UC Merced continues to rank among the nation’s top universities, earning a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 in Money’s 2026 “Best Colleges in America” report.
The annual evaluation scores more than 700 institutions nationwide using a range of factors,...
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UC Merced master’s student Selina Brinkmann has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University — a first for the campus.
“A Rhodes Scholarship being awarded to...
Physics Professor Daniel Beller has received a CAREER award for his research into how complex organization arises from simple physical interactions for biological cells or polymers assembled in...
International Women’s Day is more than a day to celebrate the fantastic females around us. It is a day to reflect on the contributions women have made both socially and politically around the...
Professor Marc Beutel and his graduate student Mark Seelos have been recognized for papers and a presentation on toxic mercury mitigation by the North American Lake Management Society.
Beutel, an...
COVID-19 has left the food insecure population especially vulnerable. The pandemic has upset food supply chains and in turn, access to healthy and nutritious food has become even more difficult. A...
Name: Magali Torres Cervantes
Year: Third year
Major: Management and Business Economics
Hometown: Merced
What is a memorable project that you worked on during your time at UC...
Name: Amelia Wood
Year: Third year
Major: Biological Sciences (Human Biology emphasis); Natural Sciences Education minor
Hometown: Stockton
What is a memorable project that you...
Shakespeare can feel stuffy and difficult to understand. Native English speakers often struggle with decoding the Bard’s works, so imagine how difficult it would be to appreciate Shakespeare if...
A brand-new faculty member is shaking up the way researchers understand cellular systems.
Computational biology Professor Bercem Dutagaci, who started at UC Merced in January, developed...
