For our series looking at how people are processing their experiences around the pandemic, we hear from Rodia Montgomery-Gentry. She’s a social science teacher and department chair at Madera South High School. As schools start to reopen, Montgomery-Gentry reflects on the challenges of connecting to students through online learning. FM89’s …
Read More »‘Veterans Connect’ space introduced at Los Banos Library
Westside veterans can now research services and apply for benefits at the new “Veterans Connect” space in the Los Banos Library. The library at 1312 Seventh St. provides resources to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Homeless Connect offers basic needs, big opportunities
Merced’s Homeless Connect event on Friday helped those in need put together some of the small pieces that are part of the larger puzzle in front of them. The event … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: Community forum to address plans for campus growth
Readers of this newspaper are likely aware of the 2020 Project – UC Merced’s ambitious plan to nearly double the physical capacity of campus and enable enrollment growth to 10,000 … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: Research on Oregon farmworkers started with family
When UC Merced Professor Mario Sifuentez was a graduate student, he didn’t have to look far to find a subject to research; members of his family had been migrant workers … Click to Continue »
Read More »Websites connect college students with ‘sugar daddies’ willing to pay the bills
Some students say it allows them to get education without the crushing debt Critics say the arrangements smack of prostitution and could be unsafe Others argue that it takes advantage of women in vulnerable situations … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: Researchers dive into big data to predict NBA winners
Before you place any bets on the next NBA playoff games, take a look at UC Merced professor Harish Bhat’s Twitter account. He’s tweeting daily predictions based on an innovative … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: UC Water part of White House summit
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted a water summit Tuesday featuring 200 organizations that are committed to conservation and adaptation, including the UC Water Security and … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: Student volunteers aid Mercy emergency department
In fall 2007, Maricela Rangel-Garcia became one of the first UC Merced students to sign up for a nonclinical volunteer program in the busy Mercy Medical Center Emergency Department. Her … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced students strive to connect peers, residents
They conducted local cleanup efforts this month Some also planning downtown event to get businesses involved They said students need to do their part to make Merced their own … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: Melanoma researcher makes another breakthrough
Less than a year after mapping the genetic landscape of melanoma, a researcher from UC Merced has identified a drug that could be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer. … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Connect: Celebrate research on campus, in town
The annual Research Week Fair has more than doubled in size from last year, and that’s just one of the new and growing events featured in UC Merced’s weeklong celebration … Click to Continue »
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