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October 24, 2024
Second-year public health Ph.D. student Sarina Rodriguez was named as a Health Policy Research Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The HPRS program supports doctoral students from underserved and underrepresented demographics and brings together students from various fields to apply...
October 24, 2024
G-Town radio host and Germantown resident Janice Tosto talked with Christopher Ojeda from the University of California, Merced, about the connections between depression and civic engagement. read the full article here
October 24, 2024
With less than 2 weeks before election day, the race for the White House remains neck-and-neck. The headlines coming from the campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump show no signs of slowing down. FOX26 Great Day Anchor Kim Stephens talked to UC Merced Professor...
October 22, 2024
Jenny Huh, a political reporter with KGET 17 News, the NBC affiliate in Bakersfield, wrote an article covering campaign ads. Specifically, Jenny aimed to answer the question: Who are the people in those campaign ads? Are they paid actors, real voters, or is there a script? Jenny answers these...
October 17, 2024
UC Merced’s first "Politics & Pastries" event kicked off on October 10th, 2024 with a lively discussion between students and Political Science faculty members Nate Monroe and Marco Alcocer. Students gathered to chat about various political topics over coffee and pastries,...
October 15, 2024
Scientists, policymakers and concerned community members will gather at UC Merced this week to compare notes and chart new directions to improve air quality and public health in the San Joaquin Valley. The Conference on Air Quality and Health on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17-18, at the UC Merced...
October 1, 2024
Congratulations to UC Merced Political Science Professors Courtenay Monroe and Nathan Monroe and PhD Alum Shengkuo Hu on their new publication Using Committee Amendments to Improve Estimates of State Foreign Policy Preferences in Conflict Management and Peace Science. ...
October 1, 2024
UC Merced Political Science Professor Nathan Monroe and political strategist Tim Rosales broke down some of the debate relating to winning over Central Valley voters. Specifically, oil workers. Read the full article here
September 30, 2024
Modesto High student Sabrina Toor, 16, is chair of the school’s Indian Student Union and a member of the Indian Cultural Society, and is organizing a panel called “Diaspora to Diplomacy” to raise awareness about the November election. Nate Monroe, political science professor...
September 25, 2024
Dozens of high school students stepped off buses at UC Merced on a toasty Monday last summer, coming from Stockton, Modesto and Merced to spend a few days exploring college opportunities. They were part of a special program, the 1300 Campaign, which aims to increase the number of young men of color...

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