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Three UC Merced Students Receive Fellowships Supporting Future Faculty

July 28, 2026

collage of three graduate students: Brianna Aguilar-Solis, Vanessa Sanchez and Nora Shamoon
UC Merced doctoral students Brianna Aguilar-Solis, Vanessa Sanchez and Nora Shamoon have been awarded the 2026-2027 UC President's Pre-Professoriate Fellowship, a University of California Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative award that supports promising scholars from...
Bobcat Bound graphic and a photo of incoming student Peyton Smith.

Fresno Student Eager to Dive into Life at UC Merced

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2026 semester. Peyton Smith brings a love of water sports, an interest in medicine and a goal to work as a...
David Miguel

Summer Program Helps First-Gen Student Take Flight Into Drone Research

When first-generation mechanical engineering student David Miguel arrived at UC Merced, he had no research experience, but a passion for engineering and a desire to learn. A former foster care...
New UC Merced student and the Bobcat Bound graphic

From Atwater to UC Merced with a Big Head Start

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...
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...

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