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The Labyrinth Provides Space to Reflect, Meditate and Find Peace on Campus

August 22, 2023
Just in time for the start of the academic year, UC Merced's newest landmark has opened —The Labyrinth. Located in Kelley Grove overlooking Little Lake, UC Merced Art Director Collin Lewis calls The Labryinth "a testament to our university's commitment to fostering creativity...

NIH Grant Funds Research into Reducing Inflammation

August 18, 2023
Bioengineering Professor Eva de Alba has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study a potential process to reduce inflammation. The $405,375 grant will fund de Alba's project through 2025. David Gravano, Technical Director of UC Merced Stem Cell...

Bobcats Returning to New Features and Opportunities at UC Merced

August 17, 2023
UC Merced is preparing to welcome back thousands of students to campus for the start of the university's 19th academic year. From Aug. 17-20, family and friends will join incoming Bobcats as they arrive on campus throughout move-in weekend. As they settle into the residence halls, student...

UC Merced Researchers Describe Solar Over Canals Pilot Project

August 16, 2023
In an opinion piece published in today's Los Angeles Times, UC Merced researchers Brandi McKuin and Professor Roger Bales describe the work that led to the upcoming Project Nexus, a pilot project that will erect solar panels over canals in the Turlock Irrigation District. Here is an...

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Opinion: This idea could save California billions of gallons of water while generating clean energy

August 16, 2023

Researcher Studies Effects of Dust on Climate Change

August 15, 2023
Being able to accurately predict how the climate will change in the future is one of the most important quests of our lifetimes. A key to better prediction is the fundamental understanding of how particles in the atmosphere are connected to climate and climate change. One way to do that is to...

NBC NEWS: Drought and wind: How Maui's wildfires turned into a historic tragedy

August 10, 2023

Research into Electric Vehicles Earns Awards

August 10, 2023
Two of mechanical engineering Professor Ricardo de Castro 's Ph.D. students recently earned awards for their research on electric vehicles. Dilawer Ali, whose work centers on the electrification of tractors, won the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)...

Math Academies Provide Skills - and Fun - in a College Environment

August 9, 2023
Here's a challenge: Four weeks, five days a week and seven hours a day, you have to teach math to middle school students. During the summer. And you have to keep it interesting. The Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) has been doing just that for the past 18 years at several...

UC Merced Among Institutions Awarded $20 Million NSF Investment for Mechanical Chemistry

August 8, 2023
Understanding the atomic-scale mysteries of "crushing" chemistry is the goal of an expanding research center with a newly awarded $20 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Managed by Texas A&M University, NSF's Center for the Mechanical Control of...

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