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11,000-year-old Mine in Underwater Cave Holds Surprises

July 7, 2020

UC Merced Welcomes Juan Sánchez Muñoz as Fourth Chancellor

July 6, 2020
The University of California, Merced, is nearing the completion of an unprecedented campus expansion project and raising its reputation across the nation and the world, all during a time in which the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of people’s daily lives and created...

NASA Renews Campus Research Center for Another Two Years

July 2, 2020
The Merced nAnomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES) —UC Merced’s NASA-funded center for nanomaterials-based research and education — has received a two-year, $1.8 million renewal from the federal space agency. Continuing to build on the research already underway...

Professor and Falasco Chair Berhe Recognized as a Carnegie Corporation Distinguished Immigrant

July 1, 2020
Every Fourth of July, the Carnegie Corporation of New York honors the legacy of its founder Andrew Carnegie, by recognizing an extraordinary group of immigrants, who are now naturalized American citizens, and who have made notable contributions to the progress of American society. This year,...

David Dunham Announces Director's All-Academic Team

June 29, 2020

Professor Explores Green Lubricants for Mechanical Systems with NSF Grant

June 29, 2020
Mechanical systems, such as car engines and manufacturing equipment, use petroleum-based lubricants and solvents that are considered hazardous. After use, those compounds mostly end up in the earth. Environmentally friendly alternatives — room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) — that...

UC Merced Rises to No. 3 in Young University Rankings

June 25, 2020
UC Merced’s reputation as a world-class research university continues to grow, as the university rose to No. 3 among U.S. universities in the 2020 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings released this week. The list ranks the best universities in the world that are 50 years old...

New Grant Helps Assess Benefits of Satellites for Determining Water Quality

June 24, 2020
Summertime means fun in the water, but as temperatures increase, algal blooms can grow in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Some algae are natural and life-giving, while others are the result of life out of balance and can have harmful effects. Consisting of bacteria and tiny plankton, they...

UC Merced Athletics Shines in 2020 Spring Semester

June 23, 2020

New Bridge Program Involves Incoming Students in the Future of Agriculture

June 22, 2020
Incoming first-year and transfer students will have a new resource for success and an introduction to research starting next summer, thanks to a four-year, $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Civil and environmental engineering Professor Colleen Naughton is heading up the...

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