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A Turn of the Page: Camfield on Why It’s Time to Bow Out

May 9, 2023
At the end of May, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Gregg Camfield will step down after five years in the role and nearly a decade in executive leadership at UC Merced. He intends to take a year’s sabbatical then return in the role he held when he arrived on campus in 2007...

UC Merced to Celebrate Class of 2023 with Three Commencement Ceremonies

May 5, 2023
Nearly 1,500 students plan to participate in UC Merced's Spring 2023 Commencement that will be celebrated with three distinct ceremonies on the campus's Recreation Field. The first ceremony kicks off Friday, May 12, at 6 p.m. for the Graduate Division. Forty-one master's candidates...

How the DNA We Leave Behind Can Help Conservation

May 3, 2023

Teams Compete in 48-Hour Water Hack Challenge

May 2, 2023
Teams of students from throughout California converged on UC Merced the weekend of April 21-23 to spend 48 hours tackling issues surrounding a precious resource: water. The Water Hack Challenge, hosted by the USDA-funded Secure Water Future led by Professor Joshua Viers, featured teams...

Campus Grad Slam Champion Wows with Talk About Recycling CO2

May 1, 2023
Aneelman Brar wants to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Chemistry and Chemical Biology Ph.D. student’s three-minute talk entitled “From Pollutant to Fuel and New Products: Recycling Carbon Dioxide” earned her bragging rights as UC Merced's Grad Slam champion and...

Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Speaks to UC Merced Students

May 1, 2023

UC Merced Track Sweeps Cal Pac Championship Team Titles

April 29, 2023
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – The University of California, Merced men's and women's outdoor track teams swept the team titles at the California Pacific Conference Championships on Friday at Soka University Track Complex. Individually, Jonathan Chavez took home Cal Pac Track Male Athlete...

Students Spruce Up Bike Path Near UC Merced

April 28, 2023
Keeping a community clean takes a lot of effort and sweat equity from the people who call it home. That's why Bobcats rolled up their sleeves and got to work to make the area right outside UC Merced look its best. Several students volunteered their time to pick up litter from the bike path...

Bobcat Day Attracts Record Crowd to UC Merced

April 28, 2023
The excitement was palpable at UC Merced as a record number of people descended on the campus for Bobcat Day. More than 5,700 students, family members and friends attended the annual open house event April 22 to learn about the university and its offerings. Informational tables stretched from...

Dolores Huerta to Give Lecture at UC Merced

April 27, 2023
The UC Merced Center for the Humanities is hosting activist and labor leader Dolores Huerta for its Distinguished Lecture in the Humanities. The free event is scheduled for Monday, May 1, at 5:30 p.m. in Classroom and Office Building 1, room 102. It will be followed by a reception on the...

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