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Students Discover Cannibal Lizards on Remote Aegean Island
By Jason Alvarez, UC MercedMay 23, 2018QSB graduate student Kinsey Brock and undergraduate researcher Indiana Madden made the first documented discovery of cannibalism in a subspecies of wall lizard on...
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Alumnae Staff Members Honor Family With Endowed Scholarships
May 23, 2018Vice Chancellor Ed Klotzbier, Monique de Villa (’16), Danielle Armedilla (’12), and Chancellor Dorothy LelandIn creating scholarships to help future generations of Bobcats succeed, UC...
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Young Artist Movement Making Room for More Art on Campus
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedMay 29, 2018YAM executive board (left to right): Justin Gonzalez, Bodi Macarena, Kaelee Martinez, Melissa Becerra, Maritza Romero and Katrina ArgamosaThree enterprising...
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Drawing Graphic Lessons: Comics Teach, Evaluate Difficult Concepts
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedJune 20, 2018One portion of "Segregation by Design," which helps illuminate the concept of structural racism.Though illustrations have been used to convey ideas and...
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Campus Lands $1M Howard Hughes Grant to Make STEM More Inclusive
By Jason Alvarez, UC MercedJuly 3, 2018Undergraduates working in a instructional laboratory on campus.UC Merced’s efforts to make science education more inclusive were recently given a huge boost after...
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UC Merced Gets Into the ‘Act’
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedJuly 9, 2018Six Bobcats are finding their creative home in the theaterThe cast of 'Sister Act' prepares for this week's opening performances.Shakespeare wrote “the play’s...
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Bobcats Celebrate Freshman Phenom Athletes
By Andrew Mitchell, UC Merced Recreation & AthleticsAugust 2, 2018Marcus DeCouto is now a sophomore midfielder for the men's soccer team.Last fall, Turlock native Marcus DeCouto reminded the sports...
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Summer Outreach Programs Foster Learning, Community
By Brenda Ortiz, UC MercedAugust 6, 2018Summer programs offer younger students the opportunity to spend time on the UC Merced campus and learn subjects ranging from leadership to science and...
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Men’s Soccer Team Gaining in Recognition and Rankings
By Andrew Mitchell, UC Merced AthleticsAugust 21, 2018Come out to the fields and cheer on your Bobcats soccer players as their season opens this week.The University of California, Merced men's soccer...
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New Year Begins With New Students, Spaces and Programs
August 22, 2018UC Merced is building the future in the heart of California with about 7,900 undergraduates enrolled this semester.UC Merced began its 14th academic year today, welcoming new and...
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$1.5M Grant Will Transform Chemistry Curriculum, Improve Access to STEM Careers
By Jason Alvarez, UC MercedSeptember 4, 2018UC Merced undergraduates working in a chemistry lab.It’s a startling statistic: Nearly 30 percent of UC Merced students who start their college careers in...
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Emergence, Extinction of Massive Ancient Shark to be Explored with NSF Grant
By Jason Alvarez, UC MercedOctober 1, 2018Professor Sora Kim and her colleagues are interested in why an apex predator vanished.Forty million years after dinosaurs went extinct, one of the largest...
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UC Merced Secures First Platinum Certifications in Labs, Offices
By Kenneth Mashinchi, UC MercedOctober 29, 2018Members of the Office of the Chancellor and interns from the Green Offices program with the platinum Green Offices certificationIt’s the crown jewel of...
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New Consortium Seeks to Expose Students to a Galaxy of Opportunities
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedNovember 13, 2018Professors Pribram-Jones, left, and Strubbe will introduce more students to opportunities at national labs through their new grant.Imagine exploring the...
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Passion for Cars Steers Graduating Senior into Mechanical Engineering
By Cyndee Fontana-Ott for UC MercedDecember 11, 2018This Saturday, mechanical engineering major Vanessa Andrade will participate in the university’s second fall commencement ceremony at The Art...
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UC Merced Designing Management School of the Future
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedDecember 12, 2018The planned new school will be named for longtime campus partners, the Gallo family.A new effort is underway to lay the groundwork for the next major...
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Students Celebrated for ‘Rising Above’ at UC Merced
By Kenneth Mashinchi, UC MercedJanuary 17, 2019Several UC Merced students have been profiled as rising stars of Bay Area-based Students Rising Above programUC Merced has a track record of helping...
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Research Week Offers Events, Education, Tours and More
By Lorena Anderson, UC MercedFebruary 27, 2019Research Week features a poster showcase and more.This year’s Research Week, March 4-8, promises more community connections than ever before.Research Week...
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UC Merced Students Explore Peru By Volunteering as Translators
By Kenneth Mashinchi, UC MercedMarch 6, 2019Senior Maria Rivas Reyes was part of a small group of UC Merced students who visited Peru during winter break, serving as translators for medical...
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Alumna Staffer Pours Her Passion into Serving Students
By Brenda Ortiz, UC Merced March 19, 2019Alumna Kisha McGuire is a program counselor in the Fiat Lux Scholars Program within the campus’s Calvin E. Bright Success Center. Kisha McGuire has discovered...
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