News
March 31, 2016
Professor Carolin Frank’s research into the nitrogen-fixing properties of bacteria inside the needles of some high-elevation pine trees is the topic of a new paper in the journal New Phytologist.
Frank, with the School of Natural Sciences, won a $1.6 million, four-year grant from the...
March 31, 2016
Carlos Castillo-Chavez has had, by all accounts, an extraordinarily successful academic career.
He began as an immigrant from Mexico City and wound up researching and teaching at Cornell University for 18 years before moving to Arizona State University in 2004 — with multiple awards and...
March 30, 2016
UC Merced’s Campus Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) Office kicks off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) today (April 1) with numerous events.
The month of education is an effort to increase awareness about sexual assault, decrease its frequency and help survivors.
CARE will host...
March 30, 2016
The University of California released a report this week countering a report from the California State Auditor’s office.
UC’s "Straight Talk on Hot-Button Issues: UC Admissions, Finances and Transparency," directly addresses assertions contained in the audit by providing data...
March 30, 2016
The results are in: UC Merced’s 2016 United Way Campaign was a big success — both in the number of participants involved and the amount of donations received.
During a thank you luncheon held this week (March 29), organizers announced this year’s campaign saw a 20 percent...
March 30, 2016
Earlier this week, Chancellor Dorothy Leland and Vice Chancellor for Business and Administrative Services Michael Reese hosted an interactive webcast.
Viewers submitted questions that the chancellor and vice chancellor answered in real time. The webcast was recorded, so those who missed it can...
March 30, 2016
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Brian Powell will host a one-hour webcast at 2:30 p.m. April 13. Powell will answer HR-related questions, including performance management and merit pay. A message with a link to view the webcast will be distributed before the event. Email Human...
March 29, 2016
Graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan, a Ph.D. Eugene Cota-Robles Fellow in Quantitative and Systems Biology at UC Merced, is working on a documentary series called "BIOTA," which unites art and science and applies them to social justice issues.
The documentary project takes a fresh approach...
March 29, 2016
Chelsea Arnold has earned almost every academic degree that exists, and now she works to help students get at least one more for themselves.
As the program director for UC Merced’s branch of the CalTeach Program, also known as the Science and Math Initiative, Arnold guides an intercampus...
March 29, 2016
William Shadish, professor of quantitative psychology in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts and one of UC Merced’s 13 founding faculty members, died at his home March 27.
Shadish joined UC Merced in 2003, before there were any students or buildings, to help build a new...
