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A New Adventure for Two Founding Faculty Chemists: Retirement

August 18, 2025
Starting a university from scratch isn’t for the faint of heart — or the slow of foot. Lucky for UC Merced, Anne Myers Kelley and David Kelley are neither. Anne, a former Olympic marathon trials qualifier, and David, a competitive cyclist, were no strangers to long, grueling efforts...

Fellowship Lifts Mission of Farmworkers’ Daughter to Improve Immigrant Health

August 13, 2025
A daughter of San Joaquin Valley immigrant farmworkers has earned the opportunity to study alongside a nationally prominent health researcher and energize her mission to improve the well-being of agricultural laborers. Fabiola Perez-Lua, who in May received a Ph.D. in Public Health at UC Merced...

Buhach Valedictorian Pursues Environmental Engineering at UC Merced this Fall

August 12, 2025
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester. Drake Ledford was an exemplary high school student, earning a 4.29 GPA. The Merced Union High School District (MUHSD) recognized him as one of its top scholars. He was also honored as...

The Guardian: Canada wildfire season already second worst on record as experts warn of ‘new reality’

August 12, 2025

Boosting AI and Science: NSF Invests $600K in OpenDOTA Project at UC Merced

August 12, 2025
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $600,000 to support a groundbreaking project at UC Merced aimed at accelerating the future of artificial intelligence and scientific research. Professor Xiaoyi Lu from the electrical engineering and computer science group in the School of...

UC Merced Launches Bobcat Club to Support Scholar-Athletes in NCAA Division II Competition

August 8, 2025
To mark UC Merced’s entry into National Collegiate Athletics Association NCAA Division II competition, the university is launching the Bobcat Club – an initiative designed to support scholar-athletes and the campus’s elevated level of intercollegiate sports. The Bobcat Club...

Vaping Produces a Chemical that Destroys Human Tissue, Research Shows

August 7, 2025
In addition to being used recreationally, marijuana and cannabidiol, or CBD, one of the cannabinoids produced by the marijuana plant, are thought to have medical benefits such as helping with chemotherapy-induced nausea, treating epilepsy, relieving pain and helping with a variety of mental health...

New Adventures Close to Home for Incoming UC Merced Student

August 5, 2025
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester. Manjot Maan is a student-athlete from Modesto who will focus on academics when he starts at UC Merced this fall. The biological sciences major is looking forward to new experiences at a...

Amemiya Awarded for Research, Teaching, Outreach and Service

August 4, 2025
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Professor Chris Amemiya, former interim director of the Health Sciences Research Institute, has been honored by the Pan American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (PASEDB) with the Service Award. This prestigious award celebrates a...

Study: Mexican American Millennials Link Success to Providing for Parents

August 4, 2025
For many first-generation Mexican American college graduates, the definition of success includes paying their parents’ bills or even buying them a home. Lifting the social or financial status of their elders is a goal that often defines upward mobility for Latinx millennials, especially...

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