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From the Valley, for the Valley: New SJV PRIME+ Students Embark on Journey to Transform Health Care

September 12, 2025
UC Merced welcomed 15 students into the SJV PRIME+ pathway, an eight-year B.S.-to-M.D. track created to address the San Joaquin Valley’s physician shortage. Students pledged to serve their...
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Depression Due to Politics: the Quiet Danger to Democracy

July 7, 2025

On laptop screens, televisions and social media feeds across the nation, images and words fueled by a fractured political landscape spout anger, frustration and resentment. Clashing ideologies burst...

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Two Social Science Graduate Students Earn Fellowships

July 3, 2025

UC Merced Ph.D. candidates Eliana Fonsah and Nihan Karagul are recipients of the highly competitive dissertation fellowship from the UC Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). They...