In Brief

Turner Construction Foundation Gifts Future Engineers

March 10, 2026

Depicted are students holding an oversized check against a blue UC Merced background.

A company UC Merced has invested in to help build out its campus in turn is investing in the university's students. The foundation run by Turner Construction this week gave a $5,000 donation to the university's American Society of Civil Engineers student chapter. Clint Williams, business...

UC Merced Financial Management Certificate Program Participants 2018

Celebrating the FMCP Class of 2018

The Financial Management Certificate Program (FMCP) celebrated the success of its sixth cohort with a certificate ceremony on Dec. 11. This popular UC Merced professional development program has...

Innovative Partnership Aims to Restore Sierra Nevada Forest Health

The French Meadows Forest Restoration Project, an innovative collaboration approved this week, aligns the expertise of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced, the U.S. Forest Service, the...

Computer Science Professor Named Fellow of Prestigious Institute

In recognition of his contributions to object tracking and face recognition research, Professor Ming-Hsuan Yang has been elevated to the status of Fellow in the Institute of Electrical and...

The second annual Beginnings Lighting and holiday food drive is Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 4:30-6 p.m.

University Celebrates Holiday Season with Beginnings Lighting, Food Drive

The Beginnings sculpture serves as the focal point of UC Merced’s campus, and starting this week, it will also be a beacon of light for the holiday season. Chancellor Dorothy Leland and...

UC Merced Welcomes Renowned Sustainability and Health Advocate to Campus

UC Merced’s commitment to sustainability has been at the forefront of university decisions since the campus’s inception. This week, the university will welcome one of the nation’s...

Anthropology Book Examines Early California and its Native Communities

A new book co-edited by Professor Kathleen Hull highlights nine studies exploring how Native people retained or reimagined their communities in California between 1769 and 1834. “Forging...

Tal Danino presents at the UC Merced Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines open house

Open House Provides Inside Look into Campus’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines

Cutting-edge biomedical engineering research and science communication through artistic collaboration were among the highlights at UC Merced’s Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines (...

UC Merced Enters Partnership to Help Students Apply for College

From the time UC Merced opened its doors, helping underrepresented students in the San Joaquin Valley has been a goal. By joining with the College Advising Corps, the university now has a partner...

$10M Grant Will Help Increase Hispanics in Computing

UC Merced is part of a consortium of more than 40 institutions and organizations from the public and private sectors at the forefront of a national effort to increase the number of Hispanic students...