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2024 was a remarkable year for UC Merced. From groundbreaking research and academic excellence to inspiring student achievements and impactful community engagement, it has been a year of growth, innovation, and resilience. All of this was documented by...

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Grants, Accolades and Awards

A UC Merced-produced video that spanned 13 time zones, linking the Spendlove social justice prize to its honoree, the Dalai Lama, earned an award of excellence from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

CASE gave its Circle of Excellence Gold Award to the university’s Division of External Relations in the category of one-time, online special events.

The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the...

Yehuda Sharim, UC Merced professor of media and performance studies, has received an Underrepresented Scholars Fellowship Program award from the University of California Humanities Research Institute.

Sharim is a writer and filmmaker. His latest film, “Flora,” was honored...

A Cornell University professor acclaimed for his study of the evolution, acquisition and processing of language is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Cognitive Scientist Award presented by UC Merced’s Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences .

Morten Christiansen, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Psychology at...

Research Publications

A Braitenberg vehicle travels the realms of science. Sometimes it’s real, sometimes it’s not. Either way, its simple designs help researchers see how an agent’s interaction with its environment can produce complex, seemingly intelligent behavior such... See More

Public Health fifth-year Ph.D. candidate Kesia Garibay has a new first-authored article titled, “Examining the Role and Strategies of Advocacy Coalitions in... See More

Political Science lecturer Cameron Dehart's research on the political representation of Native Americans was published in the journal State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Dehart and co-author Elliot Mamet (of Duke) studied the representation of... See More

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