Undergraduate Experience at UC Merced

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From Atwater to UC Merced with a Big Head Start

July 20, 2026

New UC Merced student and the Bobcat Bound graphic
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2026 semester. Tayven Tipler won’t travel far from his hometown when he starts at UC Merced and he is already well along on his higher education journey. Tipler completed several courses at Merced...
Wonderful Ezieme

Victorville Student Pursues Neuroscience at UC Merced

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2026 semester. After moving from Nigeria to the United States two years ago, Wonderful Ezieme built a...
Students and Professor Ross Greer are pictured in his lab, holding a small car with a processor affixed to the top of it.

What Do Driverless Cars and Building Evacuation Routes Have in Common? A Lab at UC Merced

Step into Ross Greer’s lab — gingerly, because there’s a makeshift racetrack on the floor — and you will see multiple projects aimed at making autonomous vehicles smarter...
Depicted is student Anthony Savala Alvarez, in a red cap and gown at his high school graduation, with a blue and gold graphic reading "Bobcat Bound"

Student from Modesto Ready to Make an Impact at UC Merced

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2026 semester. Anthony Savala Alvarez comes to UC Merced this fall with several accomplishments under...
UC Merced alumna Temnee Wright

A Pioneer Bobcat Blazes a Path Through Law and Technology

Editor's note: This story is republished from the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of UC Merced Magazine. Temnee Wright, ’08 has realized a successful career as legal counsel at several...
Headshot Kunle Adewole

Adewole Earns Lindau Young Scientists Spot, Named Merck Next Gen Leader

UC Merced doctoral candidate Adekunle “Kunle” Adewole has been selected as a 2026 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellow.  Adewole was also chosen as one of 18 participants in the...
Leadership from Las Positas and UC Merced Board of Trustees pose with big check

UC Merced Foundation Trustees Establish Endowed Scholarship to Support Las Positas Transfer Students

Four members of the UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees have created a $100,000 endowed scholarship designed to remove financial barriers for Las Positas College students on...
Student walking across a bridge on campus

Grant Supports UC Merced's Work to Strengthen College and Career Pathways in the San Joaquin Valley

A $3 million grant from the Gates Foundation is advancing UC Merced’s efforts to expand educational pathways and improve college and career outcomes for...
Isabelle Haddad

UC Merced Graduate Student Secures Fellowship in Climate Equity Work

When Isabelle Haddad, a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Systems, looks ahead to the next chapter, her future is already coming into focus. The New York native participated in commencement in May...
Headshot Jarrod L Brown Jr.

Sociology Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious Dissertation Fellowship

Jarrod L. Brown Jr. is the first UC Merced graduate student to be awarded the National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation fellowship, supporting his doctoral research in structural inequality...

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