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Naughton Lab Creates Dashboard to Track Global Wastewater Testing for Covid-19

May 3, 2021
After the COVID-19 pandemic struck, scientists across the globe realized they could track the virus by testing sewage water. School of Engineering Professor Colleen Naughton pioneered a dashboard to host the global findings. One way Naughton finds who and where wastewater research is being...

$2.2M NIH Grant Designed to Produce Highly Trained, Diverse Ph.D. Workforce

April 28, 2021
A five-year, $2.2 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will assist UC Merced with the development of diverse cohorts of doctoral students in interdisciplinary biomedical disciplines. Twelve trainees each academic year will benefit from NIH’s longstanding Graduate...

Alicia Garza, Civil Rights Activist and BLM Co-Founder, Honored with Spendlove Prize

April 27, 2021
While this year's ceremony looked quite different from years past due to the coronavirus pandemic, the presentation of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance remained an important celebration. Alicia Garza, author, civil rights activist and co-founder of...

Professor Berhe Nominated to Lead Federal Office of Science

April 22, 2021
President Joe Biden has nominated UC Merced Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to be the new director of the Office of Science in the federal Department of Energy. In honor of Earth Day, the White House today announced nominations for a variety of federal posts in the departments of Energy,...

Shayna Bennett Wins Grad Slam at UC Merced

April 21, 2021
Applied Mathematics graduate student Shayna Bennett will represent UC Merced at the University of California Grad Slam finals on May 7. For the campus’s Grad Slam final round, Bennett presented her dissertation research, “A New Tool to Fight Invasive Species,” in just three minutes and earned first...

Professor Tracey Osborne Leads New UC Center for Climate Justice

April 20, 2021
The University of California is launching a new center just in time for Earth Day: the Center for Climate Justice. Led by Management of Complex Systems Professor and UC Presidential Chair Tracey Osborne , the Center for Climate Justice is a system-wide initiative to address climate change as a...

Bobcat Won’t be Stopped by Pandemic, Creates a Resource for Students  Worldwide

April 19, 2021
Like many students at UC Merced, pre-medical student Nina Bouzamondo-Bernstein faced uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world. She had applied for more than 40 clinical research care openings, but the pandemic had closed them all down. Feeling cornered by the changes...

Public Health Professor Shows Food Dye Linked to Childhood Behavior in California EPA Study

April 16, 2021
Public health Professor Asa Bradman contributed to a new report that examines the relationship between synthetic food dye — found in everything from juice to cupcakes — and child development. The report, released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental...

Public Health Professor Shows Food Dye Linked to Neurological Childhood Development in EPA Study

April 16, 2021
Public health Professor Asa Bradman contributed to a new report that examines the relationship between synthetic food dye — found in everything from juice to cupcakes — and child development. The report, released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental...

Public Health Professor Shows Food Dye Linked to Neurological Childhood Development in California EPA Study

April 16, 2021
Public health Professor Asa Bradman contributed to a new report that examines the relationship between synthetic food dye — found in everything from juice to cupcakes — and child development. The report, released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental...

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