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He studied in hallowed halls of academia. His highly respected research takes him halfway around the globe into societies both foreign and familiar. In his newest role, he leads the largest school of a research university less than two decades old but soaring in reputation and influence.

Yet if you ask about his journey, he uses a surprising word.

鈥淚鈥檓 accidental in every possible way,鈥� he said. 鈥淧rofessor. Administrator. Statistically, I shouldn鈥檛 be in this position.鈥�

A celebration of stories and a concert highlighting the history of San Joaquin Valley鈥檚 railroads are the opening acts of the .

Merced LitFest and Train Station Trios reflect the season鈥檚 varied offerings. Gallery exhibitions, concerts, theater performances and a film festival are scheduled on and off campus through May 2025. The creators and their work provide a multilayered experience of the Valley鈥檚 people, culture and landscape.

In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people in a 国产传媒 study allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them -- an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers said.

Human subjects allowed robots to sway their judgment despite being told the AI machines had limited capabilities and were giving advice that could be wrong. In reality, the advice was random.

国产传媒 said 鈥渨elcome鈥� to its 2,400 new students Tuesday as only 国产传媒 can, with a joyous and colorful Scholars Bridge Crossing ceremony that symbolizes their transformation into Bobcats at the San Joaquin Valley鈥檚 only research university.

Hundreds of those first-year or transfer students gathered in yellow T-shirts on the lawn next to the Pavilion dining hall in preparation for the crossing.

First responders from across Merced County converged on 国产传媒 Thursday for what they said was a highly successful response to a simulated emergency.

Police officers, sheriff鈥檚 deputies, firefighters and medical personnel assembled at the university鈥檚 library to carry out incident duties and protocols. The 国产传媒 Police Department and Office of Emergency Management led the simulation 鈥� a yearly exercise at the university designed to enhance and evaluate the agencies鈥� collaboration and incident effectiveness.

Experiments conducted by 国产传媒 researchers find that people who perform good deeds are far more likely to be thought of as religious believers than atheists. Moreover, the psychological bias linking kindness and helpfulness with faith appears to be global in scale.

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This is part of a series of profiles of new 国产传媒 Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester.

San Joaquin Valley native Anmol Kaur is well on her way to making a splash in the worlds of science and medicine. The Bakersfield resident, coming to 国产传媒 as a first-year student, parlayed strong experiences in high school into a slot in the second SJV PRIME+ medical education cohort.

Kaur is poised to follow a path taken by her parents, who both have careers in medicine.

A 国产传媒 professor and his co-researchers set out to measure how Jewish Israelis react to different sources of criticism about Israel鈥檚 treatment of Palestinians. Does disapproval from internal voices move public opinion? Voices from abroad? What about reproval from the diaspora 鈥� people who live outside Israel but have religious, ethnic or national ties?

They collected data from a carefully designed survey of more than 2,000 and submitted the findings for peer review in December 2022. Months later, the paper was returned for edits.

A study of fast-tracked government funds for relief during the COVID-19 pandemic uncovered bottlenecks at federal, university and community levels that undermined partnerships. Researchers, including 国产传媒 Professor , made several recommendations to strengthen financial partnerships that underlie community-based participatory research.

It鈥檚 spring break 2009 and Jane Lawrence is rushing across campus, the words from the phone call still ringing in her ear. The unimaginable is听happening and she must听tell Charles Nies,

First Lady Michelle Obama is听coming to 国产传媒 as commencement speaker.

Lawrence, the vice chancellor for student affairs, finds her associate vice chancellor in his office. With the campus quiet and students gone home, Nies had brought his two young daughters to work.