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Cap-and-Trade Trumps Carbon Taxes for Clean Tech Adoption

July 7, 2011
A cap-and-trade system is more likely than a carbon tax system to trigger the adoption of clean energy technologies, according to a study by Professor Yihsu Chen at the University of California, Merced. The study — coauthored by Chung-Li Tseng of the University of New South Wales in Australia and...

Political Science Students Experience Legislative Process

June 30, 2011
UC Merced students took to the floor of the California Senate last week, sitting in the seats of the legislators they have portrayed all summer as a part of their Government in Action course. The students considered bills on high-speed rail, medical care and transportation. The summer session...

Student Demand for UC Merced Reaches New Heights

June 30, 2011
More than 1,800 new students plan to enroll, a 6 percent increase from last year Quick Facts UC Merced received Statements of Intent to Register from more than 1,800 freshmen, a 6 percent increase over last year. The freshman class will be the largest ever at the newest UC campus. Total...

Global Sustainable Engineering Network to Move to UC Merced

June 28, 2011
The University of California, Merced, will become the new headquarters of Engineers for a Sustainable World effective July 1, the university announced today. Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a fast-growing, global nonprofit network of about 4,000 students, faculty and professionals...

Study: Urban Rail Reduces Carbon Monoxide Air Pollution

June 27, 2011
The opening of a major urban rail system in Taiwan caused a meaningful reduction in air pollution, according to a forthcoming study by two professors at the University of California, Merced. “Despite the importance of the transportation sector for air pollution, little work has examined the air...

Human Rights a Passion for Literature Professor

June 24, 2011
Just after graduating college in 1995, Nigel Hatton showed up for the first day of his journalism internship with the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. That afternoon, he was assigned to go with a couple more seasoned reporters to an execution. The shock of going to the execution contrasted...

Homegrown Alum Earns Law Degree

June 17, 2011
Ann Hinesley-Perez's original academic plans didn't involve law school — or even UC Merced. Hinesley-Perez was born and raised in Merced, but with UC Merced still in development, she left town in 2003 to pursue a psychology degree at UC Berkeley. But after the new campus opened in 2005, she...

Self-Identified Social Smokers Less Likely to Try to Quit

June 13, 2011
Self-identified social smokers are less likely to try to quit and to avoid smoking for more than a month, according to a national study in the American Journal of Public Health conducted by professors at the University of California, Merced, and UC San Francisco. In the study, “Social Smoking Among...

Summer a Fertile Time for Scientific Research

June 9, 2011
It's not just faculty and students in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Artswho are conducting groundbreaking research this summer. Those in Engineering and Natural Sciences will be busy as well. Engineering Professor Wei-Chun Chin recently received a summer assistantship from...

New Banners Promote University Pride, Town-Gown Relations

June 9, 2011
UC Merced aims to further connect the campus and community with bold graphics adorning city light poles Quick Facts UC Merced has collaborated with the city to place 30 distinctive banners on light poles along select city streets to help promote town-gown relations. The banners will highlight the...

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