Research Excellence

October 8, 2026

Specialists Isaac Leyva and Ethan Vu are pictured standing outside the blue trailer with white lettering reading "Mobile Greenhouse."
Two new trailers will help bring hands-on experiences with UC Merced's cutting-edge agricultural technology research to students and community members anywhere. In one, participants will be able to get their hands dirty and work through the planting process. And in the other, they...
A group of students taking part in the InCuBaTE program is pictured standing in a room at UC Merced.
A five-year, $4.5 million T32 institutional training grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a new doctoral training program at UC Merced for students pursuing careers in...
Students gathered around a UC Merced sign,
In recognition of its growing national reputation, UC Merced has been named the 30th best public university in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The announcement was made today as part of...
Members of the Earth Institute posed next to a branded sign
UC Merced is deepening its investment in the fight against climate change, uniting scientific expertise across campus to help confront the effects of a changing planet. ...
Tractor operator classes are part of the training. Here, a student operates a tractor while instructors provide guidance.
 Key Findings: Interest in agricultural technology is here. Among 10,856 respondents from Central Valley agricultural communities, 16.5% expressed interest in agtech...
Graphic with five headshots of new faculty endowed chairs
Five faculty members in the UC Merced School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts have been appointed to endowed chairs, recognizing their scholarship and contributions to research that serve...
Postdoctoral researcher Dilawer Ali is seen sitting next to lab equipment at UC Merced.
Imagine driving down a road in an electric vehicle with no charging stations in sight. Do you want only an estimate of how many more miles your car can go before the battery dies? As...
UC Merced farmland
UC Merced researchers are launching a project that could change how Central Valley growers harness the sun’s energy, using a family of light-active molecules developed at the university to...
Closeup of stone marker for townsite of Gold Rush town Agua Fria
Digging for stories in a Gold Rush town that vanished in flames 170 years ago. Pinging brainwaves for reactions from sentences that slide between Spanish and English. Fortifying students’...
UC Merced graduate student ​Shariful Islam and Sean Dunfield of Tandem PV install a solar panel atop the SE2 building on campus.
UC Merced is no stranger to solar panels. The campus, built to be sustainable from the beginning, is home to thousands of them, and they provide a good chunk of the electricity that powers the...

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