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UC Graduate Students Compete In The First-Ever Systemwide Grad Slam Event

May 6, 2015

It took UC Irvine graduate student Ashley Fong years to make significant advances in her research using stem cells to repair damaged heart muscle, but just minutes — three to be exact — to wow a panel of judges with a succinct explanation of her work and capture the championship at the...

Interdisciplinary Research Pays Off For Political Science Student

April 30, 2015

One of the things that attracted Chelsea Coe to UC Merced as an undergraduate was the opportunity to do research. She transferred to UC Merced during her junior year, and worked in professor Teenie Matlock’s Interactive Cognition lab for the rest of her undergraduate career. When she...

UC Merced Students Participate In Graduate Research Advocacy Day

April 28, 2015

Psychological Sciences student Anna Epperson and Environmental Systems student Ryan Lucas are at the state Capitol today with UC President Janet Napolitano and 20 other UC graduate students. The group is promoting the value of graduate research to state lawmakers for the annual...

Grad Student Uses Math to Study Deadly Diseases

April 27, 2015

Working with Suzanne Sindi, a professor of applied mathematics at UC Merced, Ph.D. candidate Jason Davis is trying to unlock the mysteries of prions and the destructive diseases they create. Instead of using a traditional lab, he relies on computer modeling and applied mathematics. It’s a...

Psychology Student Examines Use of Social Media in Health Care

April 23, 2015

UC Merced doctoral student Holly Rus will present the results of a study on social media and health communications this week during the 36th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicinein San Antonio, Texas. Working with Professor Linda Cameron, Rus conducted an...

From Freshman to Graduate Student In Just Four Years

April 21, 2015

Most students who enrolled at UC Merced in 2011 are gearing up for graduation and starting to think about a job or continuing their education. Edwin Shen got a head start on the rest of his class, completing his undergraduate degree in just three years. He was accepted into graduate programs at...

Two Graduate Students Earn Prestigious NSF Fellowships

April 10, 2015

UC Merced graduate students Theo Crouch II and Lauren Edwards recently were awarded fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Jessica Ross was recognized as an honorable mention by the GRFP, while Patricia Cabral received an honorable...

Environmental Systems Student Wins GradSLAM! Finals

April 10, 2015

This week marked the occasion of the first-ever UC Merced GradSLAM! finals. During the event, 10 graduate student finalists had just three minutes to present their research to a panel of non-specialist judges. The goal of the competition is to increase graduate students’ communication skills...

GradSLAM! Finals Welcomes Six Distinguished Judges

April 3, 2015

The first annual UC Merced GradSLAM! finals are coming up on Tuesday, April 7 from 1:30 to 3:30 in the California Room. Our 10 finalists will have just three minutes each to present their research to our panel of non-specialist judges. The first-place winner will get $2,000 and will go on to...

Cognitive Science Student Earns IBM Ph.D. Fellowship

March 25, 2015

UC Merced graduate student David Vinson recently obtained an intensely competitive IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award, which will provide $30,000 to support his research in computational social science through the 2015-16 academic year. He will also work with an IBM mentor over the course of the year....