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October 5, 2023
Cognitive Science Professor Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz has a passion for biliteracy that has driven her to improve the quality of learning in both English and Spanish at schools in Texas and Central California. A $3 million National Professional Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education...
October 2, 2023
Writing is still the most important, and most-used, form of communication in the world. "Writing is crucial in that it's both a product and a process. It's in the fabric of what we do," said Paul Gibbons, teaching professor of writing studies at UC Merced. "Writing is a way of doing things in the...
September 28, 2023
  More than half of UC Merced's population is made up of Hispanic/Latinx students. There is no shortage of ways for Bobcats to get in touch with their roots on campus, in the community and even around the globe. Taste of Latinx Cultures UC Merced Dining Services is celebrating cultura with meals...
September 28, 2023
Compelling storytelling is vital to ensuring the action needed to secure a habitable planet for future generations, according to an increasing amount of research. UC Merced is recruiting students now to become the next environmental storytellers. Students who are interested in creatively conveying...
September 9, 2023
Professors Ma Vang and Nigel Hatton and co-authors Yen Le Espiritu, Lan Duong, Ma Vang, Victor Bascara, Khatharya Um and Lila Sharif published a book titled "Departures An Introduction to Critical Refugee Studies." The book supports, contextualizes ...
September 9, 2023
Professor Nicosia Shakes' book, "Women’s Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa: Gender, Race, and Performance Space," was published by University of Illinois Press. Concentrating on four performance events, Shakes situates the work of theater groups and projects...
September 9, 2023
English Literature Professor Katherine Steele Brokaw published a book titled, "Shakespeare and Community Performance."  This book explores how productions of Shakespearean plays create meaning in specific communities, with special attention to issues of access, adaptation,...
September 9, 2023
We are delighted to announce that Sociology Professors Susan Amussen and Manuel Martin Rodriguez were promoted to Distinguished Professor. 
September 9, 2023
Professor Yehuda Sharim's latest work, "El Ojo Comienza En La Mano" (The Eye Begins in The Hand, 2022), is the winner and finalist of more than seven international awards, including the Best Short Film 2023 at Rockport Film Festival, Oregon Documentary Film Festival (finalist)...
September 9, 2023
From UCI NEWS: “Routes of Enslavement in the Americas,” led by Alex Borucki, associate professor of history at University of California, Irvine, is one of 21 projects receiving a 2023 Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives award from the University of California. The $840,...

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