Key points:
• Researchers found that heat waves are a critical enabler and driver of wildfire-burned areas across the western U.S.
• The findings suggest that heat waves contribute not only to increased flammability, but to longer burn periods and increased lightning...
Patty Guerra

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester.
Manjot Maan is a student-athlete from Modesto who will focus on academics when he...

The National Society of Black Engineers, established at UC Merced in 2007, is one of the campus’s oldest and most active student organizations. It provides support, guidance and advocacy for...

The region has nearly 170 newly certified community health workers after the first cohort completed a specialized training program at UC Merced.
Graduates of the training, offered through the...

A team of UC Merced researchers has shown that tiny artificial cells can accurately keep time, mimicking the daily rhythms found in living organisms. Their findings shed light on how biological...

This summer, 2024 UC Merced graduate Tatiana Howell is set to begin working as a wealth management analyst with Goldman Sachs. She got the job through tenacity, a strong work ethic and participation...

UC Merced's Makerspace lab has been living up to its name recently.
The School of Engineering's lab, housed in the Sustainability Research and Engineering building, has been increasingly...

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester.
Leslie Perez-Cruz will start at UC Merced with several accomplishments already under her...

At first glance, a mathematical model that describes how quickly materials transform from one phase to another might seem to have few other practical applications.
But what if this kind of model...

A simulation for a proposed air transport system among University of California campuses earned an award for a team of UC Merced students.
Advised by mechanical engineering Professor Francesco...



