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ɫӰƬ Launches California Government and Policy Certificate Program

The inner machinery of democracy in California – from bills and lobbying to courts and elections – is revealed in a professional certification program launched at the University of California, Merced.

Together We Will Summit Inspires, Empowers Girls in Sports

Victoria Garrick Browne, a nationwide advocate for mental health and self-care, had a simple message for a big room full of high school girls gathered for the Together We Will Sports Leadership Summit at ɫӰƬ.

“Be where your feet are,” said Browne, a former NCAA Division I volleyball player whose messages of empowerment have attracted more than 2 million social media followers. “Many times, our feet are here while our head is thinking about tomorrow.”

Empathy is the Central Theme of Todo Cambia Film Festival

·貹·ٳ (noun): the ability to recognize, understand and share the thoughts, emotions and perspectives of another person.

It is a means of connection, a path to understanding. Can you see where I’m coming from? Walk a mile in my shoes.

How Writing Rewires Your Brain to Face Everyday Challenges

Written words can do more than communicate. They can also unlock the writer’s ability to process distress, identify hurtful feelings and take control of personal conflict.

Merced Trio to Share Knowledge, Visions as ɫӰƬ Artists-in-Residence

Three Merced painters, united in friendship and in their steadfast determination not to compromise their creativevalues, are serving as ɫӰƬ’s first locally based artists-in-residence.

The brushes of Ruben Aguilera Sanchez, Frank Ayala and Abel Corchado create surreal scenes of fieldhands and crops coalescing in blues and reds, of a rural street splashed in watercolor, of shark fins cutting through a beach as a sandcastle rises from the surf.

ɫӰƬ Injects Over $1 Billion in Economic Vitality into San Joaquin Valley, State

ɫӰƬ, a beacon of academic achievement in the San Joaquin Valley, is also a powerful driver of economic growth and prosperity in the region it was created to serve.

New Major Teaches How to Tackle Questions of Ethics in Science, Tech

Should a scientist who sees signs of global catastrophe sound an early alarm or wait until more conclusive evidence is in? Does going public lead to swifter action or give naysayers more time to discredit the message?

Fall Commencement Graduates Urged to Write Their Own Story

A beaming Jesus Cevon-Gonzalez stood on Merced’s Main Street, surrounded by his mom and dad, grandparents, sister and other loved ones. He clutched the proof of a freshly bestowed bachelor’s degree in computer science.

“I’m just trying to make my parents proud,” the Merced native said.

Conference of California Sociologists Engages ɫӰƬ Undergrads

More than a dozen undergraduate students in ɫӰƬ’s were immersed in the discipline’s breadth of research and professional possibilities during the .

Younger, Latino and Moderate California Republicans Diverge from Party Line on Immigration Policies

While California Democrats are nearly unified in their views on current immigration enforcement strategies, Latino Republicans and party moderates, especially women, are most likely to diverge from the GOP majority, co-authored by a ɫӰƬ researcher.