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Bringing Ideas to Market the Topic of Event at UC Merced

April 14, 2025
Developing a great idea is an accomplishment in itself. But taking it to the next step — into potential commercialization and market opportunities — has the potential to both affect change in the world and produce a livelihood. On April 18, the UC Merced Office of Office...

Film Documents the Struggle of Growing Old Behind Bars

April 14, 2025
A UC Merced professor entered the bleak world of a fading, 64-year-old man in a Virginia state prison to illustrate the challenges of being elderly and incarcerated. “Where’s My Coffee Cup?” is a half-hour documentary by media and performance studies Professor Yehuda Sharim....

UC Merced Celebrates Student Philanthropy Month With Leadership, Service and Giving

April 11, 2025
In March, UC Merced wrapped up another successful Student Philanthropy Month, an annual tradition led by the Student Alumni Association that inspires students to engage in the spirit of giving and service. The monthlong celebration offers students a deeper understanding of philanthropy and its...

Experts to Provide Outlook of Upcoming Fire Season

April 10, 2025
What will California's fire season look like in 2025? A panel of UC Merced experts, joined by the founder of a public safety information nonprofit organization, will conduct an in-depth discussion of the risks, repercussions and forecasts, and what communities can do to be prepared. The...

Social Sciences Graduate Programs Shine in U.S. News Rankings

April 10, 2025
UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts made a splash in the latest rankings of university graduate programs compiled by U.S. News and World Report. The university’s Political Science program ranked 52nd in the nation, tied with UC Riverside, Purdue University-...

Texas AG Ken Paxton launches investigation into Kellogg's over artificial food colorings

April 9, 2025

Three Engineering Programs Ranked in Top 100 by U.S. News

April 8, 2025
UC Merced’s School of Engineering and its programs continue to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as demonstrated in the release today of its 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The R1 school advanced three spots in the latest Best Overall Engineering Schools rankings, inching...

Address Stigma, Build Strength: UC Merced Co-leads Project to Lower LGBTQ2S+ Use of Nicotine

April 7, 2025
LGBTQ2S+ individuals use tobacco and nicotine products at significantly higher rates than straight and cisgender people, research shows. Reasons can include stress and other health problems brought on by systemic and social prejudice, along with barriers to support for breaking the habit. UC...

Californians see undocumented immigrants as essential to economy, poll finds

April 7, 2025

Machine Learning Research Earns CAREER award

April 3, 2025
Electrical engineering and computer science Professor Pengfei Su has received a CAREER award for his research on cross-layer performance tuning to enhance deep learning model efficiency. He is the 41st researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (...

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