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1300 Campaign Summit Highlights Progress, Plans for Sending More Men of Color to College
November 10, 2023
It's been more than a year since UC Merced joined the 1300 Campaign partnership, continuing its efforts to help students of color attend and succeed at four-year universities. Now it's time for a review and a look ahead. UC Merced... Read More
Veterans Upward Bound Program to Provide Wraparound Support for Servicemembers
November 9, 2023
Veterans with aspirations to pursue higher education will have access to new resources and support through the Veterans Upward Bound Program at UC Merced. This year, the university was selected as one of the recipients of the Department of... Read More
UC Merced Team Picked for Federal EV Battery Competition
November 8, 2023
A team from UC Merced has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy (DOE) "BattChallenge," a three-year competition to develop a battery for an electric vehicle. Mechanical engineering Professor Ricardo Pinto de Castro is... Read More
Labor, Community-based Groups Key to Addressing Climate Challenge, Study Shows
November 2, 2023
One of the major challenges of this century is democratically engaging institutions and large numbers of people with strategies to mitigate global warming by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. A new study by sociology Professor Paul... Read More
Ed and Jeanne Kashian Give $5 Million to Support Medical Education at UC Merced
November 1, 2023
Ed and Jeanne Kashian, longtime UC Merced donors who have supported the campus since its earliest days, have made a $5 million gift to advance the university's medical education efforts. Slated for groundbreaking in the spring, a new state... Read More
Film, Poetry, Philosophy the Subjects of Three Foundry Pieces by Humanities Community
October 30, 2023
The new issue of Foundry, a digital platform similar to a magazine, assembled by the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI), features works by three members of the UC Merced campus community. The issue features an... Read More
UC Merced Named Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State
October 30, 2023
  UC Merced has been designated a Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Leader for 2023 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Each year, the ECA recognizes the strong engagement of... Read More
Toloma 5K Honors Native American Heritage at UC Merced
October 25, 2023
  Ahead of Native American Heritage Month, the Toloma 5K will return to UC Merced on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event has been held since 2021, and not only raises money for Native American activities on campus but... Read More
Genentech Grant Supports New UC Merced Center for Health Equity
October 23, 2023
UC Merced was recently awarded a significant grant from Genentech, a member of the Roche group, to create the UC Merced Center for Health Equity. The initiative will focus on eliminating health disparities and advancing health equity... Read More
Remembering UC Merced’s Founding Planner and Chief Architect Christopher L. Adams (1937-2023)
October 23, 2023
Christopher L. Adams, who left an indelible mark on UC Merced through his significant contributions as the campus’s lead architect and master planner, passed away on August 11, 2023, in Berkeley. He was 86. Adams was tapped in January 1999... Read More
NASA-funded Biodiversity Research Project Launches in South Africa
October 18, 2023
Understanding and conserving biodiversity, or the variety of life in ecosystems, is key to sustaining life on Earth. A research project funded by NASA that is launching this week in South Africa, co-led by UC Merced environmental... Read More
New Project Focuses on Women of Color in the Geosciences Throughout the UC
October 17, 2023
Although there has been a lot of talk this summer about paleoecology Professor Sora Kim’s research on the now-extinct megalodon shark, there is another focus to her work: BAJEDI, or belonging, access, justice, equity, diversity and... Read More
Future of Water in California - Bleak or Promising? A Discussion
October 12, 2023
Water is the most valuable resource in the world. And it's a particularly important commodity in the Central Valley, historically a desert but also home to some of the richest agricultural soil on Earth. The UC Merced Library and Secure... Read More
Campus and Academic Growth Highlighted in UC Merced State of the University Address
October 12, 2023
Distinguished rankings, new academic offerings, world-class research and campus expansions were among the highlights of the UC Merced State of the University address delivered by Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz. "The state of this 20-year-... Read More
UC Merced Receives 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award
October 11, 2023
UC Merced has received the 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award... Read More
Martín-Rodríguez Recognized for Eminent Scholarship
October 9, 2023
Founding faculty member and distinguished literature Professor Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez is being honored for his contributions to Chicano/Latino studies with the Don Luis Leal award, considered the most important in the area of... Read More
Aguirre-Muñoz Brings Biliteracy Education Resources to Livingston
October 5, 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 California. A $3 million National... Read More
UC Merced Launches First Writing Studies Major Cohort
October 2, 2023
Writing is still the most important, and most-used, form of communication in the world. "Writing is crucial in that it's both a product and a process. It's in the fabric of what we do," said Paul Gibbons, teaching professor of writing... Read More
New Major Trains Students to Tell the Planet’s Urgent Stories
September 28, 2023
Compelling storytelling is vital to ensuring the action needed to secure a habitable planet for future generations, according to an increasing amount of research. UC Merced is recruiting students now to become the next environmental... Read More
How to Tap Into Your Hispanic/Latinx Heritage at UC Merced
September 28, 2023
  More than half of UC Merced's population is made up of Hispanic/Latinx students. There is no shortage of ways for Bobcats to get in touch with their roots on campus, in the community and even around the globe. Taste of Latinx Cultures UC... Read More
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