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Shark Week Highlights Researcher’s Megalodon Expertise

July 17, 2023
UC Merced 's resident expert on the nightmarishly massive megalodon will play a role in Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, a celebration of the toothy creatures at the top of the oceanic food chain. Professor Sora Kim will be featured in a show called “Jaws vs. The Meg,” in...

UC Merced First Among Young Universities in New Ranking

July 14, 2023
On the heels of Money magazine's impressive rating, UC Merced has risen to the top of another list. The university has claimed the No.1 spot in the nation on Times Higher Education's (THE) "Young University Rankings 2023." To qualify as a "Young University," a...

Science Publishes Mechanochemistry Research by UC Merced Professor

July 14, 2023
Most organic reactions involve use of a solvent and heat, resulting in chemical manufacturing waste that can be toxic. Mechanochemistry, applying mechanical force to influence chemical reactions, doesn't result in that kind of waste. But this process is not widely used because there is a gap in...

Soccer Standout Heads to UC Merced this Fall

July 12, 2023
Since age 5, Preston Nguyen has been kicking around a soccer ball. “I have been consumed by the sport ever since,” the Turlock native said. “I can play any role in the midfield, but I usually play as a defensive midfielder.” The incoming management and business...

Environmental Research, Working Toward Saving the Planet Among New Bobcat’s Plans

July 12, 2023
Incoming Bobcat Benji Thier already knows what he wants to do with his college degree: Save the planet. “I am planning to study Environmental Systems Science because I did some environmental work in high school and I think it is a very important and relevant field,” he said. “I...

Findlater Named Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

July 12, 2023
Professor Michael Findlater has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), a U.K.-based learning society that began in 1841 with the formation of the Chemical Society of London. In 1980, the four major British chemistry societies — the RSC, the Society for Analytical...

UC Merced, Yosemite Community College District Launch Transfer Program

July 11, 2023
UC Merced and the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD) have partnered to further extend access for transfer students in the Central Valley. By signing the Merced Promise Pathway Program memorandum of understanding, the two institutions give students attending YCCD - which includes Modesto...

New Bobcat Brings Wealth of Experience to College Career

July 10, 2023
Incoming first-year student Hayden Elliott will hit the UC Merced campus this fall with quite a bit of college already under his belt. A 2023 graduate of Turlock High School, Elliott has earned associate's degrees from attending both Modesto Junior College and Merced College in their dual...

Sociology Student Receives Campus’s First NSF-funded Dissertation Award

July 10, 2023
UC Merced doctoral student Luis Rubén González Marquez was awarded the American Sociological Association Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (ASA DDRIG), funded by the National Science Foundation, for his research on renewable energy conflicts in Central America. The grant...

UC Merced Shines in Money Magazine's 'Best Colleges 2023' Report

July 7, 2023
UC Merced ranks among the top universities in the nation, according to a new report by Money magazine that scored over 700 four-year colleges. To compile its annual "Best Colleges in America" list, Money examined several criteria, including quality of education, affordability and...

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