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Health Psychology Professor Wins Prestigious Award

April 13, 2018
The Society of Pediatric Psychology has recognized Professor Deborah Wiebe for her body of research on the psychology of adolescent health. Wiebe, the head of UC Merced’s Health Psychology program within the Psychological Sciences graduate group, won the Dennis Drotar Distinguished Research...

New Classroom Space Helps Teachers Learn New Curriculum, Lessons

April 12, 2018
Project Wet, a program run by the Water Education Foundation, will offer area educators hands-on lessons in teaching children about the value of a sustainable future. This is the first time such a class has been offered through UC Merced Extension Education Programs, and it takes place tomorrow(...

Lifetime Achievement Award Honors Distinguished Psychology Professor

April 12, 2018
Distinguished Professor Jan Wallander heads to New Orleans today (April 12) to attend a conference and receive the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Pediatric Medicine and Behavioral Health from the Society of Behavioral Medicine Child and Family Health...

Campus’s First Student Fulbright Scholar Heads to El Salvador for Research

April 11, 2018
UC Merced graduate student Danielle Bermudez will spend the next 10 months in El Salvador, conducting research and serving as a cultural ambassador for the campus as a Fulbright U.S. Student Researcher. She is the campus’s first student winner of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. There are other...

Women’s Soccer Star, Campus Leader Wraps Four Fulfilling Years

April 9, 2018
When prospective student-athletes visit UC Merced, soccer standout Abbie-Leigh Meneses is among the first people they meet. Not long ago, Meneses was a recruit herself, touring the University of California’s 10th and newest campus. She fell in love with UC Merced and its central location within...

Feeling a Little Puckish? Get Thee to Yosemite for ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

April 5, 2018
Desperate lovers, a fairy king and queen, a woman with a donkey’s head and a scamp with Cupid’s arrow in flower form are taking over Yosemite National Park on Earth Day weekend. Highlighting UC Merced’s special partnership with Yosemite, Shakespeare in Yosemite enters its second year with “A...

Finalists to Vie for GradSLAM Championship April 12

April 5, 2018
Ten graduate students advanced to the final round of UC Merced’s annual GradSLAM! competition and will vie for a chance to represent the campus and compete with graduate students from across the University of California system. The campus community and the general public are welcome to attend...

News and Notes: Facilitators Needed for Queer Ally Program, Mandatory Training Deadline in June

April 4, 2018
The Queer Ally Program seeks engaged, fun and active volunteers to serve as facilitators during the 2018-2019 academic year. Facilitators host workshops to educate colleagues and students about the LGBTQ+ community. Anyone who has completed Queer Ally or SafeZone training is encouraged to apply...

Study: Drug-Resistant Cancer Cleverer Than Imagined

April 4, 2018
Precision medicine offers hope after a life-changing cancer diagnosis. But some cancers that initially respond to targeted chemotherapy become treatment-resistant — and the tumor itself is the culprit. Now, new research from UC Merced and UC Irvine is helping explain how therapy-resistant cancers...

Career-Minded Students Get a Helping Hand

April 2, 2018
Senior mechanical engineering major Kelvin Cheung from San Francisco got a head start on his career exploration during his first year at UC Merced. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) career specialist Robert Goodman one of four career specialists for the Center for Career and...

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