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Most Valley voters skipped the primary election. Experts say why – and what it means for November

March 15, 2024
If you know a registered voter in Merced County, chances are that person didn’t bother submitting a ballot for the March 5 primary. While that may sound discouraging, experts say there’s a good chance it won’t have much bearing on what turnout looks like in November....

Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion

March 5, 2024
Congratulations to UC Merced political science assistant professor Anil Menon and co-authors Yehonatan Abramson and Abir Gitlin on the publication of their new article Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion in American...

Grant Supports UC Merced Effort to Improve College Readiness in Valley

February 26, 2024
A significant grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will advance UC Merced's efforts to create a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of college readiness among high-school students in the San Joaquin Valley, particularly those from underrepresented and socioeconomically diverse...

Ph.D. Student Pushes for Better Education Benefits for Veterans’ Dependents

January 24, 2024
A new state law will make a difference in accessing education for the dependents of disabled veterans in California, thanks to the initiative of UC Merced Interdisciplinary Humanities graduate student Karla Seijas. Seijas proposed the idea for a bill that would expand the CalVet College Fee Waiver...

Can endorsement by religious leaders move the needle on vaccine hesitancy?

January 23, 2024
Congratulations to UC Merced political science assistant professor Anil Menon and co-authors Allen Hicken, Pauline Jones, and Laura S. Rozek on the publication of their new article Can endorsement by religious leaders move the needle on vaccine hesitancy? in ...

Fong's candidacy in question; Boudreaux, Giglio pounce

December 13, 2023
The race to replace Bakersfield Congressman and Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy just got a whole lot more messy. The frontrunner, State Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-32), may face legal hurdles after filing for two different races. The first race is his re-election campaign to the State...

CA-20: Potential Candidates to Succeed Kevin McCarthy

December 7, 2023
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is set to leave office at the end of the month. That leaves a big group of prospective candidates vying for his seat in Congress. Leading Republican names being thrown around include: Current U.S. Congressman, John Duarte Declared Candidate, David Giglio...

UC Merced Medical Education Building Gains Final Approval from UC Regents

November 15, 2023
  At their Nov. 15 meeting, the Regents of the University of California gave final approval for the construction of a new medical education building at UC Merced. The vote approved the final design, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings and the full budget and financing. The four-...

Cognitive Science Professor’s First Book Released by Princeton University Press

November 6, 2023
Cognitive science Professor Paul Smaldino has astronomically high hopes for his first book. “I hope literally everyone reads this book,” Smaldino said. “Modeling Social Behavior” is a textbook, so it probably won’t make the New York Times bestseller...

Native American Representation in Legislature Study Published

October 30, 2023
Political Science lecturer Cameron Dehart's research on the political representation of Native Americans was published in the journal State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Dehart and co-author Elliot Mamet (of Duke) studied the representation of Native American tribes in the...

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