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Hundreds of UC Merced Graduates to Cross the Stage at Fall Commencement

December 17, 2025
Hundreds of UC Merced students will be celebrated this weekend at the university’s fall commencement ceremonies in downtown Merced. Nearly 400 undergraduate students and 40 Graduate Division students are set to cross the stage in the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre during three...

Hundreds of UC Merced Graduates to Cross the Stage at Fall Commencement

December 17, 2025
Hundreds of UC Merced students will be celebrated this weekend at the university’s fall commencement ceremonies in downtown Merced. Nearly 400 undergraduate students and 40 Graduate Division students are set to cross the stage in the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre during three...

Climate Speaker Series at UC Merced Kicks Off with Warnings … and Hope

December 16, 2025
The global climate crisis was entirely predictable and impacts nearly every facet of life. But we still can slow its progress and mitigate the effects we already see. That was the message delivered earlier this month by climate scientist Michael Mann, who spoke at the first in a series of...

Electrical Engineering Professor Named IEEE Life Fellow

December 15, 2025
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has bestowed the honor of "IEEE Life Fellow" to Mukesh Singhal, professor of electrical engineering at UC Merced. According to its website, IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization, with more than 465,000...

COSMOS Expands to UC Merced, Opening Doors for California’s Brightest Young Scientists

December 11, 2025
Starting next summer, UC Merced will join an elite group of University of California campuses hosting COSMOS — the California State Summer School for Math and Science — giving some of the state’s most talented high school students a new destination for exploring advanced STEM...

Doctoral Student Secures New Fellowships to Support Computational Modeling Research

December 11, 2025
Physics Ph.D. candidate Arabi Seshappan added two prestigious fellowships to her curriculum vitae: the Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics & Biology-Health and the UC President's Pre-Professoriate Fellowship. During her graduate studies journey, the...

Challenges, Opportunities Presented at Small Farm Tech Expo

December 10, 2025
The Small Farm Tech Expo brought researchers, farmers, university students and even a group from a Modesto elementary school to UC Merced to talk about agriculture technology and how it can best help those who grow the world's food. Sponsored by the Community Alliance with Family Farmers,...

Report Reviews How California's Water Projects Balance Needs of People and Endangered Species

December 9, 2025
A National Academies committee that includes a UC Merced researcher recently released its findings from a review of the science behind the operations of two massive California water projects. Civil and environmental engineering Professor Josué Medellín-Azuara is a member of an ad hoc committee...

UC Merced Receives Transformational $38 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott

December 8, 2025
The University of California, Merced today announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history, an extraordinary new commitment from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This transformational investment, Ms. Scott’s second major gift to UC Merced, underscores growing national recognition of UC...

Engineering Professor Earns Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award

December 5, 2025
The American Society of Civil Engineers has awarded civil and environmental engineering Professor Siddaiah Yarra the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for Region 9. The ASCE San Francisco Section Individual Awards aim to recognizepeople outstanding achievements or leadership in civil...

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