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UC Merced Receives Second Consecutive HEED Award For DEI Efforts

October 17, 2024
UC Merced has received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, making it the second straight year the university has earned the distinction. The award, given by Insight Into Diversity magazine, recognizes institutions of higher education for their outstanding commitment to...

Eva Mendes has a message about food dyes in cereal. People are mad, but is she right?

October 16, 2024

UC Merced Grad Honored by Society of Women Engineers

October 16, 2024
Annaliza Perez Torres has already accomplished plenty. A 2019 graduate of UC Merced, Perez was named the School of Engineering's Outstanding Student in Materials Science and Engineering and earned Research Excellence recognition from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center. Now...

Valley Air Quality, Public Health the Focus of UC Merced Conference

October 15, 2024
Scientists, policymakers and concerned community members will gather at UC Merced this week to compare notes and chart new directions to improve air quality and public health in the San Joaquin Valley. The Conference on Air Quality and Health on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 17-18, at the UC...

Star Soccer Player Finds Success On and Off the Pitch

October 15, 2024
Four years ago, lifelong soccer player Yesenia Tijerina stopped playing when the pandemic shut everything down. Her classes at UC Davis were taken online at her home in Salinas. Tijerina started her soccer journey at age 5, playing on a boys’ team in Salinas. Years later, she joined a...

Fresno Developer Ed Kashian Named 2024 Chancellor's Medal Recipient

October 11, 2024
Philanthropist and community leader Ed Kashian was awarded the UC Merced Chancellor’s Medal, the university’s highest honor, at the campus’s State of the University event on Oct. 9. Established in 2005, the Chancellor’s Medal recognizes individuals who epitomize exemplary...

University’s Strength Lies in Opportunities for Social Mobility, Chancellor Says

October 10, 2024
UC Merced is being recognized from coast to coast as an institution that “redefines academic excellence, Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz said Wednesday in the annual State of the University address. “As chancellor of this magnificent institution, I tell you that the state of our...

Chef Maria’s Pozole Brings Comfort to Campus

October 9, 2024
Every Thursday, Chef Maria Maravilla arrives on campus at 5 a.m. In the kitchen, she carefully grinds spices and chops vegetables, both for her special creation and to top it off. She boils 300 pounds of barbacoa before placing all the ingredients into a large kettle. When the Pavilion Dining...

UpstART Concert Season Promises Eclectic Mix of Music

October 8, 2024
Every year, UC Merced’s UpstART music series ignites the senses by bringing far-ranging genres to the stages. In 2024-25, take a seat for acts ranging from revolutionary mariachi and hip hop/Caribbean/Latin fusion to an improvising, story-weaving cellist … for a start....

Sex, radiation and mummies: How farms are fighting a pesky almond moth without pesticides

October 7, 2024

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