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Researchers to Bring Global Arts to Downtown Merced

September 29, 2016

The 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 campus. Music Professor Jayson Beaster-Jones, who organized the series, will give the first talk on Sunday, Oct. 2. Each of...

Research Breakthrough Could Help Diagnose, Treat Biofilm Infections

September 28, 2016

Biofilms — colonies of microorganisms living inside a protective coating — are everywhere, from the plaque we scrub off our teeth each day to the slimy green masses that form on rocks in streams. They are on the inside and outside of our bodies, in our oceans, and on natural and manmade surfaces,...

$3.6 Million Grant Funding Helps Valley Students Realize Educational Dreams

September 27, 2016

Three grants totaling more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced’s Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) continue its Talent Search program, which helps high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue postsecondary education. “We are honored to...

Engineering Graduate Students Place Third In Major Industry Competition

September 26, 2016

Two UC Merced advanced doctoral students had the rare opportunity to perfect their research pitch techniques in front of major industry executives this summer and won third place in a national competition for their work. Left to right: Shelly Hu, BASF mentor Dr. Svetlana Dimovski, and Uma...

Future Public Servants Get a Boost From UC Fellowships

September 23, 2016

UC Merced student Stephanie Maldonado was excited when she earned a slot in the University of California’s public service internship program in Washington, D.C., this fall — then came the financial reality check. Maldonado, a third-year political science major from the San Fernando Valley, felt her...

Winston’s Innovative Project Highlights UC Solar Symposium

September 22, 2016

UC Merced Professor Roland Winston will deliver details on a groundbreaking hybrid solar collector he’s working on that simultaneously generates electricity and very-high-temperature heat at the annual 2016 UC Solar Research Symposium slated for Oct. 7 at UC Davis. The University of California...

New Grants Will Expand Computational Training at UC Merced

September 21, 2016

Graduate students at the University of California, Merced, will benefit from extensive new research, funding and training opportunities, thanks to two National Science Foundation (NRS) grants totaling more than $3.25 million. Right to left: Professors Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Suzanne Sindi...

Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants

September 21, 2016

Graduate students at the University of California, Merced, will benefit from extensive new research, funding and training opportunities, thanks to two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling more than $3.25 million. Interdisciplinary groups of computational sciences researchers won two of...

Run Raises $2,500 for Scholarship Funds

September 20, 2016

More than 300 participants, including students, alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the campus, gathered for the second annual UC Merced Journey 5K Fund Run earlier this month. First-year biological sciences major Guillermo Rivas, who is on the UC Merced men’s cross country team and is...

Mind and Body Join Robotics in New Research Project

September 19, 2016

Three UC Merced researchers are connecting eye-tracking hardware with a robotic exoskeletal arm to further understand the mind-body connection and, someday, to help people with disabilities have better use of their limbs. A National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant and...