help Test Perseverance Rover

February 18, 2021

New Diversity. Striving for Prestige. Limited Money. Meet the ‘Broke’ Research Universities

February 17, 2021

Asthma Intervention Project Gets Green Light from Genentech

February 16, 2021
A new community health project addressing asthma issues in the San Joaquin Valley is underway thanks to a collaboration between UC Merced, UCSF and Camarena Health, supported by a grant from biotechnology giant Genentech. The project “Promotoras and Community Based Education,” headed by Principal...

Asthma Intervention Project Gets Green Light from Genentech Foundation

February 16, 2021
A new community health project addressing asthma issues in the San Joaquin Valley is underway thanks to a collaboration between UC Merced, UCSF and Camarena Health, supported by a grant from biotechnology giant Genentech’s foundation. The project “Promotoras and Community Based Education,” headed...

Q&A: Sociologist with Specialty in Right-Wing Movements on Free Speech and the First Amendment

February 10, 2021
Social justice movements and conspiracy theories have become a hallmark of our time, but how do we know which inflammatory statements are legally protected and which are not? Sociology Professor Nella Van Dyke sheds light on the legal and social ramifications of free speech in this Q&A. Van...

UC Merced’s Gallo Management Program Pays Off for Graduates

February 9, 2021
Ruben Lemus was celebrating his graduation from UC Merced’s Gallo Management Program with a family dinner at nearby Yosemite Lake when his father reminded Ruben of a visit to the lake years earlier. “My dad said at the time, ‘If you want to do something with your life, get an education. They are...

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