Campus Receives Grant to Provide Financial Support to Students in Service to...
By Desiree López, UC MercedJanuary 18, 2022UC Merced students will get the opportunity to serve their community while receiving financial support for college through the new program #CaliforniaForAll...
View ArticleNSF Award Goes to Research into Brain Formation and What Leads to...
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedJanuary 26, 2022Professor Ge is the 31st CAREER Award recipient from UC Merced.Professor Xuecai Ge, a developmental neurobiologist, has received a CAREER award for research...
View ArticleLove is in the Air and in the National Park this Spring
By Lorena Anderson. UC MercedFebruary 14, 2022From right, alum Andrew Hardy and student Sofia Andom in a scene from the upcoming production. Photo by Shawn Overton.Preparations are underway for this...
View ArticleCelebrate National Engineers Week with the Nine UC Engineering Schools and...
February 22, 2022This is Engineers Week.Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in 1951, National Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future...
View ArticleResearch Week Offers Both Virtual and In-person Events This Year
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedMarch 3, 2022Research Week starts Monday. Image by Veronica Adrover.Research Week, the annual showcase of UC Merced’s important explorations into some of the world's most...
View ArticleGrant Saves Students Thousands of Dollars in Textbook Costs
By Juan Flores, UC MercedMarch 10, 2022The pilot program is projected to save students over $276,000 in textbook costs. Photo by Veronica Adrover.Higher education and high textbook prices usually go...
View ArticleUC Merced, Stanislaus State Awarded $1.4 Million to Help Snuff Out Tobacco Use
By Juan Flores, UC MercedMarch 14, 2022The funding from the collaborative grant is slated to last through 2025. Photo via Pixabay.UC Merced's Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center (NCPC) and California...
View ArticleUC Merced’s Mobile Maker Lab Brings Education to Community Fair
By Jim Chiavelli, UC MercedApril 1, 2022Peter Sou ('22) helps a student program a drone to fly a pattern at the Tri Valley Innovation Fair.A team of UC Merced engineering students brought hands-on...
View ArticleEngineer and Dentist Partner to Root Out Problems in Teeth
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedApril 4, 2022From left, graduate student Zhizhang Hu, Professor Shija Pan and Dr. Jun Ho Lee are working with collaborators to solve dental issues that can lead to other...
View ArticlePlan to Attend Innovate to Grow or Volunteer as a Judge
April 13, 2022This year's event features 66 student teams.Now is the time to register to attend this year's Innovate to Grow (I2G) competition and see some of the 66 student engineering teams present...
View ArticleCampus to Hold First In-Person Bobcat Day Since 2019
By Desiree López, UC MercedApril 13, 2022After a three-year delay due to the pandemic, Bobcat Day is back at UC Merced. The day is dedicated to first-year students, transfer students and their families...
View ArticleApply Now for a Paid Summer Internship with Real Research Experience
April 18, 2022Students who are accepted to the FACTS summer internship program will get all kinds of agriculture-related research opportunities. The May 1 deadline is fast approaching for students to...
View ArticleCottrell Award Giving Undergrad a Grad Student Experience
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedApril 21, 2022Physics Professor David Strubbe and undergraduate student Elsa Vazquez. Photo by Veronica Adrover.Physics undergraduate student Elsa Vazquez and her faculty...
View ArticleUC Merced Joins Partnership to Increase Enrollment of Students of Color in...
By Desiree López, UC MercedApril 26, 2022UC Merced continues to pave the way to success for students of color to thrive at a four-year college. To continue to support these efforts, the campus, in...
View ArticleSign Up Now to Attend This Spring's I2G Events
May 4, 2022Innovate to Grow (I2G), the biannual showcase of innovative engineering design projects developed in partnership with industry and nonprofit partners, continues in-person and virtually this...
View ArticleSystemwide Climate Justice Course Debuts This Fall
May 5, 2022Illustration created for the UC Center for Climate Justice by Ben S. Johnson.Undergraduates will have a new, one-of-a-kind class they can sign up for this fall — Climate Justice — a hybrid...
View ArticleUC Merced Returns to In-person Commencement
By Jim Chiavelli, UC MercedMay 5, 2022For the first time since spring 2019, UC Merced will honor the achievements of spring graduates with a traditional in-person commencement weekend this month.“We...
View ArticleTwo Undergraduate Stars Earn Unique Summer Opportunities
May 9, 2022Estefania Cuevas-Zepeda and Zachary MauriTwo undergraduate students who will receive their bachelor’s degrees later this month have been selected for a unique opportunity to attend a meeting...
View ArticleStudent Commencement Speakers to Share a Message of Unity and Perseverance
By Desiree López, UC MercedMay 11, 2022In front of more than 1,400 fellow Bobcats, Cathryn Flores and Maya Morris, the student commencement speakers for the Class of 2022 will share their words of...
View ArticleUC Merced Honors Graduates with Historic In-person Commencement
By Desiree López, UC MercedMay 17, 2022Photo by Veronica AdroverA wave of blue and gold covered the recreation fields at UC Merced as more than 2,400 students walked the stage during the first...
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