Our Ph.D. student, Alex Quijano (adviser: Prof. Suzanne Sindi), has successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Mathematical Models of Natural Language Evolution". Congratulations, Dr. Quijano!
Applied Mathematics graduate student Shayna Bennett won first place at the University of California’s Grad Slam finals today (May 7).
Bennett presented her dissertation research, “A New Tool to Fight Invasive Species,” in just three minutes and won $7,000 and the systemwide trophy — known as the...
A five-year, $2.2 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will assist UC Merced with the development of diverse cohorts of doctoral students in interdisciplinary biomedical disciplines.
Twelve trainees each academic year will benefit from NIH’s longstanding Graduate...
President Joe Biden has nominated UC Merced Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to be the new director of the Office of Science in the federal Department of Energy.
In honor of Earth Day, the White House today announced nominations for a variety of federal posts in the departments of Energy,...
Applied Mathematics graduate student Shayna Bennett will represent UC Merced at the University of California Grad Slam finals on May 7.
For the campus’s Grad Slam final round, Bennett presented her dissertation research, “A New Tool to Fight Invasive Species,” in just three minutes and earned first...
Graduate school is tough, but graduate students have a place to turn to for advocacy and support on campus.
Since it was established in 2005, UC Merced’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) has promoted graduate students’ rights and worked with the Graduate Division and other campus leadership to...
Ali Heydari wins a Best Poster Award at SIAM CSE21. Congratulations!
Please check out Ali's award-winning poster.
Title: Modeling Multi-Scale Dynamics of Protein Aggregation in Dividing Yeast Cells with 3D Level-Set Method
Abstract. Advances in microscopy allow cell biologists to...
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Oral Presentations
Tanya Tafolla, Matar: A Performance Portability and Productivity Implementation of Data-Oriented Design using Kokkos
MS30 (MON, March 1, 9:45 AM - 11:25 AM) https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=70085
Erica...
Ruben Lemus was celebrating his graduation from UC Merced’s Gallo Management Program with a family dinner at nearby Yosemite Lake when his father reminded Ruben of a visit to the lake years earlier.
“My dad said at the time, ‘If you want to do something with your life, get an education. They are...
For Xiaolong “Harry” Chen, UC Merced is more than a university. “It is a friend and a companion,” he wrote in his application to be student speaker at Fall Commencement. Together, they experienced pre-dawn hours at Lantern Café, early evening discourses with friends, and 11 p.m. sprints to complete...
