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Rare Flower Variant Discovered by Professor Offers Insight into Evolution

August 25, 2014
The discovery of a new, rare species of monkey flower by Professor Jason Sexton provides clues as to how new species are born. Sexton, who researches the monkey flowers that grow wild throughout California, and are especially prolific in the Sierra Nevada, conducted this work with researchers...

California Overspends Water Rights by 300 Million Acre Feet

August 19, 2014
California is deficit-spending its water and has been for a century, according to state data analyzed recently by researchers from the University of California. UC Merced Professor Joshua Viers and postdoctoral researcher Ted Grantham, with UC Davis at the time, explored the state’s database of...

Campus Ranks Among "Cool Schools" for Commitment to Sustainability

August 13, 2014
UC Merced has been ranked among the “Cool Schools” by the Sierra Club’s Sierra Magazine because of its commitment to sustainability. The ranking, which was released this week, looked at more than 170 campuses around the country. UC Merced is ranked No. 51. All of the UC undergraduate campuses made...

Educator’s Legacy Lives on Through Campus Endowment

August 11, 2014
Throughout his 51-year teaching career, John Elia made a profound impact on the lives of more than 10,000 students. Now, his legacy will continue through an endowment created by his family. A generous gift from the John Elia Education Endowment Trust will fund scholarships, fellowships and programs...

Engineering Students Working on Water Issues for Summer Research Project

August 4, 2014
Spending a summer finding ways to make toilet water reusable and trying to extract urine from wastewater might not sound glamorous. But the results of the work two UC Merced students are doing though a prestigious research partnership could be very important to a state facing a severe drought, as...

Campus Receives Six Statements of Qualifications for 2020 Project

August 1, 2014
MERCED, Calif. — In a strong indication of broad interest in partnering with the University of California, Merced, to further grow the UC system’s newest campus, six respondent teams submitted statements of qualifications (SOQ) to participate in the 2020 Project. The 2020 Project includes the...

President Napolitano Delves into UC Merced-Yosemite Partnership

July 28, 2014
A two-day visit to Yosemite gave University of California President Janet Napolitano an up-close look at UC Merced’s partnership with the neighboring national park, including some of the students whose lives have been transformed by their experiences there. “I have really been looking forward to...

Provost, Professor Appointed to President’s Environmental Council

July 21, 2014
UC Merced Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Peterson and founding faculty member Professor Roger Bales have been named members of UC President Janet Napolitano’s new Global Climate Leadership Council. The council has been convened to guide UC sustainability efforts, with the goal of...

FAA Approves Data Drone Research at UC Merced

July 14, 2014
Other UC campuses have drone research programs, but UC Merced might be the only one with two certificates of authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing students to fly autonomous, unmanned systems at higher altitudes and, possibly, in locations they haven’t flown before. As...

Professor Discovers Key Elements for Biofilm Spreading

July 7, 2014
A biology professor at the University of California, Merced, discovered mechanisms that allow a potentially fatal biofilm to spread and resist drugs. The research was published last month in mBio, an open-access online journal by the American Society for Microbiology. Professor Clarissa J. Nobile,...

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