While some valley congressional districts flipped from red to blue, much of the state’s remaining republican strongholds are still in the San Joaquin Valley — particularly Kern, Madera and Tulare Counties. This has a lot to do with the Dust Bowl, and the migrants who came to California in the …
Read More »Researcher Sarah Wald To Speak on “Race, Citizenship, and the American Farmworker” In Bakersfield
This year, thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Bakersfield College has been focusing on how labor and energy have historically intersected with art and literature. To further explore this, the college is inviting Sarah Wald, a professor at the University of Oregon, to speak about …
Read More »Bald eagles came back from brink, but are numbers dropping again? One researcher fears so
In this very important month for the bald eagle, Terrence Ingram is trying to upend conventional wisdom about our majestic national symbol. He lacks the academic bona fides of an … Click to Continue »
Read More »UC Merced Researcher Continues Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, antibiotic resistant bacteria cause around 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. Researchers across the globe are working to combat this growing problem, and a team at UC Merced recently published a study contributing some …
Read More »UC Merced Researcher: Plants Are Shielding Us From Climate Change – For Now
Recent data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimate that carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations in the atmosphere have risen close to 40 percent since before the industrial revolution. The effects of this rise on climate, sea levels and human societies are still being modeled, but one long-standing …
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 »
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