This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2026 semester.
After moving from Nigeria to the United States two years ago, Wonderful Ezieme built a new foundation in California, where he distinguished himself as a dedicated student and active...
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A group of physics researchers from UC Merced have revealed that a fluid made from biological molecules found in human cells behaves much like ordinary fluids that are mixed externally, such as paint...
Lauren Schiebelhut credits the support and opportunities afforded to her at UC Merced with opening the door to her research career.
Schiebelhut — a first-generation transfer student from...
Equity, diversity and inclusion are trending words in higher education and board rooms across the nation, but for Dania Matos, they are words that carry great weight and responsibility.
As UC...
UC Merced hosted the National Voter Registration and Census Festival Monday, with more than 200 students registering for next year’s election.
The university partnered with the Latino...
Math at UC Merced isn’t exactly like math at most other universities.
Sure, there are parabolas and equations, orders of operations and cosines, but at this campus, those lead into topics...
As UC Merced continues to expand, it becomes harder to find quiet spaces on campus to read and tackle class work. UC Merced Library staff members made it their mission to find a solution.
A survey...
Two UC Merced physics groups are totally spacing out this year.
Professors Sayantani Ghosh and David Strubbe and their students in the Department of Physics are working on a NASA initiative to...
One of UC Merced’s core values is sustainability and that extends to food waste.
Since its inception last year, the Bobcat Eats Food Waste Awareness and Prevention Program has saved more...
Complex societies produce people with more varied personalities.
That’s the surprising finding of a cognitive science study that attempts to understand how people develop into who they are:...
