A new partnership between UC Merced's CalTeach program and the Bakersfield City School District gave middle-school children from migrant families a rare opportunity to live and learn on a college campus while exploring science in a hands-on, deeply engaging way.
The collaboration began when...
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UC Merced’s smart farm is getting a smart barn.
The university will receive $3 million from the state of California, part of $80 million in funding to support 11 projects across California...
On Aug. 12, 2005, less than one month before UC Merced opened its doors to undergraduate students, Tamela Adkins joined the campus’s Police Department as support services manager.
Intially,...
UC Merced remains one of the top universities in the nation according to Money’s 2025 “Best Colleges in America” report.
The university earned 4.5 stars out of 5 in Money’s...
The region has nearly 170 newly certified community health workers after the first cohort completed a specialized training program at UC Merced.
Graduates of the training, offered through the...
This summer, 2024 UC Merced graduate Tatiana Howell is set to begin working as a wealth management analyst with Goldman Sachs. She got the job through tenacity, a strong work ethic and participation...
UC Merced's Makerspace lab has been living up to its name recently.
The School of Engineering's lab, housed in the Sustainability Research and Engineering building, has been increasingly...
At UC Merced's biggest lab, students work from before sunrise to well after dusk. They are operating the university's Experimental Smart Farm, 40 acres of dirt and plants, research and...
A simulation for a proposed air transport system among University of California campuses earned an award for a team of UC Merced students.
Advised by mechanical engineering Professor Francesco...
A UC Merced team competing in a U.S. Department of Energy contest won its division with a proposal to use floating solar panels to power the campus's Experimental Smart Farm.
The Solar...
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