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Campus to Celebrate Spendlove Winner Anita Hill

October 12, 2016

UC Merced will honor Anita Hill as the 10th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance in an Oct. 24 ceremony at the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre. The ceremony begins at 6 p.m. and is open to the public, but registration is required....

Winston Feted for Golden Anniversary of Landmark Discovery

October 10, 2016

Fifty years ago this year, while a freshman faculty member in the University of Chicago Physics Department, Roland Winston published a paper introducing a new field he called nonimaging optics. In it, he described the compound parabolic concentrator (CPC), a highly efficient device that collects...

Researchers Eye Foggy Link Between Redwoods, Climate Change

October 6, 2016

Most Americans have probably seen gorgeous photos of fog winding its way through California’s coastal redwoods. The trees are one of the state’s most prominent icons, drawing more than 2 million visitors a year. But at a time when rising sea levels, melting polar ice, droughts and superstorms are...

AWRA awards Lorenzo Booth's research on water-use by crops

October 4, 2016

The California drought has exacerbated some of the challenges farmers face. For example, they have to spend more on water, and not just because there is less to go around. A warmer climate causes water to evaporate faster and can force plants to consume more for the same amount of growth. But...

Professor’s Findings Help Illuminate the Human Immune System

October 3, 2016

Professor Anna Beaudin is just starting up her lab at UC Merced, but a paper she recently published already has some big implications for understanding autoimmune disease, allergies and rejection of transplanted organs. A developmental biologist with the School of Natural Sciences and an affiliate...

New Faculty Member Works to Illuminate the Human Immune System

October 3, 2016

Professor Anna Beaudin is just starting up her lab at UC Merced, but a paper she recently published already has some big implications for understanding autoimmune disease, allergies and rejection of transplanted organs. A developmental biologist with the School of Natural Sciences...

Researchers to Bring Global Arts to Downtown Merced

September 29, 2016

The Global Arts Studies Program (GASP) at UC Merced will present a series of lectures to connect the Merced community with the research and artistic activities taking place on campus. Music Professor Jayson Beaster-Jones, who organized the series, will give the first talk on Sunday, Oct. 2. Each of...

Research Breakthrough Could Help Diagnose, Treat Biofilm Infections

September 28, 2016

Biofilms — colonies of microorganisms living inside a protective coating — are everywhere, from the plaque we scrub off our teeth each day to the slimy green masses that form on rocks in streams. They are on the inside and outside of our bodies, in our oceans, and on natural and manmade surfaces,...

$3.6 Million Grant Funding Helps Valley Students Realize Educational Dreams

September 27, 2016

Three grants totaling more than $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Education will help UC Merced’s Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) continue its Talent Search program, which helps high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursue postsecondary education. “We are honored to...

Engineering Graduate Students Place Third In Major Industry Competition

September 26, 2016

Two UC Merced advanced doctoral students had the rare opportunity to perfect their research pitch techniques in front of major industry executives this summer and won third place in a national competition for their work. Left to right: Shelly Hu, BASF mentor Dr. Svetlana Dimovski, and Uma...