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2020 UC Merced Athletic Department Awards Announced

April 28, 2020

KVPR: Valley Fever: A Terror in the Body, a 'Wimp' in the Soil

April 28, 2020

First-Generation Student Pursues Anti-Racism Research, Joins Cal-Poly Pomona this Fall

April 27, 2020
Kathryn “Katie” Daniels was a teen when she attended the celebration of the opening of UC Merced. As a child growing up in Merced, Daniels had heard her parents stress the importance of education. “My mom always talked about the University of California coming to Merced and how...

LA Times: Who Knows Best? Mayors Collide with Governors Over COVID

April 25, 2020

KQED: Smokers 'Do Much Worse' With Coronavirus

April 25, 2020

Valley Public Radio: Fake News in the Time of COVID-19

April 24, 2020

Q&A with Economist Greg Wright: COVID-19’s Impact on the Economy

April 23, 2020
Since the onset of many governors’ stay-at-home orders, there are fewer cars on the road as fewer people are driving to work. While some people can work from home, sadly, some are not working at all. The global pandemic has caused record unemployment in the United States and the future of...

Senior Becomes Fourth Bobcat to Win Prestigious Scholarship

April 23, 2020
Sam Schroeder, a fourth-year undergraduate student working with Professor Valerie Leppert in materials sciences, has been awarded a highly competitive Materials Engineering Scholarship — one of only two given annually. He is the fourth UC Merced student to achieve this honor. The...

Diverse Education: Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Faculty During Pandemic

April 22, 2020

How 'Bout Them Apples? Engineers Correlate Friction to Texture

April 20, 2020
Think about biting into a fresh apple. What do you perceive? Is it juicy? Sweet? Tart? Crisp? Now remember how unpleasant it is to bite into mealy apple flesh. Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, a horticulture science and technology enterprise in Canada, is trying to prevent that...

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