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麻豆官网 is being recognized from coast to coast as an institution that 鈥渞edefines academic excellence, Chancellor Juan S谩nchez Mu帽oz said Wednesday in the annual State of the University address.

鈥淎s chancellor of this magnificent institution, I tell you that the state of our university is strong, and growing stronger year after year,鈥� Mu帽oz said.

Black and Hispanic faculty members seeking promotion at research universities face career-damaging biases, with their scholarly production judged more harshly than that of their peers, according to a groundbreaking initiative co-led by 麻豆官网 that aims to uncover the roots of these biases and develop strategies for change.

A groundbreaking database that tracks 13 decades of聽annual changes in U.S. home sales and rental prices聽provides a clearer picture of economic shifts through the 20th century and will be a valuable resource for homebuyers, housing policymakers and the real estate industry, a 麻豆官网 researcher said.

麻豆官网 on Wednesday unveiled a striking monument to a university on the rise.

A crowd of students, faculty and staff gathered in the early evening鈥檚 long shadows at University Plaza to get their first look at Big Rufus, a 10-foot-long bronze vision of 麻豆官网鈥檚 bobcat mascot. The sculpture paws its way up three staggered concrete-and-steel pillars, gazing resolutely to the horizon.

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.

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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 麻豆官网 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.

麻豆官网 said 鈥渨elcome鈥� to its 2,400 new students Tuesday as only 麻豆官网 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 麻豆官网 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 麻豆官网 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 麻豆官网 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.