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Dedicated Student Breaks Ground With Ph.D., Autism Research

June 13, 2016
When Nikko Da Paz decided to go to graduate school, she didn’t limit herself to one degree — or even one campus. The mother of two young children with autism enrolled at UC Merced in 2011, and in May she became the university’s first African-American student to earn a Ph.D. While completing her...

Scientists Unveiling the Complexity of Mysterious Protein Folding

June 1, 2016
Imagine trying to reverse engineer a car when all you have is a finished product or a box full of parts — no instructions. That’s what scientists have been trying to do with proteins, the mysterious and powerful molecules in every living organism that are responsible for thousands...

Brainstorm: Professors Take Holistic Approach to Study Thinking, Learning and Neuroscience

May 27, 2016
The following article is the main story in a six-piece package that appeared in the spring issue of UC Merced Magazine focusing on the research performed at UC Merced that relates to the brain. You can read the other stories, on consciousness, machine learning and artificial intelligence,...

School of Engineering Honors Outstanding Students

May 26, 2016
Eleven graduating seniors were recognized earlier this month for academic achievement, research participation and community service. The outstanding students from the Classes of 2015 and 2016 were nominated by faculty from the School of Engineering. A reception was held in their honor on May 4....

Wildfire Increasing in the West Because of Climate Change, Research Shows

May 25, 2016
The number, size and duration of large mountain forest fires in the Western United States has increased dramatically in the past 40 years, according to research from UC Merced Professor LeRoy Westerling. Warming temperatures and the earlier onset of spring and the spring snowmelt — the...

Campus Getting Greener with New Research Growing Spaces

May 23, 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...

Professor Recounts Lost History of Migrant Workers in New Book

May 18, 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 lives were like...

Study Links Cancer Cell Growth to Nervous System

May 17, 2016
Cancer cells divide with more frequency and are more resilient when they are closer to the brain, indicating a potential link between cell growth and the nervous system, according to new research from Professor Néstor J. Oviedo of the University of California, Merced. The study, published today (...

Congratulations to #UCM2016, UC Merced's 11th Graduating Class

May 17, 2016
The campus posted 122 updates to social media over the weekend. Here is a curated collection of those and ones shared by members of our community. [View the story “Commencement 2016” on Storify]

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