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Biden's Three Choices on Students Loans

May 16, 2022
"Biden was never a big fan of using the presidency to cancel debt, but after meeting with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus last week and facing plummeting approval ratings in an election year, reports suggest that action is coming. His press secretary and...

Virtual Symposium Connects Biometric Surveillance Experts and Community

May 3, 2022
The UC Merced Community and Labor Center invites the public to the Biometric Surveillance, Immigration and Labor Virtual Symposium on Friday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Two panels of law experts and community organization representatives will explain the use of biometric surveillance...

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...

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