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Sociology Major Gameelah Mohamed Honored by Congressman Jim Costa

April 12, 2022
Sociology major Gameelah Mohamed was honored by Congressman Jim Costa during Women's History Month for her work with the Valley Crises Center in Merced.   In 2019, shortly after being employed by Valley Crisis Center, Gameelah founded an anti-trafficking group, the Merced...

Professors Eaton and Hamilton on How the Pandemic Unfairly Saddles Low Income Students

April 1, 2022
UC Merced Professors Charlie Eaton and Laura Hamilton, with UC Berkely professor Jonathan Glater, explain the burden of debt left on students from the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means for the students now. "As if remote learning, quarantines, and sick family members were not...

Report Makes Case to Provide Unemployment Benefits for Undocumented Workers

March 31, 2022
Tens of thousands of undocumented immigrant workers in California could receive aid from an unemployment benefit system if the state approves the program. UC Merced's Community and Labor Center (CLC) has published a report that examines the need for the system. Approximately 17.1 million people...

Professor Ed Flores Awarded Grant From the Public Health Institute

March 9, 2022
Dr. Ed Flores received a grant from the Public Health Institute titled “California Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance”.Congratulations Dr. Flores!

Dr. Andrea N. Polonijo Publishes in Health & Social Care in the Community

March 1, 2022
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Graduate Student, Amalia Pérez Martín Publishes

March 1, 2022
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Dr. Meredith Van Natta Receives Fellowship

February 28, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Meredith Van Natta for receiving the Faculty Success Initiative-Extramural Funding Fellowship (Public Health)!

Native American Tribe Grapples with Missing Women Crisis

February 25, 2022
The crisis has spurred the Yurok Tribe to issue an emergency declaration and brought increased urgency to efforts to build California's first database of such cases and regain sovereignty over key services.  Professor Blythe George, a Yurok tribal member, consults on a project...

Graduate Student Faculty Appointments

January 20, 2022
Congratulations to three of our Sociology graduate students on their faculty appointments!  Please join us in wishing Yajaira Ceciliano-Navarro, Veronica Lerma-Gonzalez, and Maria Escobar the very best in the next step of their journey.   Dr. Yajaira Ceciliano-Navarro has...

UC President Michael V. Drake Releases Statement on January 6 Attack on the Capitol

January 7, 2022
A message from UC President Michael V. Drake on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Thursday, January 6, 2022 University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., released the following statement today (Jan. 6) regarding the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol...

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