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A Turn of the Page: Camfield on Why It’s Time to Bow Out
May 9, 2023
At the end of May, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Gregg Camfield will step down after five years in the role and nearly a decade in executive leadership at UC Merced. He intends to take a year’s sabbatical then return in the role he... Read More
UC Merced to Celebrate Class of 2023 with Three Commencement Ceremonies
May 5, 2023
Nearly 1,500 students plan to participate in UC Merced's Spring 2023 Commencement that will be celebrated with three distinct ceremonies on the campus's Recreation Field. The first ceremony kicks off Friday, May 12, at 6 p.m. for the... Read More
Campus Grad Slam Champion Wows with Talk About Recycling CO2
May 1, 2023
Aneelman Brar wants to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Chemistry and Chemical Biology Ph.D. student’s three-minute talk entitled “From Pollutant to Fuel and New Products: Recycling Carbon Dioxide” earned her bragging rights as... Read More
UC Merced Track Sweeps Cal Pac Championship Team Titles
April 29, 2023
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – The University of California, Merced men's and women's outdoor track teams swept the team titles at the California Pacific Conference Championships on Friday at Soka University Track Complex. Individually, Jonathan... Read More
Bobcat Day Attracts Record Crowd to UC Merced
April 28, 2023
The excitement was palpable at UC Merced as a record number of people descended on the campus for Bobcat Day. More than 5,700 students, family members and friends attended the annual open house event April 22 to learn about the university... Read More
CAREER Award will Fund Research into Arthritis Cause
April 26, 2023
Professor Roberto Andresen Eguiluz has received a CAREER award for his research into the underlying cause of arthritis. He is the 33rd researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER... Read More
Adventures Abound at UC Merced’s Outdoor Experience Program
April 26, 2023
Zayd Andre doesn’t consider himself outdoorsy, but the second-year computer science and engineering major from Fullerton caught the exploring bug in elementary school. “I believe my first trek was with the Cub Scouts in first grade to Holy... Read More
UC Merced’s Graduate Programs Rank Among Best in the Nation
April 25, 2023
UC Merced continues to be recognized nationally, with some programs leaping forward, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 edition of Best Graduate Schools released on April 25. Designed for prospective students looking to... Read More
A Day in the Life of a First-Year Student at UC Merced
April 21, 2023
First-year student Edwin Casillas found everything he was looking for in a university — and more — at UC Merced. Nearly a year after the Sonora native said he "felt at home" when visiting the campus, he is confident he made the right... Read More
UC Merced Invests in the Next Generation of Ag-Tech Leadership
April 19, 2023
The new UC Merced Farms Food Future innovation initiative is investing in 10 graduate researchers to solve climate and community challenges. Their work is the start of a concerted focus in climate-smart agriculture for the campus. The $850... Read More
Environmental Conservation Takes Center Stage in Shakespeare in Yosemite's 'Romeo and Juliet'
April 18, 2023
"Romeo and Juliet" is considered William Shakespeare's most famous romantic tragedy. But this Earth Day weekend, it will be transformed into a new production that will offer hope for the future of the environment. Shakespeare in Yosemite ... Read More
Bobcat Day Gives Future Bobcats a Taste of UC Merced
April 17, 2023
UC Merced is hosting its annual open house event Saturday, April 22, to give admitted, prospective and transfer students the opportunity to learn more about what the university has to offer. Bobcat Day kicks off at 9 a.m. with a campus... Read More
UC Merced and College Track Partner to Democratize Potential Through Higher Education
April 13, 2023
The University of California, Merced, and College Track are pleased to announce a new partnership focused on ensuring that college students from underserved communities who want to be the first in their families to graduate from college... Read More
Drones Donated to UC Merced by Start-Up SeekOps Will Monitor Environmental Conditions
April 13, 2023
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipment donated by Texas-based start-up SeekOps Inc will support UC Merced's research efforts in environmental monitoring and conservation. The gift includes multiple state-of-the-art UAVs, as well as the... Read More
What's There to Do in the Merced Area? Plenty
April 12, 2023
One question students considering attending UC Merced might ask is, "What's there to do around there?" The quick answer is - a lot. There are plenty of ways for students to spend their leisure time in the greater Merced area, for students... Read More
Graduate Students Help Further the Understanding of Diseases such as Alzheimer's
April 12, 2023
Student researchers in experimental physics Professor Jing Xu’s lab have played a critical role in a study that will help understand Alzheimer’s and other diseases that progressively destroy brain tissue. Three students, including a... Read More
First Test of Perovskite Films in Space Indicates More Resilience than Researchers Expected
April 12, 2023
Solar films developed by a graduate student in the Department of Physics at UC Merced while on an internship at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) not only survived 10 months in space with minimal degradation, but the little damage they did... Read More
Students Gain Experience (and Money) Doing Career-Oriented Work in New Program
April 10, 2023
Sarif Morningstar wondered something: "What happens if I grow plants using fog?" The UC Merced student's efforts to find an answer to that question led to a research project they got paid to conduct. That in turn led to an opportunity to... Read More
UC Merced Library Hosts Opening Reception for Farmworker Movement Exhibit
April 10, 2023
The UC Merced Library is hosting an opening reception for a new art exhibit that showcases the farmworker movement in the Central Valley through the lens of the late photographer and labor activist George Ballis. "Building a New Future:... Read More
Events at UC Merced Aimed at Reducing Food Waste
April 6, 2023
Roughly a third of all food worldwide goes to waste. Outside of the obvious direct costs, that waste has numerous other repercussions: much of it goes to landfills, where it generates methane, a greenhouse gas. Resources such as water and... Read More
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