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More Than 1,300 Bobcats Will Cross the Stage During UC Merced Commencement Weekend

May 7, 2024

A student is congratulated by Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz on the commencement stage.

More than 1,300 students plan to participate in UC Merced's Spring 2024 Commencement, celebrated with three distinct ceremonies on the campus's Recreation Field. The first ceremony honors Graduate Division students and will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10. There will be 27...

Campus' Annual Celebration of Research Continues to Grow

From the campus’ own undergraduate and graduate students to distinguished faculty members from here and abroad, Research Week at the University of California, Merced, will offer a wide range of...

First Season of Varsity Sports Generates Enthusiasm for the Future

The field is set for more success next year after UC Merced student-athletes earned top honors and played to impressive crowds during the debut season of varsity sports. Last fall, more than 50...

Major Construction Under Way at UC Merced

UC Merced is entering a significant new phase of construction, the likes of which the campus has not seen since before it opened in 2005. The construction projects will add nearly 270,000 gross...

UC Merced’s Economic Contribution to Valley Nears $650 Million

The University of California, Merced, has contributed approximately $650 million to the San Joaquin Valley economy since the campus began initial operations in July 2000, the university reported ...

Impact: Engineers Building Sustainable Solutions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thl53DGexFk UC Merced graduate student Brandi McKuin recently returned from a trip to India, where she spent time studying the energy needs of rural villages that have...

Boxer the First Senator to Visit UC Merced

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onhhjB1ixYA UC Merced received its first visit by a U.S. senator Wednesday, as Sen. Barbara Boxer met with Chancellor Dorothy Leland, learned about the work of the...

Student Demand for UC Merced Reaches New Heights

More than 1,800 new students plan to enroll, a 6 percent increase from last year Quick Facts UC Merced received Statements of Intent to Register from more than 1,800 freshmen, a 6 percent increase...

Global Sustainable Engineering Network to Move to UC Merced

The University of California, Merced, will become the new headquarters of Engineers for a Sustainable World effective July 1, the university announced today. Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)...

Campus Names New Dean of Natural Sciences

Juan C. Meza, named one of Hispanic Business magazine’s ‘Top 100 Influentials of 2009,’ is head of high-performance computing research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory MERCED — The...