Donald Trump won Fresno County in the 2024 presidential election. UC Merced Political Science Professor and CAPE Director Dr. Nathan Monroe covers potential reasons why in an interview with The Fresno Bee. Read more HERE.
UC Merced-led WE Will! Workforce and Education Collaborative has awarded an additional $4.2 million to education and healthcare partners in Merced, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties.
A total of 21 health care and education projects focusing on "recovery with equity" initiatives received funding...
Tsitsi Dangarembga spread the spirit of ubuntu over UC Merced on Wednesday night, imparting its message of “how we can be good people who live well together.”
Dangarembga, a Zimbabwean filmmaker, writer and activist, is the 16th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social...
As one of UC Merced’s first students, Josue “Josh” Franco seized the chance to help shape student government for future scholars on campus; now he has grasped a new opportunity on Capitol Hill.
The three-time alumnus (B.A. ’09, M.A. ’16, Ph.D. ’18) has been awarded the American Political Science...
Information – how it is shaped, delivered and received – is a thread that runs through three dynamic new majors at UC Merced.
Communication and media; neuroscience; and science, technology and ethics will be available to undergraduate students in the fall semester 2025. The majors are centered in...
Assistant Professor Anil Menon participated as a keynote on research at the intersection of health and politics to a global audience of policy makers and healthcare professionals on October 29, 2024. This keynote grew out of a policy memo Dr. Menon wrote for the World...
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Ballots are still being counted around the country in many tight races, but ABC News has projected Donald Trump will return to the White House and Republicans will take control of the Senate.
The GOP could also retain control of the House of Representatives...
If there’s one emotion we all associate with an election, it’s anxiety. We’re all eager to see our chosen candidate win and afraid of what will happen if they don’t. In a high stakes election like the 2024 presidential race, these emotions are only heightened.
This,...
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – As the election gets even closer, a lot of us are receiving many text messages from candidates and campaigns about wanting our vote.
“Irritated, very irritated,” voter Katie Tkac said. “It’s on TV, it’s on the radio, it...
If it seems anxiety around elections is at an all-time high, then political groups have done their jobs.
"It's very conscious, it's very calculated," said UC Merced political science Professor Anil Menon, displaying a pile of negative campaign mailers during a panel discussion on campus Wednesday...
