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Westlake Earns Unanimous All-Cal Pac First Team Selection

February 25, 2022

Campus Names New Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer

February 25, 2022
Delia S. Saenz, Ph.D., will join UC Merced as vice chancellor and chief diversity officer, after a nationwide search. She will begin this spring.   Chancellor Juan Sanchez Muñoz announced the appointment this week.   “Saenz has created an impressive record of success in...

UC Merced Reports Consecutive Rise in Applicant Numbers for Fall  

February 24, 2022
The University of California announced today (Feb. 24) that its campuses received a record-breaking number of applications for fall 2022.  For the second year, UC Merced saw an increase of applicants, with 26,043 first-year students looking to become part of the Bobcat community, up from last...

Last Year’s Drought Cost Ag Industry More Than $1 Billion, Thousands of Jobs, New Analysis Shows

February 24, 2022
The 2021 drought directly cost the California agriculture sector about $1.1 billion and nearly 8,750 full- and part-time jobs, according to estimates in a new analysis led by UC Merced researchers. Once the effects on other economic sectors are considered, total impacts are estimated at $1.7...

Bobcats Fall in Overtime in Regular Season Finale

February 22, 2022

Chemist Becomes Campus’ Second Cottrell Scholar

February 22, 2022
Theoretical chemist Professor Aurora Pribram-Jones has been named a Cottrell Scholar, winning one of only 24 of the prestigious $100,000 grants for her proposal entitled “Reframing Interaction in Quantum Mechanical Ensembles and Across Chemistry Learning Communities.” This early-...

Celebrate National Engineers Week with the Nine UC Engineering Schools and Programs

February 22, 2022
Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in 1951, National Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers. This year, Engineers Week runs...

Professor's Film Earns High Praise

February 22, 2022
Professor Yehuda Sharim’s latest documentary, “ Letters2Maybe,” has opened to glowing reviews at the New Jersey Film Festival. The film is based on events and dreams that took place in Houston and Merced from 2015 to 2020 and offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse...

Bobcats Win on Senior Night, Finish Cal Pac Play 10-0

February 21, 2022

Bobcats Win Back and Forth Fight at Westcliff University

February 19, 2022

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