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Professor’s Fellowship Takes Her Into the Halls of Power

July 1, 2013
Like many faculty members, Professor Katrina Hoyer is busy running a lab, teaching and researching. This year, she adds another item to her to-do list – learning how public policy is implemented and how she can advocate for policy that affects her research.   Hoyer has been...

Sunshine State: The University of California's Solar Breakthroughs

June 21, 2013
By Karl Hodge, Slate. www.slate.com Full story As nature calls time on fossil fuels, researchers at the University of California are finding credible alternatives to oil and coal. It's solar power's time to shine. We’re running out of fossil fuels and the search is...

Undergraduates Win Coveted APS Summer Research Fellowships

June 13, 2013
Two UC Merced undergraduates will spend the summer immersed in research after winning prestigious fellowships from the American Physiological Society. Sophomores Debby Lee and Meagan Moreno competed on a national level for the 10-week, $4,000 fellowships that will support them during their first...

Good Chemistry

June 10, 2013
From Downtown Life Magazine June 9, 2013 By:  K. Chico   Professor Jason Hein is a tall man. This gives him the ability to look you in the eye, even if he is folded into a rolling desk chair. The DLM team managed to catch the chemist on one of the rare occasions when he was...

Professor’s Work Earns Her a Spot in Prestigious Journal

June 6, 2013
Using some of the tiniest fossils in the world to help clarify how climate change is modeled has earned Professor Jessica Blois a big honor – publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Blois, one of the newest professors in the School of Natural Sciences, is...

Science, Math Program to Offer More Paths to Aspiring Teachers

June 4, 2013
Armanti Hardesty is ready to join the next generation of teachers. “We’re all going into a more technological age,” said Hardesty, an alumnus from Long Beach. “It’s great to have new teachers learning the best ways to help students.” Hardesty left UC Merced...

Dean Honored as Outstanding Alumni

May 28, 2013
School of Natural Sciences Dean Juan C. Meza is the recipient of Rice University's Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award for 2013. The award, established in 1974 in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, recognizes Rice engineering alumni for careers of outstanding professional...

Seals Attracted Grad Student to California

May 14, 2013
Born in central Mexico, the sea has long fascinated graduate student Jose Pablo Vazquez-Medina. Now, he's hoping to figure out some of its secrets. Vazquez-Medina this year earned his doctorate in Quantitative and Systems Biology from UC Merced’s School of Natural Sciences. His...

Researchers Studying Valley Fever to Help Region

May 2, 2013
In an effort to combat a debilitating disease commonly found in the region, UC Merced researchers are collaborating with area medical leaders to better understand valley fever. Through the campus's Health Sciences Research Institute, immunology Professor David Ojcius is working with Dr....

Researcher Brings Billions of Years of Information to UC Merced

May 1, 2013
From the microbes in the guts of living things to the idea of life elsewhere in the universe, Professor Marilyn Fogel is pondering some of life’s deepest questions. When and how did life originate on Earth? What does the future hold for our planet? Are we alone in the universe? “...

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