News
May 24, 2016
Everyone knows UC Merced is growing, but pretty soon, the campus will be growing lots of plant specimens for research, too.
The School of Natural Sciences is buying a pair of greenhouses that will be installed at the eastern end of campus near the North Bowl parking lot. The greenhouses will allow...
May 24, 2016
When UC Merced Professor Mario Sifuentez was a graduate student, he didn’t have to look far to find a subject to research — members of his family had been migrant workers in Oregon for many years, but he could find very few texts documenting how such workers got there and what their...
May 23, 2016
UC Merced's Academic Senate recently honored the recipients of its 2015-16 Senate Awards. Congratulations to this year's winners:
Ashlie Martini
School of Engineering
Senate Award for Distinguished Graduate Teaching/Mentorship...
May 12, 2016
Staff Appreciation Week, UC Merced’s annual salute to staff members, is next week.
Sponsored by UC Merced’s Staff Assembly with support from the Office of the Chancellor, Staff Appreciation Week (SAW) recognizes staff members for their work throughout the year and offers opportunities...
May 11, 2016
Staff members seeking career mentorship, upward mobility or opportunities to excel in their chosen fields are encouraged to apply for UC Merced’s 2016-17 Career Advancement Mentorship Program (CAMP).
CAMP is a volunteer effort that matches experienced UC Merced mentors with staff members who...
May 11, 2016
The UC Merced Library announced the addition and expansion of several resources and collections:
HathiTrust Digital Library — print disability access was updated to allow access to all copyrighted material in HathiTrust for students, faculty and staff members with visual impairments or...
May 10, 2016
Anita Hill’s public testimony during the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991 raised national awareness of sexual harassment and led to many changes in workplace laws and practices to protect both women and men from harassment.
At a ceremony this...
May 10, 2016
California State Treasurer John Chiang spent several hours on the UC Merced campus last Thursday, visiting classrooms and labs and meeting with faculty members and university leadership before giving a well-attended public policy address in the evening.
Chiang came away impressed by the UC’s...
May 10, 2016
Thousands of Merced County schoolchildren will be introduced to the wonders of opera this month during the latest entry in the long-running Children’s Opera series at UC Merced.
Co-produced by UC Merced lecturer and singer Jenni Samuelson and English Professor Katie Steele Brokaw, the...
May 10, 2016
Parents who reciprocate their children’s negative emotions are less likely to find satisfying resolutions to conflict, according to new research from UC Merced.
In a study published online May 5 in the journal Emotion, a team led by UC Merced Professor Alexandra Main combines observations...
