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Okoli to UC Merced Students: ‘This is Your Place. This is Your Home’

February 2, 2023
University students deserve to feel welcome and safe in their home away from home. It’s a responsibility Daniel Okoli assumes without hesitation. He has designed countless physical spaces for scholars and teachers. As a foreign-born man of color, he has faced bigotry and injustice. As a child...

Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium to Provide Perspective on Society

February 2, 2023
Members of the campus community and general public are invited to take a closer look at how society functions by attending the Interdisciplinary Arts Symposium at UC Merced. The two-day event is taking place Friday, Feb. 3, and Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Conference Center. Both days will...

Zatz Named 2022 AAAS Fellow

February 2, 2023
Special Assistant to the Chancellor and sociology Professor Marjorie Zatz has been elected to the 2022 class of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), adding to the list of previous UC Merced recipients. She is the first social scientist from UC Merced to be elected an...

Dami Sule, A Difference Maker

February 1, 2023
“Be Great Always” It’s a slogan that Damilola Sule and her family would like to trademark. The second-oldest of five Sule children, Damilola, or Dami, is a standout sophomore forward on the University of California, Merced women’s basketball team. Through three...

Award Supports Study of Fish Embryos to Understand Process that Affects Birth Defects

February 1, 2023
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has given Professor Stephanie Woo the CAREER award to help her delve into congenital birth defects by looking at the embryonic cells of zebrafish. Woo is the 32nd researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award. CAREER awards are among the NSF’s...

UC Merced Sweeps Hope International University in Home Opener

January 31, 2023

National Society of Black Engineers Fosters Student and Alumni Success

January 31, 2023
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields are particularly rigorous and demanding courses of study, and the difficulty for individuals pursuing degrees in these areas can be compounded when a student is part of an underrepresented or minority group. For many UC Merced students...

UC Merced Students Help Clean Up Flooded Storage Facility

January 31, 2023
Several UC Merced students pitched in Saturday, Jan. 28 to help people whose belongings were damaged when rains earlier this month flooded a storage facility. Students from sports teams and on-campus organizations sorted belongings, hauled trash and cleaned up the Merced Mini Storage...

Obiorah Named Cal Pac Player of the Week

January 30, 2023

What Will it Take to End the Drought in California?

January 30, 2023
In the wake of record-breaking rain and snow this winter, experts have cautioned that despite the deluge, California remains in a drought. The United States Drought Monitor shows much of California still experiencing "moderate drought," and in some places "severe drought."...

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