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Khislavsky, Howell, & Song win faculty senate awards in teaching, research, and public service respectively

May 5, 2021
Drs. Khislavsky, Howell, & Song were all recognized with awards during the Spring 2021 Meeting of the Merced Division of the UC Academic Senate.  The awards recieved were:  DR. ALEXANDER KHISLAVSKY, Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching by a Non-Senate Faculty...

Undergraduate Experience: Keanu Velasquez

April 27, 2021
Name: Keanu Velasquez Major: Sociology Major and Psychology Minor Year: Graduating May 2021, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Commencement Student Speaker Hometown: San Francisco What clubs or organizations were you part of at UC Merced? I was a member of the Pilipino-American...

Wiebe Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award for Child and Family Health Research

March 24, 2021
The Society of Behavioral Medicine Child and Family Health Special Interest Group has recognized Professor Deborah Wiebe with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to child and family health. She is the Society’s second Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from UC Merced’s Department...

Dr. Wiebe receives 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Child and Family Health

February 24, 2021
Deb Wiebe has been selected by the Society Behavioral Medicine's Child and Family Health Special Interest Group to receive its 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Child and Family Health. She will be presented with this award at the SBM annual meeting....

Subramoney Wins Best Poster Award at SPSP Emotion Preconference

February 10, 2021
Sivenesi (Siv) Subramoney was the co-winner of the Best Poster Award at the 2021 SPSP Emotion Pre-Conference.  The poster was titled: “Emotion brokering: Navigating cross-cultural differences in emotion norms”

Hamilton Receives Early Career Researcher Award

February 2, 2021
Kyle Hamilton, a PhD Candidate in Health Psychology, was awarded an Early Career Researcher Award from the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research and Open Science. The award was in recognition for his developing and publishing meta-analysis software and conducting workshops,...

Prestigious Biennial Grant Program Includes Funding for Ag-labor and Wildfire Research

January 14, 2021
Two new projects designed and led by UC Merced researchers will address challenges facing many Californians — wildfire recovery and agricultural labor — but will also have global reach. Both are funded through the University of California’s prestigious Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives...

Breast Milk Shows Promise for Treating COVID-19 and Protecting Babies

December 14, 2020
Health psychology Professor Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook and incoming grad student Jessica Marino have a new study suggesting that the breastmilk of mothers who have recovered from COVID-19 contains strong antibodies to the virus. In the fight against the global pandemic, there is an urgent need to...

Recent findings from research by graduate student Lukas Lopez featured in the news outlet Medical Research

December 4, 2020
Lukas Lopez gave an interview with MedicalResearch.com where he discussed his research. CAREGIVER’S RESPONSE TO BABY BABBLING CAN IMPROVE INFANT’S VOCABULARY

Hagger among Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers 2020 (Top 1% in citations)

November 19, 2020
Martin Hagger has been recognized as among the Highly Cited Researchers 2020 by the Web of Science, meaning his research publications has been so frequently cited that it places him among the top 1% of ALL scientists in the world for citations. More information about this recognition is available...

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