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What Do Elite Colleges Do With All That Endowment Money?

February 17, 2023

Men's Basketball Knocks Off UC Santa Cruz For 18th Win of the Year

February 16, 2023

Alumnus Shares His UC Merced Experiences to Guide Youth to College

February 16, 2023
While growing up in the Sacramento area, Donald Carter ('21) said he didn't see many people who looked like him pursuing higher education. As the oldest of four boys in a single-parent household, he spent most of his time setting examples instead of learning from them. But after...

Engineers Week Commemorated with In-person Events

February 16, 2023
Engineering gets its annual turn in the spotlight next week, and UC Merced is planning a number of events to celebrate. Engineers Week, often shortened to EWeek, was founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in 1951. This year, it takes place from Feb. 19-25 nationally. At...

Eaton's Research on Student Debt Highlighted in New York Review of Books Article

February 16, 2023
Sociology Professor Charlie Eaton's study of the relationships between financialization (the growing importance of financial markets, organizations and ideas) and growing inequalities in higher education across the U.S. was cited in a recent New York Review of Books article that highlights...

CIS Ph.D. Student Gains Confidence at NIH Internship

February 14, 2023
Cognitive and Information Sciences (CIS) Ph.D. student Ben Nguyen spent last summer working as a data analyst at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Nguyen was selected for the competitive fellowship through the nonprofit organization Coding it Forward, which brings early career...

Niederberger Named Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Week

February 13, 2023

Bobcats Win First Two Games of Inaugural Season

February 13, 2023

Men's Basketball Falls to #21 University of Antelope Valley

February 13, 2023

Alumna Credits UC Merced for Inspiring Her Interest in Cancer Research

February 13, 2023
After transferring from a Sacramento community college to UC Merced in 2007, Maxine Umeh-Garcia was unsure of her future career. She admits she hadn’t looked at the majors the newest UC offered before applying and imagined she’d teach high school math. She met with her academic...

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