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UC Merced Library Chosen to Digitize AIDS Historical Archives

May 17, 2017
The UC Merced Library’s digital assets team is playing an important role in providing access to a swath of modern history that will contribute to research and society. The team has been asked to digitize about 127,000 pages from 49 archival collections related to the early days of the AIDS epidemic...

EECU Gift Helps Enrich Valley Teachers

May 16, 2017
Dozens of educators took part in the CalTeach Professional Development Summer Institute for Valley Teachers last year, and thanks to another generous gift from Educational Employees Credit Union (EECU) the program will continue so more can benefit. The program, launched in summer 2016 with the help...

Campus Marks Largest Class, Year of Growth With 2017 Commencement

May 11, 2017
More than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to participate in the University of California, Merced’s 12th commencement ceremonies this weekend — its largest class since opening in September 2005 — bringing the university’s alumni total to nearly 8,000. “This year's commencement...

Students’ Engineering Chops to be Showcased at ‘Innovate to Grow’

May 10, 2017
Is it still possible to build a better mouse trap? Engineering students at UC Merced think so. “Eraticate” — a fitting name for a group focused on mouse trap optimization — isn’t concerned with the cliché their project evokes. Instead, they’re hoping that their multi-kill mouse trap finally ends...

NSF Grant Brings Powerful New Microscope to Campus

May 9, 2017
UC Merced added a powerful new tool to the campus’s Imaging and Microscopy Facility. The newly acquired Zeiss LSM 880 is a state-of-the-art laser scanning confocal microscope that represents a huge leap forward for the university’s imaging capabilities. “Within UC Merced, this is by far the most...

Student Speakers Share Desire to Make a Difference

May 9, 2017
Jocelyne Fadiga and Havilliah “Jake” Malsbury traveled from different worlds to study at UC Merced. The youngest sister of 13 children, Fadiga grew up in Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) in West Africa before immigrating to the United States about eight years ago. Malsbury came to UC Merced from...

New Collaboration Focuses on Refugee Stories, Experiences and Humanity

May 8, 2017
Often, when people talk about or study refugees, the focus is on policy, rescue operations or terrorism. Rarely is the conversation centered on refugees as human beings. But a new collaboration among five UC campuses — including UC Merced — is working to change that. The Critical Refugee Studies...

‘Water in the Balance’ Highlights UC Merced Research

May 5, 2017
Water is a delicate balancing act in California. When the scales tip in the wrong direction, the consequences can have national effects. Nobody knows this better than UC Water Co-Director Joshua Viers. “More than half of the nation’s fruits, nuts and vegetables are grown in California’s San Joaquin...

Shakespeare, Muir Come Alive in Yosemite for Earth Day

May 4, 2017
The works of Shakespeare, perhaps more so than any in the western canon, have been subject to reinterpretation and reappraisal by generations of artists, scholars and laypeople. Some, like Verdi’s opera “Otello,” are considered masterpieces in their own right. Others, most notably Thomas Bowdler’s...

Class of 2017 Shows Anything is Possible at UC Merced

May 3, 2017
The newest campus in the University of California system, UC Merced is a campus that attracts leaders — individuals who enjoy the challenge of paving the way for others to follow — and the Class of 2017 is no different. On May 13 and 14, the campus community will celebrate...

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