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Math Academies Provide Skills - and Fun - in a College Environment
August 9, 2023
Here's a challenge: Four weeks, five days a week and seven hours a day, you have to teach math to middle school students. During the summer. And you have to keep it interesting. The Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) has been... Read More
Students to Present Wide Array of Research at Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
August 1, 2023
UC Merced students will present research conducted over the summer at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The research presentations mark the end of the Summer Undergraduate... Read More
UC Merced Students Get Firsthand Political Experience at California Legislature
July 28, 2023
After taking part in the UC Merced Center for Analytic Political Engagement 's inaugural legislative boot camp, students say they are better prepared to take on the first internships of their careers. The week-long session in Sacramento... Read More
CogSci Undergraduate Students Can Now Earn Honors for Research
July 26, 2023
Starting this fall, the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences is offering an honors program for undergraduate students. Each student who is majoring in cognitive science and enrolled in the program will conduct research for a... Read More
Clovis Native Excited to Represent the Central Valley Playing for UC Merced Volleyball Team
July 25, 2023
UC Merced is highlighting incoming students for fall 2023 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. When Clovis native and lifelong volleyball player Morgan Wilson first began exploring her options to play at the... Read More
Matlock Retires After Stellar UC Career
July 25, 2023
In the early days of building UC Merced, founding faculty member Teenie Matlock took on lots of tasks that were well outside her job description. Over the years, she expanded her service to the campus and UC in many ways, from designing... Read More
Data Science Challenge offers Students Learning and Growth Opportunities
July 24, 2023
About 20 UC Merced students spent the past two weeks working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to see if they can solve a problem that could have a significant impact on cardiology. The annual Data Science Challenge (DSC), a... Read More
UC Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry appointed as 2024-25 UC student Regent
July 19, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed University of California, Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry to be the 2024-25 student Regent. Beharry is the 50th student Regent, a position established in 1975. He will... Read More
Fresno Native Takes Next Step to Becoming a Doctor
July 19, 2023
For Joslyn Conchas, becoming a physician wasn’t always the plan. “I wanted to be a veterinarian, but that was before I saw firsthand how impactful health disparities are within my community,” she said. Her grandfather was ill and she... Read More
Students Learn from Experts in Electronic Structure at Physics Conference Hosted on Campus
July 18, 2023
Faculty members from the departments of Physics and Chemistry and Biochemistry recently co-hosted a conference that drew about 100 faculty members, researchers and students from around the country and around the world. Physics Professor... Read More
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