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Can AI Increase Air Traffic Safety?

January 31, 2024
Air traffic controllers sort out three-dimensional space at 600 miles per hour while keeping your flights safe and on time. But as challenges in air traffic increase, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) envisions that big data...

NBC: Writing by hand may increase brain connectivity more than typing, readings of student brains suggest

January 31, 2024

Wang Curates New Traveling Exhibition of Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women

January 29, 2024
A new art exhibition curated by Professor ShiPu Wang is reintroducing the diverse art of three California painters to a national audience by bringing representative works from each together for the first time. “Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo” will...

Give to UC Merced 2023 Raises Nearly $1.3 Million, Shattering Year-Old Record

January 26, 2024
Hundreds of UC Merced supporters made it crystal clear they believe in the university's mission, giving a record-breaking amount to support current Bobcats and other members of the campus community, through scholarships and fellowships, research projects and more. A total of 692 gifts were...

Students From Nine UC Campus Will Be Represented at Student of Color Conference Hosted by UC Merced

January 25, 2024
Hundreds of students representing all nine University of California undergraduate campuses will descend upon Merced this weekend for the annual Student of Color Conference. The conference is sponsored by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) - the official voice of students...

RTBC: A Ranch, Rewilded: The Transformation of California’s Next State Park

January 25, 2024

FORTUNE: Bill Ackman’s battle with the Ivy League is about more than DEI: Gen Z are graduating without the right behavioral and emotional skills for the workplace

January 24, 2024

Ph.D. Student Pushes for Better Education Benefits for Veterans’ Dependents

January 24, 2024
A new state law will make a difference in accessing education for the dependents of disabled veterans in California, thanks to the initiative of UC Merced Interdisciplinary Humanities graduate student Karla Seijas. Seijas proposed the idea for a bill that would expand the CalVet College Fee...

New Chief Campus Counsel Selected for UC Merced

January 22, 2024
Cesar Alvarado-Gil joins UC Merced as chief campus counsel, bringing his broad background in the law, deep affinity for education and firm ties to Merced. "Higher education is critical for everyone - and particularly for those like me, who come from lower-income, socially disadvantaged...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Firefighters Used to Bet on Wildfires Easing at Night. Not Anymore.

January 20, 2024

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