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Bioengineering Faculty Member Studies Inflammation with NIH Grant
By Elizabeth Arakelian, UC Merced January 13, 2020Bioengineering professor Eva de Alba in her lab with her students and postdoctoral scholar. Students in back row: Pedro Diaz-Parga, Arturo Gonzalez,...
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New Fellowship Program Gives Faculty an Edge in Competitive Funding Landscape
By Elizabeth Arakelian, UC MercedJanuary 16, 2020Fellows prepare to undergo mock interviews where they will present their research in a way the general public can understand. Many faculty members are...
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Whiting Fellowship Will Help Build Refugee View into High School Curricula
By Michelle Morgante, UC MercedMarch 12, 2020Professor Ma Vang of UC Merced's Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program has been awarded a Whiting Public Engagement Program fellowshipThe Whiting Public...
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Six Graduate Programs Recognized by U.S. News Rankings
By Brenda Ortiz, UC Merced March 17, 2020Electrical Engineering, within the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Group at UC Merced, was ranked No. 129 by U.S. News, up 32 places from...
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Men’s Volleyball Setter Joey Medina Featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter
By Elizabeth Arakelian, UC MercedMarch 30, 2020ESPN’s SportsCenter showcased UC Merced's men's volleyball setter, Joey Medina, on Sunday as part of the network’s #SeniorNight segment.COVID-19 might...
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Students Can Go Online for Wide Range of Leadership, Service and Career...
By Michelle Morgante, UC MercedMay 5, 2020UC Merced's Office of Leadership, Service and Career provides online webinars and virtual eventsUC Merced’s support for students who are building leadership...
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Professor’s Documentary Film about Refugee Family Honored at Vienna...
By Michelle MorganteMay 7, 2020Professor Yehuda Sharim's film "Songs that Never End" is a finalist in Ethnocineca 2020“Songs that Never End,” Professor Yehuda Sharim’s intimate film about a family...
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Physics Ph.D. Student Named Grad Slam Campus Champion
By Brenda Ortiz, UC MercedMay 21, 2020Graduate student Boe Mendewala is UC Merced's 2020 Grad Slam champion for her talk, "The Solar Solution: Upgrading Energy Technology."UC Merced’s Graduate Division...
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Innovate to Grow Awards 10 Winners from Virtual Expo
By Esther Quintanilla, UC MercedMay 28, 2020This year's judges were particularly impressed by students' creativity in their projects and their presentations.Despite the challenges of making an...
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Professor and Falasco Chair Berhe Recognized as a Carnegie Corporation...
By Elizabeth Arakelian, UC MercedJuly 1, 2020Soil biogeochemistry Professor, and Ted and Jan Falasco Endowed Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe.Every Fourth of July, the Carnegie...
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RadioBio Receives UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership
By Brenda Ortiz, UC MercedJuly 30, 2020Graduate student organization RadioBio is a recipient of the 2020 UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.University of California President Janet...
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UC Merced Makes Strong Debut in Money’s "Best Colleges" Rankings by Value
By Michelle Morgante, UC MercedAugust 26, 2020UC Merced's graduation rate is 20 percent higher than schools with similar populations, according to Money.UC Merced is one of the country’s best four-year...
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Chancellor Muñoz Honored for Leadership on Workers’ Rights and Humanitarian...
UC MercedSeptember 18, 2020UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz has been named the recipient of the 2020 Cesar Estrada Chavez Award from the American Association for Access, Equity and DiversityUC...
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Scholarship and Community Partnerships Continue with Renewed Luce Foundation...
By Elizabeth Arakelian, UC MercedSeptember 22, 2020UC Merced Interdisciplinary Humanities graduate students and faculty will have the benefit of two additional years of funding from the Henry Luce...
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UC Merced Named Top 5 ‘Cool School’ by Sierra Club and Makes 'Green College...
By Michelle Morgante, UC MercedSeptember 29, 2020UC Merced's campus garden provides food for students while reducing the carbon footprintUC Merced’s national reputation for sustainability continues to...
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Researchers Seek to Understand Messy Proteins that are Critical to Cellular...
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedOctober 27, 2020Professor Shahar Sukenik, center, and his graduate students, including Eduardo Flores and Karina Guadalupe, are unraveling a protein puzzle and contributing...
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Two MacArthur Foundation Chairs Awarded to Female SSHA Faculty
By Elizabeth Arakelian, UC Merced November 9, 2020Professors Nancy Burke and Whitney Pirtle are the two newest MacArthur Foundation chairs at UC Merced.Two female faculty members of UC Merced’s School...
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Berhe Honored with Prestigious AGU Medal and Fellowship
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedNovember 11, 2020Professor Berhe is a frequent invited speaker, including at last year's TED Conference. Photo courtesy of TED.Soil biogeochemistry Professor Asmeret Asefaw...
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Campus Reaches Carbon Neutrality Ahead of Schedule
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedDecember 3, 2020Solar panels atop campus buildings are just one factor in the campus's carbon neutrality.After a lengthy and rigorous review by independent auditors, UC...
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Physicist Liu Receives NSF CAREER Award to Create ‘Bacteria Treadmill’
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedDecember 10, 2020Professor Bin Liu Physics Professor Bin Liu has received a CAREER award for his research into a new micromanipulation technique to virtually hold freely...
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