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Second Annual GradSLAM! Makes Graduate Research Accessible

March 4, 2016

Graduate Division kicked off its second annual GradSLAM! competition with two sets of qualifying rounds on Tuesday, March 1. GradSLAM!, a UC system-wide competition, provides graduate students with a forum to explain the methods, results, and significance of their research. The competition is...

UC Merced Named to Carnegie List of Research Universities

February 12, 2016

The University of California, Merced, has been designated a “doctoral-granting university with higher research activity” — or R2, the second-highest classification for American research universities — in its first appearance on the highly cited Carnegie Classification of...

BEST Chair Victor Muñoz Wins Highly Competitive Keck Award

February 10, 2016

Professor Victor Muñoz's novel approach to advancing biomedical research has earned him the campus’s first prestigious Keck Award, including $1 million over the next five years. The University of California, Merced, professor was chosen by the W.M. Keck Foundation, which...

Boot Camp Participants Start the Year Out Writing

January 21, 2016

UC Merced Graduate Division’s second Dissertation Boot Camp — a weeklong intensive writing program for graduate students — successfully wrapped up last week, and participants agreed the experience was an extremely positive one. Twenty students from five graduate groups...

Hatano Fellowship Recipient Studies Adult-Infant Communication

January 7, 2016

The UC Merced Graduate Division has awarded the inaugural $1,000 Hatano Cognitive Development Research Fellowship to cognitive and information sciences graduate student Drew Abney. Abney was chosen from a group of highly qualified applicants by a committee made up of faculty members from the...

QSB Student Makes List For Success

December 16, 2015

Every week, Bridget Martinez spends some time thinking about her goals. Then she makes a list — not just detailing the things she needs to do that week, but also outlining her long-term plans. “It’s a habit I’ve gotten into,” she said. “It keeps me motivated....

Researchers Model Near Future of Coastal Redwoods’ Habitat

December 9, 2015

Many species of trees and plants have begun migrating as the climate changes, but some, like California’s giant coastal redwoods, can’t just pick up and move. The proximity of the ocean, which has unique effects on temperature and climate, makes it challenging to predict what the...

Student-Professor Team Publishes Book on Literary Pioneer

December 7, 2015

UC Merced graduate alumna Beth Hernandez-Jason and Professor Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez have teamed up to create a compilation of essays devoted to the works of author John Rechy. “The Textual Outlaw: Reading John Rechy in the 21st Century” is the first ever compilation of critical...

Major UC Merced Expansion Plan Approved

November 19, 2015

The University of California, Merced, today received approval from the UC Board of Regents for its proposal to double the physical capacity of the campus by 2020. This formal approval authorizes the campus to move to the Request for Proposals (RFP) phase of its development plan, known as the...

Grad Students Awarded Dan David Solar Fellowship

November 16, 2015

Four graduate students from diverse disciplines have been named Dan David Solar Fellows through the University of California Advanced Solar Technologies Institute (UC Solar), headquartered at UC Merced. From left to right: Graduate students Christine Hoffman, Melissa Ricketts, Professor...