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Unapologetic Cheap Trick fan, native Californian, cat-mom and senior public information officer @UCMerced. DM me or [email protected].

Merced, CA
Joined April 2015
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A decades-long study of Arctic tundra led by @UCIrvine & @UAAnchorage found something surprising: Thawing permafrost buried under deepening snowpack has turned into a year-round source of greenhouse gases. bit.ly/45Lqfz7 #NSFfunded 📸: Amanda Young/@Toolik Field Station
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A research project co-led by @UCMerced environmental engineering Professor Erin Hestir and funded by @NASA is aimed at better understanding the biodiversity of South Africa and providing new mapping tools that could be used on a global scale. bit.ly/3FoxPF3
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Vote for Cutest, Most Creative, or Scariest pumpkins! 🎃🖌 Winners will be announced on October 27th. Thank you to everyone who came out and participated!
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Professor Rebecca Ryals (center) has made campus history, becoming the first UC Presidential Chair in Climate Change! Her research is based around organic soil amendments as environmental and sustainable food-production solutions ucm.edu/IuidI4 #WomensHistoryMonth
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Congratulations to @aaberhe -- a great faculty member, an awesome scientist and an incredible woman! Truly deserving.
The National Academy of Engineering is excited to welcome 124 newly-elected members to the NAE Class of 2023! Election to the NAE is one of the highest professional honors accorded an engineer. Congratulations to this incredible group of innovators! ow.ly/qPnX50MMpWo
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SNRI "Pathways to Research," Thursday, 3/10 @ 9-10:30am. Learn about environmental research job opportunities and programs for undergrad, grad student, and early career scientists at federal resource agencies like @YosemiteNPS and @usfs_psw bit.ly/SNRIpathways2022
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SNRI 2022 Research Symposium - join us Monday, 3/7, 10:30am-12:30pm to hear about innovative research tools and approaches to climate change bit.ly/SNRI_RWsym2022
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Professor Rudy Ortiz has been recognized as an Expertscape (@Daily_Experts) World Expert in Fasting. Expertscape uses @NCBI PubMed to identify and objectively rank medical expertise by specific topic. ucm.edu/YXSmFf
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A $1.5 million grant from @USDA_NIFA will enable a new project at UC Merced to create an integrated program to develop multi-faceted pathways to climate-smart agriculture solutions. ucm.edu/fetJ39
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A team of eight students from UC Merced has won the inaugural CITRIS Aviation Prize. The CITRIS Aviation Prize challenges student teams to design, develop and demonstrate a long-distance, fully autonomous flight with a small UAV. ucm.edu/G94FCp via @citrisnews
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🌟 UC Merced ranks No. 20 among the world's Rising Young Universities according to @NatureIndex. The new issue of the Index highlights the @NSF-funded @CCBM_UCMerced and features an interview with bioengineering Professor Victor Muñoz. ucm.edu/Fa4sDb
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Overnight could be your best opportunity to see this year’s Geminid meteor shower. Here’s what you need to know. nyti.ms/31Uf1gS
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Awww, I love Hudson Hawk!
I walked out of the theater about 12 minutes into the horrible Robin Williams “Popeye.” I lasted maybe 10 minutes before ejecting “Ishtar” from the VHS player. I’ve just bailed on “Hudson Hawk” after about 40 minutes on Netflix.
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Professor Sora Kim is part of a team that is organizing a new project to foster belonging and participation among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students in the geosciences, supported by the @NSF. ucm.edu/Y9OkeE
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Major #RockStar
Physics Professor Linda Hirst has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (@APSphysics) by the APS Council of Representatives. Hirst researches soft-matter physics and how the field applies to human health. ucm.edu/dGRJ3Q
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Snow in Yosemite! Thanks @markgrossi for the pic!
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#Astrophysics profs get 2 @NASA grants for observations and data from space telescopes this fall, giving @UCMerced students unprecedented opportunities to research dark matter, star clusters. Congrats, @UCMercedPhysics and @UCMerced_NatSci. bit.ly/3BPxhVz #WomenInSTEM
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As UC Merced's largest research grant, the new $10 million collaborative will focus on water banking, trading, and improvements in data-driven management practices to arrive at a climate-resilient future in water-scarce regions of the United States. ucm.edu/0RLxw9
The SWIM project funded by @USDA_NIFA aims to improve agricultural and environmental #water resilience. "The scientists will work with growers, irrigation districts and ecosystem managers to develop data and tools..." - @safeeqkhan. ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/pos…
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