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Three Years of Learning and Play at Kids Discovery Station Merced

August 5, 2024
Less than three years ago, the idea of bringing a children’s museum to Merced began to blossom. Since Mayya Tokman and Angelo Kyrilov, both UC Merced professors, opened the doors of Kids Discovery Station, they have seen more than 65,000 visitors. After successful pilot exhibits in 2018 at...

A soil fungus that can kill is on the rise in California: What to know about Valley fever

August 2, 2024

Black And Hispanic Faculty Disadvantaged In Promotion And Tenure Process, Study Finds

August 2, 2024

Training Ph.D. Candidates for Peer Support Roles

August 1, 2024
As a young institution in the University of California system, UC Merced has placed a strong emphasis on serving students who are the first in their families to pursue graduate education. With its strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, UC Merced’s Graduate Division has...

Climate Change is Transforming California Agriculture — But There are Ways to Adapt

July 31, 2024
California's agriculture faces challenges from a highly variable climate with temperatures that will increase over the next several decades. Droughts are worsening and the Sierra snowpack, integral to the water supply, is volatile. However, there are a number of ways to mitigate those...

New Bobcat from Atwater Aims High in Business, Basketball

July 30, 2024
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. Lucas Khoi Nguyen was a standout student athlete at Atwater High School before signing a national letter of intent to play basketball at UC Merced. Nguyen, who goes by Khoi, looks to continue his...

Goats Visit UC Merced to Reduce Fire Fuels, Abate Weeds — and Look Super Cute

July 29, 2024
Cattle are a fairly regular sight around the UC Merced campus. They graze along the 6,500-acre Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve and the 40-acre Experimental Smart Farm, and an annual student-run spring event is even named "Cowtopia." But cattle, as effective as they are, can...

‘Unprecedented’ lawsuit could roll back farmworker union wins from 2023 California law

July 29, 2024

New Paper Shows Best Practices for Inclusive Innovation in Agtech

July 24, 2024
Farmhand Ventures announces the publication of its research paper, "Inclusive Innovation in Agriculture: Redesigning Agtech Ecosystems for All," funded by UC Merced's Valley Institute for Sustainability, Technology and Agriculture (VISTA). The team of authors, led by Connie...

Solar Canal Project Earns Environmental Award as Construction Begins

July 24, 2024
Construction has begun on a pilot project to install solar panels above two sections of Central Valley canals. This innovative initiative, which studies significant power and water issues, has already garnered recognition. Project Nexus, a partnership between the Turlock Irrigation District (TID...

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