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Chancellor Muñoz Honored for Leadership on Workers’ Rights and Humanitarian Issues

September 18, 2020
UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz was a first-generation college student who became a lifelong advocate for education and the social mobility it provides to students from underrepresented backgrounds. Next month, he will be honored for his leadership in support of workers’ rights and...

Public Conference Presents COVID-19 From Different Angles

September 16, 2020
Everyone will have opportunities to learn about collaborative research at the intersections of COVID-19 and topics related to the environment, health and equity through a series of online conference sessions this fall. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Colleen Naughton...

ACTIVATE Bringing Telehealth Services to Vulnerable Merced County Residents

September 16, 2020
Researchers at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute at the University of California have launched a new public-private pilot initiative to bring telehealth services to underserved rural residents in Merced County....

Six Bobcats Named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes

September 15, 2020

Four UC Merced Athletic Teams Receive Recognition for Academic Success

September 15, 2020

Past Wildfires Offer Future Roadmap for Forest Management’s Effects on Water

September 15, 2020
Forest restoration is often associated with mitigating wildfire risk and improving ecosystem health throughout the Sierra Nevada. But restoration also dramatically affects water use within forests and the amount of runoff that flows downstream. The Sierra Nevada provides more than 60 percent of...

Carter Honored by National Organization of Research Development Professionals

September 15, 2020
Susan Carter, the campus’s former Director of Research Development from 2008 to 2017, has been named to the charter class of the National Organization of Research Development Professionals (NORDP) Fellows, an organization she was instrumental in supporting in its nascent phase during her time...

UC Merced Moves Into Top 100 National Universities Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

September 14, 2020
UC Merced has broken into the top 100 of U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the top national universities, placing 97th overall and 40th among public institutions. The university, which just celebrated the 15th anniversary of its opening in 2005, is winning acclaim for its ability...

U.S. News Releases Its Best College Rankings For 2021

September 14, 2020

Pandemic Unemployment Will Soon Bring Tax Hikes

September 13, 2020

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