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UC Merced Injects Over $1 Billion in Economic Vitality into San Joaquin Valley, State

January 20, 2026

UC Merced campus overhead view
UC Merced, a beacon of academic achievement in the San Joaquin Valley, is also a powerful driver of economic growth and prosperity in the region it was created to serve.  UC Merced generates $1.12 billion in economic production per year in the Valley, according to an...

Campus' Ties with Community Continue to Increase

The bond between the San Joaquin Valley and the University of California, Merced, continues to strengthen. This past year, UC Merced's ongoing research endeavors produced new knowledge...

UC Merced to Connect Research, Practices to Improve Youth Well-Being

In an effort to help improve the health of young people in the Central Valley, the University of California, Merced, will host a conference next month to connect innovative researchers with community...

Researchers Turn Expertise Toward Regional Issues

For some UC Merced researchers, California’s San Joaquin Valley is the lab in which they can confront some of society’s problems. Like other universities, UC Merced has...

UC Merced Selected for National Workgroup on CommunityEngaged Scholarship

The University of California, Merced, was founded with the commitment to apply its globally focused research to help meet urgent regional needs related to education, poverty, medical care...

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