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When Art Imitates Art: The Centuries-Old Tradition of the Copyist

May 8, 2019
There’s a striking image of “San Andres” that was recently on display at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center. The illumination of the saint’s torso and visage are iconic. But this version is different. It’s darker – and newer. On second glance, it’s not the famed painting created by Jose de Ribera...

UC Merced MESA Lab Wins Big Ideas Contest

May 7, 2019
Now ubiquitous, machine learning has made its way into farming, thanks to an affordable, unmanned ground vehicle that recognizes and spatially maps agricultural pest infestations, treating them with “surgical precision spraying.” New, award-winning robot-driven technology developed by a team of UC...

Topping Off Marks Major Milestone in 2020 Project

May 7, 2019
It is one of the largest and, arguably, most complex social infrastructure projects in the nation. Now, every building in the award-winning Merced 2020 Project is completely topped off. Chancellor Leland, UC Merced senior leadership and members of Webcor and Plenary — the project’s construction and...

Scheduling Algorithms Earn Computer Science Researcher an NSF CAREER Award

May 6, 2019
Professor Sungjin Im, with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, making him the 21st recipient from UC Merced. CAREER awards are among the NSF’s most prestigious awards. They are given through the...

Anh Diep Wins Grad Slam at UC Merced, Heads to UC Finals

May 6, 2019
Quantitative and Systems Biology (QSB) graduate student Anh Diep will represent UC Merced at the University of California Grad Slam finals in San Francisco on May 10. At UC Merced’s Grad Slam final round in April, Diep presented her dissertation research “To Clear or Not Clear: A Valley Fever...

GAMWS Spring Showcase to Exhibit Student Art

May 6, 2019
Where do Shakespeare and swing dancing collide? At UC Merced’s Global Arts, Media & Writing Studies (GAMWS) Spring Showcase. For the second time this academic year, students, faculty and community members will gather to enjoy the culminating work of UC Merced’s GAMWS students. Unlike other art...

UC Merced Celebrates Newest Batch of College Students with College Signing Day

May 6, 2019
UC Merced welcomed more than 500 students from across the San Joaquin Valley to campus Wednesday to celebrate College Signing Day. Every student was a high school senior who will move on to higher education in the fall. Seven colleges and universities were represented, including UC Merced, Fresno...

Sociology Honors Society Hosts First Annual Research Symposium

May 3, 2019
Finals are a busy time for students, but that didn’t stop UC Merced’s sociology undergraduates from kicking off their first annual Alpha Kappa Delta Research Symposium on April 19. Alpha Kappa Delta is a nearly 100-year-old honor society for students with a focus in sociology. Graduating senior...

Bioengineering Professor’s NSF Award Supports Synthetic Cell Research

May 3, 2019
Professor Anand Bala Subramaniam with the School of Engineering has been named UC Merced’s 23rd CAREER award recipient, and the first in the Department of Bioengineering . This is Subramaniam’s third grant as principal investigator from the National Science Foundation. He is also a founding co-...

One Key to Climate Change Could Be Stuck in a Shark’s Tooth

May 2, 2019
Most people wouldn’t think sharks can teach researchers about the planet’s distant past and its more immediate future. UC Merced paleoecologist Professor Sora Kim isn’t most people. There’s a connection between data in fossilized shark teeth and climate change, and thanks to a grant from the...

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