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April 26, 2024
The 2024 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education was won by Laura Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen for their book, "Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities." Laura Hamilton, professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of...
April 24, 2024
“A private equity buyout of the ACT sets off a lot of alarm bells for me,” Charlie Eaton, an associate professor of sociology and cofounder of the Higher Education, Race, and the Economy (HERE) Lab at the University of California, Merced, told CNN. “There’s a reason why...
April 11, 2024
California is a top five state for missing and murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP).  In an upcoming talk, Blythe George, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Yurok Tribe Member, will discuss efforts to address the MMIP crisis through law enforcement, mental health support, and tribal governance...
March 19, 2024
More than 50% of individuals living with HIV in the United States are aged 50+ and this group faces an array of challenges to successful aging. Assistant Professor Andrea N. Polonijo's recent study, "Brief Virtual Intervention Associated with Increased Social Engagement and Decreased...
February 27, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. We all need heroes. Perhaps that was on Roy Wilkins’ mind as he faced the sea of humanity – 250,000 strong – on...
February 16, 2024
Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor of Sociology and the Executive Director of the University of California Washington Center, will be featured in an upcoming UC Merced Library Faculty Author Series on March 5, 2024 from 12:00-1:00pm at the Kolligian Library Building, KL 232. This talk...
January 26, 2024
Professor Charlie Eaton was quoted in a Fortune article, titled "Bill Ackman's battle with the Ivy League is about more than DEI: Gen Z are graduating without the right behavioral and emotional skills for the workplace." From the article: It’s misleading to imply, as some...
January 24, 2024
The Migration Matters Lab, led by Professor Stephanie L. Canizales, will host its second annual Spring Symposium on April 19, 2024, from 10am-3pm. The Symposium’s theme is “Immigrant Families in the U.S.” The day’s event will feature book talks by Drs. Asad L. Asad (...
January 18, 2024
Assistant Professor Meredith Van Natta published an article titled "Public Charge, Legal Estrangement, and Renegotiating Situational Trust in the US Healthcare Safety Net" in Law & Society Review. From the article: "US immigration law increasingly excludes many immigrants...
December 11, 2023
Ed Flores, associate professor of sociology, was quoted in a story in The Sacramento Bee: "California Forces Migrant Farmworker Students to Move Every Year: 'We Need to Survive.'" From the article: According to Ed Flores, faculty director of the UC Merced Community and Labor...

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