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Undergrad Research Fuels Opportunities for Grad School, Careers
June 13, 2019
The opportunity to participate in cutting-edge scientific research as an undergraduate is one of the most exciting aspects of a UC Merced education. One of the best preparation opportunities for graduate school is to engage in research as... Read More
Annual UC Merced Children’s Opera Showcases the Arts to Local Little Ones
May 21, 2019
Parents don’t have to venture to San Francisco to give their children a taste of opera. With UC Merced’s Children’s Opera, little ones can have a unique cultural experience without straying outside city limits. The Children’s Opera is... Read More
Class of 2019 Student Speakers Leave UC Merced with Messages of Gratitude
May 15, 2019
Undergraduates Victoria Arias and Cydney Caradonna entered UC Merced through different doors. Arias was a freshman impressed with the campus and community. Caradonna was a transfer student and athlete sold on UC Merced’s championship women... Read More
Picture This: Migrant Farmworkers’ Daughter Turns UC Merced Grad
May 14, 2019
When Anna Ocegueda walks across the stage at UC Merced’s 2019 commencement, it will be not only a powerful moment for her, but for her family, too — and for the thousands of people who identify with her story. Ocegueda is the daughter of... Read More
Shakespearean Sustainability Gets Curtain Call in Yosemite
April 30, 2019
Unlike traditional theater productions, there was no red curtain, special lighting, microphone feedback or elaborate stage makeup at Shakespeare in Yosemite. Instead, squirrels scurried across the stone stage and among the audience members... Read More
Sociologist’s New Research Explores ‘Collateral Consequences’ of Deportation in Newest Publication
April 25, 2019
The number of people being deported from the United States is at a historic high and one UC Merced professor is on the ground-level, meeting with family members of those affected to better understand the traumatic consequences of... Read More
Shakespeare Rapper Schools Students with Hip Hop Sonnets
April 17, 2019
In what world are Shakespeare and hip-hop related? Ask Devon Glover. Glover is The Sonnet Man, a Shakespeare-loving rapper who sets The Bard’s famous sonnets to hip-hop instrumentals. Using iambic pentameter to his advantage, Glover turns... Read More
‘All the World’s a Stage’ with Shakespeare in Yosemite’s 3rd Annual Production
April 1, 2019
William Shakespeare’s plays are meant to be enjoyed by a live, theater audience and there is no better place to experience The Bard than Yosemite National Park. For the third year, UC Merced is bringing Shakespeare’s wit and wisdom to... Read More
UC Merced Holds First Arts Week to Showcase Students, Faculty, Staff and Community
February 28, 2019
Some people have the idea that the arts are being shortchanged as UC Merced grows. The Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies (GAMWS) Program is here to correct that perception with its inaugural Arts Week, set for March 4-9. “We want to... Read More
Master Arts Plan Will Play on Campus’s Beautiful Spaces
November 19, 2018
In some ways UC Merced is still a blank canvas, even 13 years after opening. But that just gives this year’s artist in residence Otto Rigan more room to dream as he helps devise a master arts plan for the campus. “I think the campus is... Read More
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