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UC Merced Graduate Work Showcased In Sacramento

March 21, 2016

Childhood obesity and the environment took center stage last week when UC Merced graduate students and the graduate dean visited lawmakers in Sacramento to advocate for the importance of graduate student research to the state of California. Andrew Zumkehr, Graduate Dean Zatz, and Beatriz Sosa-...

Study: Fishing Industry a Bigger Polluter than Previously Known

March 18, 2016

Many studies have shown that raising cattle and pigs for food is hard on the environment, and fish has long been considered a better alternative. But the work of UC Merced graduate student Brandi McKuin indicates that because of emissions, fishing for large fish like tuna warms the climate just...

Lecture to Highlight Campus’s Diverse, Interdisciplinary Spirit

March 14, 2016

UC Merced is launching a new public lecture series that combines the campus’s emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship with its strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chavez The Chancellor’s Dialogue on Diversity and Interdisciplinarity will host its...

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...