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Graduate Student Wins Award At 2015 SACNAS National Conference

November 12, 2015

The UC Merced Graduate Division is pleased to congratulate Applied Mathematics graduate student Mario Banuelos, who won the certificate for Best Graduate Oral Presentation in Applied Mathematics at the 2015 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)...

UC Merced Water Research Earns Share of $50 Million Grant

October 20, 2015

The University of California, Merced, just became part of a massive, five-year, multi-million-dollar international research consortium that tackles water-related aspects of energy production and use. The campus will receive $1.5 million of the $50 million grant that will form the Clean Energy...

Sociology Program Earns Approval for Grad Degrees

October 5, 2015

Current and prospective graduate students have new degree options at UC Merced, which recently received approval from the UC system and the WASC Senior College and University Commission for both master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology. Sociology students at UC Merced previously...

GEM Consortium Brings New Fellowship Opportunities

September 28, 2015

New fellowship opportunities are available to undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields at UC Merced, thanks to the university’s recent acceptance as a member in the National GEM Consortium. GEM is a...

Graduate Student Seeks to Influence Public Health

August 27, 2015

Gracy Mantoan is not what you would call a traditional graduate student — but her past experiences are precisely what drive her as she pursues a Ph.D. with the public health graduate group at UC Merced. In her native Brazil, Mantoan earned her degree in medicine from the University of...

Student Examines Role of Gender in Perception of Political Scandals

August 19, 2015

With the 2016 presidential race already in full swing, political science graduate student Kayla Canelo’s research is particularly timely. This spring and summer, she designed and carried out a study that examines the effects of scandal on the public perception of political figures....

‘Round the World Breakfast’ a Hit With New International Students

August 14, 2015

The International Graduate Student Orientation kicked off today with the Round the World Breakfast, featuring delicious fare cooked up by Chef Mitch Vanagten of UC Merced Dining Services. Incoming international graduate students enjoy the breakfast on Friday. The menu was created specifically...

Chemistry Student Embraces Change at UC Merced

August 12, 2015

Shuhuai Xiang has seen a lot of changes during his seven years at UC Merced — only some of which are the result of the chemical reactions he studies in his graduate research work with the chemistry and chemical biology group. In 2008, Xiang arrived from his home country of China to begin...

UC Merced Hosts Third Annual UndocuGrads Conference

August 5, 2015

More than 340 students, advocates, school representatives, and administrators were at UC Merced on Saturday for the third annual UndocuGrads Conference. The one-day event was designed to address the unique challenges faced by undocumented students — some of whom are covered by Deferred Action...

NIH Grant Charts Path to UC Merced Ph.D. for Fresno State Students

July 16, 2015

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will create a pipeline to UC Merced doctoral degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences for underrepresented minority students from California State University, Fresno. UC Merced Professor Andy LiWang and Fresno State Professor...