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Learn more Welcome to Cognitive & Information Sciences Featured News CIS Ph.D. Student Zunaira Iqbal Named ARCS Scholar for Research on Neuroscience of Bilingualism November 13, 2023 Four UC Merced graduate students can focus fully on their research and academic studies this year thanks to a generous gift from the Northern California Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College... Professor Paul Smaldino’s First Book Released by Princeton University Press November 6, 2023 Cognitive and Information Sciences Professor Paul Smaldino has written a new textbook, "Modeling Social Behavior," a textbook that will educate generations of students who want to... Prof. Aguirre-Muñoz Brings Biliteracy Education Resources to Local Teachers October 6, 2023 Cognitive Science Professor Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz has a passion for biliteracy that has driven her to improve the quality of learning in both English and Spanish at schools in Texas and Central... 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