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Summer Bobcat Fellowships Support Students’ Research Projects

June 25, 2015

Graduate students Yousef Sardahi and Yousef Naranjani were recently awarded summer Bobcat Fellowships from the Mechanical Engineering graduate group. The fellowships will help to support their continuing research over the summer semester. Yousef Sardahi, left and Yousef Naranjani, right, of the...

Physics Student’s ‘Startup’ Mentality Grew With Campus

June 18, 2015

Physics graduate student Leily Kiani has completed the entirety of her higher education at UC Merced, all while the campus grew up around her. A member of the inaugural 2005 freshman class, Kiani remembers that first year fondly. “It was a little chaotic at times, but my entire...

Winning Research for Quantitative & Systems Biology Student

June 12, 2015

Quantitative & Systems Biology graduate student Portia Mira had a busy spring. Early in the year, Mira was awarded the School of Natural Sciences Dean’s Distinguished Scholar Fellowship. The fellowship allowed her to continue her research and prepare for her qualifying exams in May...

Sociology Student to Continue Research on Siblings and Education

June 4, 2015

Sociology student Wendy Puquirre has identified a major resource for college students from disadvantaged backgrounds — siblings who have already attended college. As a part of her recently-completed master’s research, Puquirre found that there is a positive correlation between...

World Cultures Student Reconstructing Valley History

May 28, 2015

Michael Eissinger has an old black-and-white photograph of a farmer named Knox and his three teenage sons standing in a cotton field with a long, 100-pound bag of cotton. He holds up the photo at conferences and public talks and asks where it was taken — inevitably, someone guesses “...

Researcher Develops New Cloud Security Method for Mobile Users

May 14, 2015

A UC Merced graduate student researcher has come up with a new, super-efficient encryption system for smart phones that lets users secure data being sent to and retrieved from the cloud. Bahrami, left with his faculty advisor, Mukesh Singhal. Encrypting data on your phone or tablet...

Graduate Students Honored At 2nd CRTE Awards Ceremony

May 11, 2015

On Friday, May 8, the Center for Research and Teaching Excellence (CRTE) and the Graduate Division hosted their second-annual awards ceremony and reception in the California Room. More than 100 undergraduates, graduate students and faculty were recognized for their contributions to teaching...

UC Graduate Students Compete In The First-Ever Systemwide Grad Slam Event

May 6, 2015

It took UC Irvine graduate student Ashley Fong years to make significant advances in her research using stem cells to repair damaged heart muscle, but just minutes — three to be exact — to wow a panel of judges with a succinct explanation of her work and capture the championship at the...

Interdisciplinary Research Pays Off For Political Science Student

April 30, 2015

One of the things that attracted Chelsea Coe to UC Merced as an undergraduate was the opportunity to do research. She transferred to UC Merced during her junior year, and worked in professor Teenie Matlock’s Interactive Cognition lab for the rest of her undergraduate career. When she...

UC Merced Students Participate In Graduate Research Advocacy Day

April 28, 2015

Psychological Sciences student Anna Epperson and Environmental Systems student Ryan Lucas are at the state Capitol today with UC President Janet Napolitano and 20 other UC graduate students. The group is promoting the value of graduate research to state lawmakers for the annual...