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craiggilmore.bsky.social
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April 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
cdj.bsky.social
Is this academic freedom? In the University of California? #UCMerced
May 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
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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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!
April 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Big win! @UCMerced is one of six institutions nationwide that exemplified enrollment success for both first-year and transfer students in fall 2026, per @insidehighered https://bit.ly/3SWIDot
September 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
jortsthecat.bsky.social
The full video is here. www.youtube.com/live/TeE7gMP...

She goes on to repeat a grower boss claim that farm workers will make less money if they have equal rights. Which is not true clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/g/file...
UCMERCED COMMUNITY AND LABOR CENTER MARCH 2024 Fact Sheet-California Farmworker Earnings after Overtime Protections California farmworkers' average annual earnings have increased since the state's adoption of overtime protections in 2019.- A UC Merced Community and Labor Center analysis of 2017-2022 IUMS-American Community Survey data finds that California farmworkers' average annual wage and salary earnings steadily increased from 2017 to 2022, while average hours worked per week have decreased. Figure 1. California Farmworker Average Annual Earnings, 2017-2022 $30,000 $24,871 $25,000 $21,863 $21,858 $22,054 $19,964 $20,000 $18,827 Annual Ea $15,000 $ $10,000 We $5,000 $0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Source: UC Merced Community and Labor Center analysis of IPUMS- American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS) 2017-2022 In 2017, California farmworkers earned an average of $18,827 per year, and in 2018 that figure was $19,964 (see Figure 1). Following the passage of California farmworker overtime protections in 2019, average earnings increased to $21,863. By 2022, that figure had increased to $24,871 (see Figure 1). At the same time, the average number of hours worked among farmworkers has steadily decreased. In 2017, California farmworkers worked an average of 42.7 hours per week (see Figure 2). In 2019, that figure remained virtually unchanged, at 42.3 hours per week (see Figure 2). Before the implementation of Assembly Bill 1066 in 2019 and subsequent phase-in years.
April 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
shellyjlundberg.bsky.social
Thank you, Chancellor Yang. @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social has now signed on to this strong AAUC statement. As has UCSD and UCMerced, so we now have the full UC contingent. Standing together.
shellyjlundberg.bsky.social Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · Apr 23
This is a terrific statement. But, where is the Chancellor of
UC Santa Barbara?

The Chancellors of Berkeley, Davis, and Riverside have signed on, to their credit. Where are you Chancellor Yang? President Drake? I am deeply disappointed.

@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
daniellaurison.bsky.social Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · Apr 22
The presidents of 200 US colleges declare:

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education."

Good!

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
cdj.bsky.social
Hooded!
A screenshot of the graduation livestream at UCMerced showing me hooding Dr. Alex Dayer
May 12, 2024 at 3:38 PM
cdj.bsky.social
📣 The Philosophy Department at #UCMerced is launching a new major on Science, Technology, and Ethics, and I am responsible for promoting it at a Zoom event tonight (😬). Please share with anyone who might be interested! We would love to see new undergraduates excited about this program #philsky
November 13, 2024 at 11:24 PM
pamspaulding.bsky.social
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!
#Merced #CA #HandsOff:
April 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
cdj.bsky.social
Congratulations to Alex Dayer, who passed his dissertation defense today at #UCMerced! He will be the second of my primary advisees in Cognitive and Information Sciences to graduate, and I couldn’t be more proud! 🥳
April 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
cdj.bsky.social
Felt cute, might delete later #UCMerced
Panoramic photo of UC Merced Pavilion Dining Hall and Little Lake with new UCM sign in the foreground
September 22, 2023 at 7:12 PM
danhicks.bsky.social
#philsky #philsci #sts #philtech #ai #highered #ucmerced
April 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
maggiesogin.bsky.social
Happy Monday! Today (1) my mentee, Caro Zielder defended her PhD @mpimarinemicrobio.bsky.social (2) my first PhD student Diane Brache-Smith passed her quals UCMerced and (3) Sophia Macvittie and I submitted our first paper from the lab!
December 12, 2023 at 12:42 AM
jortsthecat.bsky.social
It is false and not true clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/g/file...
UCMERCED COMMUNITY AND LABOR CENTER MARCH 2024 Fact Sheet-California Farmworker Earnings after Overtime Protections California farmworkers' average annual earnings have increased since the state's adoption of overtime protections in 2019.- A UC Merced Community and Labor Center analysis of 2017-2022 IUMS-American Community Survey data finds that California farmworkers' average annual wage and salary earnings steadily increased from 2017 to 2022, while average hours worked per week have decreased. Figure 1. California Farmworker Average Annual Earnings, 2017-2022 $30,000 $24,871 $25,000 $21,863 $21,858 $22,054 $19,964 $20,000 $18,827 Annual Ea $15,000 $ $10,000 We $5,000 $0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Source: UC Merced Community and Labor Center analysis of IPUMS- American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS) 2017-2022 In 2017, California farmworkers earned an average of $18,827 per year, and in 2018 that figure was $19,964 (see Figure 1). Following the passage of California farmworker overtime protections in 2019, average earnings increased to $21,863. By 2022, that figure had increased to $24,871 (see Figure 1). At the same time, the average number of hours worked among farmworkers has steadily decreased. In 2017, California farmworkers worked an average of 42.7 hours per week (see Figure 2). In 2019, that figure remained virtually unchanged, at 42.3 hours per week (see Figure 2). Before the implementation of Assembly Bill 1066 in 2019 and subsequent phase-in years.
April 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
uclaioes.bsky.social
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 ⬇️
Wildfire disaster, recovery, and resilience: what have we learned?
YouTube video by UCLA Environment
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February 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
jortsthecat.bsky.social
She repeated a false grower talking point that farm workers lose money if they have equal rights. It’s a lie. Here, read and learn

clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/g/file...
UCMERCED COMMUNITY AND LABOR CENTER MARCH 2024 Fact Sheet-California Farmworker Earnings after Overtime Protections California farmworkers' average annual earnings have increased since the state's adoption of overtime protections in 2019. AUC Merced Community and Labor Center analysis of 2017-2022 IPUMS-American Community Survey data finds that California farmworkers' average annual wage and salary earnings steadily increased from 2017 to 2022, while average hours worked per week have decreased. Figure 1. California Farmworker Average Annual Earnings, 2017-2022 $30,000 $24,871 $25,000 Annual Earnings $20,000 $15,000 $ $10,000 We $21,863 $21,858 $22,054 $19,964 $18,827 $5,000 $0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Source: UC Merced Community and Labor Center analysis of IPUMS- American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS) 2017-2022 In 2017, California farmworkers earned an average of $18,827 per year, and in 2018 that figure was $19,964 (see Figure 1). Following the passage of California farmworker overtime protections in 2019, average earnings increased to $21,863. By 2022, that figure had increased to $24,871 (see Figure 1). At the same time, the average number of hours worked among farmworkers has steadily decreased. In 2017, California farmworkers worked an average of 42.7 hours per week (see Figure 2). In 2019, that figure remained virtually unchanged, at 42.3 hours per week (see Figure 2). Before the implementation of Assembly Bill 1066 in 2019 and subsequent phase-in years.
April 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
cdj.bsky.social
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
A photo taken inside a classroom with faculty and students from the Philosophy Department at UC Merced.
May 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
danhicks.bsky.social
Ready for Bobcat Day! #ucmerced
A display table for the Philosophy department, featuring a board of "philosophical questions" Focusing on the display of "philosophical questions"
April 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
cdj.bsky.social
At #UCMerced today (3:30 pm, COB1 267): Kirsten Pickering (UC Berkeley) "Trust, Solidarity, and Academic Community in Prison"

Abstract:"...This talk will discuss the role of trust in an academic community, and highlight how power imbalances might undermine trust in such a community."

#philsky
Kirsten Pickering
Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley
philosophy.berkeley.edu
December 6, 2024 at 6:40 PM
hphratchian.bsky.social
Happy Holidays! Let There be Light! #FiatLix @ucmerced.bsky.social
youtu.be/fIDKS12Jl4E
Season's Greetings from UC Merced
YouTube video by UCMerced
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December 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
aadebiyi.com
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.
March 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
ucanr.edu
🚜 VINE Connect invites farmers to a free Sept. 17 Soil Health Field Day at @ucmerced. Test autonomous weeders, AI plant scanners & more from 7 ag tech startups tackling CA ag’s top challenges. #AgTech #SoilHealth
More info ➡️ bit.ly/4lv2GlY
August 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
nathankhensley.bsky.social
FACULTY ASSOCIATON UCMERCED Fostering Unity. Promoting Parity. Furthering Faculty Rights. Dear UC Merced Faculty Colleagues, We are writing to you with great concern to inform faculty about an incident that occurred on Sunday, May 18th before the SSHA graduation ceremony. One of our faculty colleagues was removed from the commencement procession line by plain-clothes police officers following a brief, informal conversation with President Drake, who was visiting as the commencement speaker.
May 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
esmeraldasoria.bsky.social
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
June 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM