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Learn how ethics, accountability, and staying rooted in her “why” have shaped Shavone's ('12) career path, guided her leadership, and grounded her purpose - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekl_xjjOCug
#iSpyAlumneye #UCMerced #LetTheJourneyContinue
Happy Holidays from the NCPC team! Wishing you a season of rest, connection, and wellness.
#NCPC #HappyHolidays #NewYear #ucmerced
The Philosophy Department at #UCMerced hosted its first public talk in the new downtown space with Dr. Kaity Creasy’s “How to Be Lonely.” Dr. Creasy dissected different forms of loneliness and argued for its value in our lives, despite its challenges. Fascinating talk, great space.
We're excited for the demos and workshops today at the @caff-famfarms.bsky.social Small Farm Tech Expo at @ucmerced.bsky.social
Come say hello to our founder, Steve Heckeroth if you're going - we'd love to connect!
#CAFF #FamilyFarms #UCMerced #AgSky
Kaitlyn Creasy (CSU San Bernardino) How to be Lonely UC Merced on Main: 1635 M Street Thursday, December 4, 6-7pm Everyone experiences loneliness at some time or other. Even so, some of the situations in which we find ourselves lonely can surprise us. While we might expect to feel lonely in a room full of strangers, for example, we typically don't expect to feel lonely in the presence of loved ones. To make better sense of the wide variety of circumstances in which loneliness may arise, I begin by exploring several distinct causes of loneliness with the help of concrete (including real-life) examples. Then, after reflecting on the features of human existence to which loneliness calls our attention, I will suggest that loneliness, although painful, may have positive potential. As an experience that can reveal what and who matters to us, loneliness may offer opportunities for self-knowledge and meaningful personal transformation, depending on how we relate to it.
Kaitlyn Creasy (CSU San Bernardino) Loneliness and Emotional Resonance COB 129 Friday, December 5, 3:30-5pm Loneliness is a painful feeling that arises when our desires for recognition or connection are not fulfilled (or are perceived to be unfulfilled). But there are many forms of meaningful recognition and countless forms of connection that we may need or desire, not all of which can be offered even by those who love and appreciate us. Building on my work on the importance of particular recognition and affirmation for assuaging loneliness, in this talk I explore what I call deep forms of recognition, affirmation, and personal connection, forms that necessarily involve emotional engagement or experiences of emotional resonance. I then contend that these deep forms of recognition, affirmation, and connection, when present, play a distinctive role in the amelioration of loneliness: they allow the individual to feel more at home in her world, in part by allowing her to make (shared) sense of it. Finally, I show that attending to certain of the conditions that make these forms of recognition, affirmation, and connection possible-e.g., shared forms of life and complementary sensibilities between individuals helps us make sense of cases of loneliness tied to the presence or absence of particular empirical others.
If you are in the Central Valley you may want to check out these talks next week on loneliness by Dr. Kaity Creasy. One will be in downtown Merced and open to the public (Thursday 12/4 @ 6 pm), the other on campus at #UCMerced (Friday 12/5 @ 3:30 pm). Please share with those who may be interested!
Join us in welcoming the amazing Dr. Leia Belt to the NCPC team! #NCPCstrong #UCMerced #Tobaccoresearch
Big congratulations to Dr. Sarah Alnahari, recent PhD graduate and NCPC affiliate, on her dissertation "Tobacco at the Intersections," exploring structural, cultural, and social determinants of tobacco use among Arab Americans in California's Central Valley. #ucmerced #NCPC
Professor Thomas Hothem sits on a dirt lot under the bright summer sun, hosting office hours for students during UC Merced's early days.
Throwback to when Professor Tom Hothem held office hours outside! ☀️
Moments like these show how resilient the Bobcat community is. 💙💛
Share your memories with us for the chance to be featured! #TBT #UCMerced #LetTheJourneyContinue #BobcatThrowback
Please join us in welcomig our newest Bee Campus USA affiliate! UC Merced, we're so happy to have you on the Bee Campus USA Team! 🐝
#BeeCampusUSA #UCMerced #Welcome #Affiliates
More than 100 growers, experts & students gathered at @ucmerced.bsky.social for UC ANR’s “Regenerative Agriculture: The Way Forward” symposium, charting solutions & opportunities for the San Joaquin Valley. #RegenerativeAg #UCANR #ucmerced #UCCE
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💥 Major Breakthrough
🧠“Eureka!”: Surprising #Brain Clues Predict When Inspiration Will Hit
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#UCMerced #Creativity
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Today we recognized our Summer Maddy Intern Leah Alonzo!
Leah, from all of us at #teamsoria: thank you for all you’ve done. We were so privileged to have you! #Maddyintern #summerinternship #caleg #ucmerced #teamsoria
Alumna Temnee Wright pictured in a bright red-orange blouse, smiles brightly at the camera.
From founding Bobcat to shaping the future of Silicon Valley, alumna Temnee Wright ('08) highlights how her experiences at UC Merced supported her desire to leave a legacy and make a difference. ucm.edu/zb6x1x
#iSpyAlumneye #BobcatProud #UCMerced
Meet Leah Alonzo, our Kenneth L. Maddy Institute Summer 2025 intern located in our Capitol Office! Leah is a proud first-generation Mexican-American, and a rising fourth year student at UC Merced (UCM), majoring in Political Science with a #Maddyintern #summerinternship #caleg #ucmerced #teamsoria
Rolando Ortega, a #CSUSB #Physics and #Astronomy student, is headed to #UCMerced to pursue a PhD in Physics. Congratulations Rolando! 🎓
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A photo taken inside a classroom with faculty and students from the Philosophy Department at UC Merced.
Last Friday the Philosophy Department hosted its first Senior Showcase, in which graduating seniors present their thesis. Topics included: legal theory, free speech, death penalty, gender, collective mind, problem of evil, meditation, and online manipulation. Congratulations Class of 2025! #UCMerced
Is this academic freedom? In the University of California? #UCMerced
A display table for the Philosophy department, featuring a board of "philosophical questions"
Focusing on the display of "philosophical questions"
Ready for Bobcat Day! #ucmerced
Note about today's #Merced #CA's #HandsOff: There are so many "seasoned" folks out here, prolly majority are 55 plus. Good # of #disabled, w/assistive devices or wheelchairs. (Even though we have #UCMerced here.) They are not having it —politicians, mess with Social Security at your own risk!
Wanted to highlight this observation at the #Merced #CentralValley #CA #HandsOff — even though #UCMerced is town, the majority of folks here were 55+, many disabled, using assistive devices or in wheelchairs.
The energy was amazing; folks here know what's at stake, & it's all hands on deck.
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#Merced #CA #HandsOff:
Note about today's #Merced #CA's #HandsOff: There are so many "seasoned" folks out here, prolly majority are 50 plus. Good # of #disabled, w/assistive devices or wheelchairs. (Even though we have #UCMerced here.)
They are not having it —politicians, mess with Social Security at your own risk!
It was great to have Xue Zheng from #LLNL at #UCMerced and to give a seminar about the recent advances in the #DOE E3SM model.
Merced County: The Heart of California’s Ag & Innovation! 🌾🚜 one of the top 5 ag-producing region, generating $4B+ annually in almonds, dairy, tomatoes & more. 🥛🌰🍅 Home to UC Merced, the newest UC campus driving research & sustainability. 📚♻️ 🚛✨ #MercedCounty #Agriculture #CentralValley #UCMerced
Researchers Developing New Tools in Fight Against Methane Emissions
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#MethaneEmissions #Methane #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UCMerced #CMERI
Thank you Roger and Martha!
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La #AgriculturaClimática es crucial para el futuro. Un estudio reciente de #ucmerced y #ucanr revela cómo los granjeros enfrentan el cambio climático y qué necesitan para adaptarse.
Gracias a Samuel Ikendi y Tapan Pathak de UC Merced por liderar este importante análisis. ucanr.edu/blogs/blogco...
Liana Williams and Chi Ude are pictured in separate circles against a backdrop of the UC Merced campus entrance with palm trees and a university sign.
The Black Academic Success & Engagement (BASE) office focuses on students' mental, physical and financial health by supporting programs and services that encourage healthy lifestyles and career planning. ucm.edu/ljnil6 #BlackHistoryMonth #UCMerced
Why is wildfire recovery so slow? Fire scientist Crystal Kolden of #UCMerced broke down the key barriers—including regulatory roadblocks, infrastructure loss and worsening housing shortages—at a #UCLAIoES seminar on Monday. Watch the full video on YouTube ⬇️
"Experts warned that a wide range of activities, including nonprofits, food assistance, student loans and scientific research, could be impacted by this order. Specifically, the Pell Grant program, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Women, Infants, and Children program could be frozen." from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-issued-freeze-grants-loans-132659657.html
"Of all UC campuses, UC Merced’s undergraduate student body has the highest share of Pell Grant recipients. In the 2021‑22 academic year, 61 percent of UC Merced’s undergraduates were Pell Grant recipients, whereas the UC campus with the next largest share was UC Riverside at 49 percent." from https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937
I suspected the hard times were coming for academia, but I had no clue it would go down like this. If Pell grants go, I am not sure #UCMerced can survive.
