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April 24, 2026

Pictured are Professor Eva de Alba and members of her lab standing outside the Biomedical Sciences & Physics building at UC Merced.
Inflammation can be a good thing. When the human body is exposed to injury or infection, inflammation - which can result in redness, heat, swelling and pain as white blood cells fight threats - is the first line of defense. Inflammation helps fight bacteria, viruses and other pathogens and...
 Professor Adeyemi Adebiyi
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...
Shuang Feng and Dilawer Ali recently won awards for their work.
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...
Students solve a problem during the Center for Educational Partnerships' math academy.
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...
Ashlie Martini is the associate director for the Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry.
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...
Charles Ogletree died Aug. 4, 2023.
The late Charles Ogletree, Jr., (December 31, 1952 - August 4, 2023) a civil rights icon and proud native of Merced, was also a great friend and champion of The University of California, Merced, and...
Research conducted over the summer was on display at the 2023 UROC Summer Symposium. The research showcase marks the end of the Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI), a nine-week...
UC Merced students will present research conducted over the summer at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The research presentations...
After taking part in the UC Merced Center for Analytic Political Engagement 's inaugural legislative boot camp, students say they are better prepared to take on the first internships of their...
UC Merced electrical engineering and computer science Professor Ming Hsuan-Yang
UC Merced electrical engineering and computer science Professor Ming Hsuan-Yang recently won an award for a paper he co-authored 10 years ago. Yang was awarded the Longuet-Higgins Prize at the...

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