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Pioneering Alumna Embraces Career in Immigration Law

July 27, 2017
UC Merced alumna Linda Barreto always wanted to become a lawyer, but an experience in college helped reinforce her career path. While driving, Barreto was pulled over and cited for failing to stop before making a left turn. She decided to fight the citation in court because there was no requirement...

Researchers Eye Social Media’s Influence on Relationships, Stress

June 23, 2017
Nearly 70 percent of Americans use some form of social media, according to a Pew Research Center survey. There is little doubt it affects our daily lives — but how? UC Merced Ph.D. graduate Holly Rus recently defended her dissertation on social media and well-being. She and her advisor, Professor...

Psychology grad student participates in Graduate Research Advocacy Day

May 1, 2017
Health Psychology graduate student Patty Cabral recently participated in the University of California's 2017 Graduate Research Advocacy Day. Cabral was part of a delegation of UC graduate students who traveled to Sacramento on April 19 to talk about their research, and encourage lawmakers...

Fulbright Scholar in Search of ‘Lost Science’ in Brazil

April 17, 2017
Chris Fradkin, a UC Merced lecturer and alumnus, is heading to Brazil in search of “lost science.” The term, first coined in 1995 in a Scientific American article by W. Wayt Gibbs, refers to the untold amount of viable scientific research that goes unread and undiscovered due to the struggles and...

Researcher Tracking Teens Who Attempted Suicide

April 3, 2017
More than 120,000 young people ages 10 to 18 attempt suicide each year, and about 4,500 of those attempts are fatal. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among children ages 10-14 and the second among people 15 to 34 years old. More people die from suicide each year than from breast cancer...

Multicampus Grant Provides for Advances in Learning Interventions

March 29, 2017
UC Merced Professor Jeffrey Gilger is an integral part of a new intercampus effort to understand and reduce education-related risks in California’s young English-language learners. Funding for the three-year project comes from the University of California Office of the President’s annual...

Publication by Professor Wallander honored

March 23, 2017
A recent article by health psychology Professor Jan Wallander and his colleague Thomas Jozefiak has been named the Article of the Year in 2016 in Norwegian Psychiatric Clinical Research for Child Psychiatry by the Sommers Foundation, Oslo. The article entitled, "Perceived family...

Graduate Programs on the Rise, U.S. News Rankings Show

March 14, 2017
At just 12 years old, the graduate programs at the University of California, Merced, are already among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings. UC Merced’s School of Engineering made its second appearance in the graduate school...

Study: Infants Recognize Surprise in Others Before Age 2

February 8, 2017
Infants as young as 20 months of age expect adults to display surprise when discovering a false belief, according to a new study from UC Merced Professor Rose Scott. Previous research suggested that children younger than 4 years old could not recognize when people held beliefs different from their...

Researchers to Discuss Strong Family Relationships in Symposium

December 20, 2016
UC Merced will host its fourth annual Symposium on the Child and Family from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 28, offering a day of talks by researchers on the theme of “Strong Families: Fostering Healthy Parent-Child Relationships and Child Development.” The symposium is designed to be of interest to...

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