Faculty

Physics Professor’s Work in Liquid Crystals Earns Prestigious Medal

Physics Professor Linda Hirst has been named this year’s recipient of the British Liquid Crystal Society’s C. Hilsum Medal for her contributions to liquid crystal science and technology.

She journeyed to Leeds, England, to receive the prestigious medal, attend an awards dinner and deliver the keynote speech.

“It’s a huge honor to get this recognition,” Hirst said. “I’ve been lucky to work with so many amazing students and colleagues over the years.”

2019 Medical Education HSRI member poll

In our discussions with Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Gregg Camfield about the future of medical education, we realized that you, our HSRI members, had not actually been asked whether you felt that medical education should remain under HSRI, or whether it should be moved out of HSRI and under the Provost’s office. The thinking is that Medical Education should be an independent entity: a Center for Medical Education and Health Sciences, with its own director, budget and staff.

Grad Students Vie for Spot in UC Grad Slam Finals

UC Merced’s Graduate Division will host its Grad Slam competition on April 18 with graduate scholars presenting on topics ranging from Valley Fever immune response and antibiotic resistance to computer vision and mathematical methods for thermal collection. This year’s competition started in March with 30 graduate students in the qualifying round, from which the judges narrowed the field to the top 12.

The campus’s 2019 Grad Slam semi-finalists are:

Air Pollution Impacts Childhood Development, New Study Shows

Children who live near major roads are at higher risk for developmental delays because of traffic-related pollutants.

That’s the major finding of a new study authored by UC Merced environmental epidemiology Professor Sandie Ha and colleagues. The study appears in the journal Environmental Research and is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the UC Merced Senate Grant.

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