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Billions of Gallons of Water Saved by Thinning Sierra Forests

April 23, 2018
There are too many trees in Sierra Nevada forests, say experts from UC Merced, UC Irvine and the National Park Service working at the National Science Foundation Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory (NSF SSCZO). This comes as a surprise to those of us who see dense, verdant forests as a...

The Mercury News: Giants' Baker's Grand Slam at Ma Kelley

April 22, 2018

QSB’s Portia Mira Wins GradSlam!, Advances to Finals

April 19, 2018
After a fierce round of competition during last week’s UC Merced GradSlam! finals, the third time was the charm for quantitative and systems biology (QSB) student Portia Mira, who emerged as the campus’s new champion. For her success, Mira earned a $5,000 grand prize and the honor of...

Smith Tabbed AVCA All-American

April 18, 2018

News and Notes: Campus to Launch Chief Diversity Officer Search in Fall

April 18, 2018
UC Merced plans to hire the campus’s first chief diversity officer (CDO), and Chancellor Dorothy Leland wants all campus community members to have a say in the process. A national search for job candidates is expected to launch in the fall. Before the search begins, students and faculty...

Undergraduate Student Advocates for Youth at Empowerment Event

April 18, 2018
Kimberly Ramirez Gonzalez has been advocating for youth for four years and she is committed to dedicating the rest of her life to doing so. The third-year UC Merced student takes the stage April 19 alongside world-renowned entertainers and social activists such as Morgan Freeman, Jennifer...

Capital Public Radio: Yosemite Shakes for Earth Day

April 17, 2018

Researchers Examine Barriers to Organ Donation and Possible Remedies

April 16, 2018
Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the national organ transplant waiting list, and about once every hour, someone on the list is removed — either because they died while waiting or grew too ill for surgery. The number of Americans on the waiting list totals more than 114,000 as of this...

Science News: Mans Best Friend Dates Back 10,000 Years

April 16, 2018

ABC 30 KFSN: UC Growth Booms Local Growth

April 16, 2018

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