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Two New Faculty Members Expand Physics Department and Bring the Cosmos to Campus

March 29, 2021
UC Merced occupies just one small corner of the world. But through the research, teaching, experience, and connections of two new Department of Physics faculty members, students can access and begin to understand the universe. Astrophysics professors Sarah Loebman and Anna Nierenberg joined last...

Undergrad Experience: Diana Cruz Garcia

March 25, 2021
Name: Diana Cruz Garcia Year: Fourth Year Major: Bioengineering Hometown: Los Angeles What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC Merced? The most memorable project that I’ve worked on was during my first summer as a UC LEADS scholar back in 2019. It was my first time...

Wiebe Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Child and Family Health Research

March 24, 2021
The Society of Behavioral Medicine Child and Family Health Special Interest Group has recognized Professor Deborah Wiebe with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to child and family health. She is the Society’s second Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from UC Merced’s Department...

Undergrad Experience: Allen Kalampukattussery

March 23, 2021
Name: Allen Kalampukattussery Year: Third year Major: Biological Sciences, Human Biology emphasis Hometown: San Jose What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC Merced? I am currently working on a project in Professor Gordon Bennett’s lab where I work on animal-microbe...

CAREER Award will Support Enhanced Renewable Energy Assessments

March 22, 2021
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Marie-Odile Fortier’s plan to make more accurate assessments of renewable energy systems’ carbon footprints has made her the fifth UC Merced recipient of the prestigious CAREER award this year. The award comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF...

Lip-reading Software Helps Users of All Abilities to Send Secure Messages

March 18, 2021
A computer science lab focused on making human-computer interaction easier for people of all abilities has developed a digital lip-reader complete with its own repair system so the software can continue learning from its user. LipType, a new invention from Professor Ahmed Sabbir Arif and his lab...

Undergrad Experience: Austin John Escobar

March 18, 2021
Name: Austin John Escobar Year: Third year Major: Biological Sciences with Human Emphasis; minor in Education Hometowns: Dublin, Calif., and Manila, Philippines What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC Merced? I have two I want to share. The first was a being student in...

Solar Panels Over Canals Can Save Money, Energy and Water, Study Shows

March 18, 2021
Covering the 4,000 miles of California’s water canals could save billions of gallons of water and generate renewable power for the state every year, according to a new study. The study was published in the journal Nature Sustainability. Professors Roger Bales, Joshua Viers and Tapan Pathak authored...

With Kleckner’s Award, Physics Department Nabs its Third CAREER Grant This Year

March 16, 2021
Physics Professor Dustin Kleckner has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research — the third in his department this year. He studies how optical and acoustic binding controls interactions between/among particles and how it manipulates them into self-...

Graduate Student’s Immune-system Research Attracts NIH Award

March 12, 2021
Graduate student Betsabel Chicana ’s research into understanding how the immune system works when there’s a problem inside the bones has earned her a prestigious fellowship from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Chicana, a fifth-year Quantitative and Systems Biology Ph.D. candidate who...

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