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Federal Grant Preserves Critical Equipment for Molecular Exploration
04/01/2021
An important and expensive piece of equipment that was nearing the end of its life is getting a vital upgrade, thanks to a new grant awarded to Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Andy LiWang from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Nuclear magnetic resonance (...
Graduate Student Association Provides Collective Voice for Grad Students
03/31/2021
Graduate school is tough, but graduate students have a place to turn to for advocacy and support on campus. Since it was established in 2005, UC Merced’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) has promoted graduate students’ rights and worked with the Graduate Division and other campus leadership to...
U.S. News & World Report Rankings Showcase Growing Engineering Program, Debuts Interdisciplinary Humanities and Political Science
03/30/2021
For the first time, UC Merced’s Political Science and Interdisciplinary Humanities (history discipline) graduate groups made national rankings. US News & World Report’s annual rankings, released today, also highlighted the campus’s growing School of Engineering, as most of its programs climbed...
Two New Faculty Members Expand Physics Department and Bring the Cosmos to Campus
03/29/2021
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...
Is Student Loan Forgiveness the Answer?
03/25/2021
A City in France Says It Can Predict COVID-19 Surges by analyzing poop in its sewers
03/25/2021
Undergrad Experience: Diana Cruz Garcia
03/25/2021
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
03/24/2021
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...

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