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Film, Poetry, Philosophy the Subjects of Three Foundry Pieces by Humanities Community

October 30, 2023
The new issue of Foundry, a digital platform similar to a magazine, assembled by the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI), features works by three members of the UC Merced campus community. The issue features an interview with Global Arts Studies Professor Yehuda Sharim...

UC Merced Named Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State

October 30, 2023
  UC Merced has been designated a Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Leader for 2023 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Each year, the ECA recognizes the strong engagement of select HSIs within the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Tour the Maya underworld in these Belizean caves-if you dare

October 27, 2023

Students Compete Against Thousands in 24-Hour Hackathon

October 26, 2023
UC Merced computer science and engineering teams are again taking part in the IEEExtreme Hack-a-Thon, a 24-hour challenge in which teams respond to one or more prompts to solve a problem by developing software. More than 14,000 people, in 6,300 teams and representing 65 countries, will compete in...

LA TIMES: California’s San Joaquin Valley is on the front line of climate change. How will it adapt?

October 25, 2023

Sharim’s Films Honored at More than 80 Festivals Worldwide

October 25, 2023
Professor Yehuda Sharim 's film entitled “El Ojo Comienza En La Mano,” which he calls a tribute to campesino histories in rural California told through the art of local farm worker and painter Rubén Sanchéz, will be featured at the Oscar-nominated International Film Festival in St. Louis in early...

Toloma 5K Honors Native American Heritage at UC Merced

October 25, 2023
  Ahead of Native American Heritage Month, the Toloma 5K will return to UC Merced on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event has been held since 2021, and not only raises money for Native American activities on campus but preserves tradition while acknowledging the campus's location on...

NASA-funded Biodiversity Research Project Launches in South Africa

October 18, 2023
Understanding and conserving biodiversity, or the variety of life in ecosystems, is key to sustaining life on Earth. A research project funded by NASA that is launching this week in South Africa, co-led by UC Merced environmental engineering Professor Erin Hestir, is aimed at better understanding...

New Project Focuses on Women of Color in the Geosciences Throughout the UC

October 17, 2023
Although there has been a lot of talk this summer about paleoecology Professor Sora Kim’s research on the now-extinct megalodon shark, there is another focus to her work: BAJEDI, or belonging, access, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded...

NPR: There's renewed pressure on the FDA to ban synthetic food dye Red No. 3

October 16, 2023

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