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Two UC Merced Researchers Among This Year’s AAAS Fellows

March 26, 2026

The sign reads University of California, Merced
Professors Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and Ming-Hsuan Yang have been named 2025 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals. They are among the nearly 500 scientists, engineers...

Community and Labor Center Benefits from New Annual State Budget Allocation

The UC Merced Community and Labor Center will increase its capacity to conduct research and public service on issue areas affecting low-wage workers and residents, as it shares in California...
Christian Boyd, an incoming student at UC Merced, and the Beginnings Sculpture are seen in an image.

Driven Student from Los Angeles Excited for Possibilities at UC Merced

UC Merced is highlighting incoming first-year students for fall 2022 - a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. Christian Boyd is ready for the next chapter of his life. The...

Community College Leadership Retreat Builds Pipeline for Students of Color to Attend UC Merced

To continue to execute and build a strong foundation for students of color to attend a four-year college, UC Merced held its first Black California Community Colleges CEO’s Retreat. The three-...
A portion of Campus Parkway in Merced is seen on July 8, 2022.

Third Segment of Campus Parkway Opens to Traffic

UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz joined dignitaries from the city of Merced, Merced County and the state of California for the Campus Parkway Segment 3 ribbon cutting ceremony. The project,...
incoming first-year student Joselle Talabong

High Achiever from Delano Headed to UC Merced

UC Merced is highlighting incoming first-year students for fall 2022 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. It’s no surprise Joselle Talabong was named Student...
Beginnings Sculpture

UC Merced Earns Highest Rating for its Sustainability Efforts

For the first time, UC Merced has been awarded a Platinum rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements under the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (...
UC Merced Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer Delia Saenz

Delia Saenz Takes Reins of UC Merced's Equity, Justice and Inclusion Mission

Horses, cattle and other livestock dotted broad, flat ranchland as the rental car followed Highway 140 toward Catheys Valley. It was February 2022. Delia Saenz was seeing the San Joaquin Valley for...
UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Hannah Palmer, Ph.D.

Palmer Headed for Capitol Hill as Campus’s First Congressional Science Fellow

UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Hannah Palmer, Ph.D., was named as the 2022-23 Congressional Science Fellow by the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS...

Modest’s Work in Radiative Heat Transfer Earns Prestigious Award

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Michael Modest has earned the 2021 Max Jakob Memorial Award, given by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Chemical...

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