UC Merced has established its identity as a world-class research university that welcomes learners who historically have been left out of higher education. Nearly three-quarters of its undergraduates are first-generation college students.
This distinction put the university in welcome company...
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This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester.
Michailla Springs led her high school basketball team in scoring and earned MVP honors. With a...
As wind-whipped walls of flame destroyed hundreds of Los Angeles-area residences last January, one media report framed the disastrous wildfires in beastly terms, saying they were “ripping...
Professor Andy LiWang knows what makes us tick, at least at a cellular level.
His research into the mechanisms of the oldest biological clock known to humankind has led him to understand how...
Shark Week starts Sunday and Professor Sora Kim will be featured again this year in a special airing at 9 p.m. Monday, titled “Jaws vs. Mega Croc,” and the filming allowed her to swim...
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester.
Trinity King is coming to UC Merced with dreams of shining both as a performer and in the health...
This summer, 2024 UC Merced graduate Tatiana Howell is set to begin working as a wealth management analyst with Goldman Sachs. She got the job through tenacity, a strong work ethic and participation...
San Luis Reservoir in Merced County - one of California's largest artificial lakes - not only irrigates Central Valley farmland and supplies drinking water across Silicon Valley and the South Bay...
UC Merced's Makerspace lab has been living up to its name recently.
The School of Engineering's lab, housed in the Sustainability Research and Engineering building, has been increasingly...
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester.
Leslie Perez-Cruz will start at UC Merced with several accomplishments already under her...
