California is the largest and the most diverse agricultural economy in the nation with revenue exceeding $50 billion — larger than the combined agricultural economies of the other 10 western states.
But the state and its residents, especially the disadvantaged, are highly...
Water
UC Merced researcher David Rheinheimer has seen the Himalayas from many angles — from his home on the Yangtze River, from the foothills as a student in India and from the Nu River in Yunnan’s Three Parallel Rivers area.
But as a 2015-16 Fulbright scholar...
With a carnival, movie and other events, this year’s Earth Day festivities are shaping up to be bigger, more fun and more educational than ever.
UC Merced’s annual celebration of the 45-year-old day of observance is always a big deal on this green campus...
California’s groundwater is being rapidly depleted because cities and farms extract more than is replenished naturally, compacting local aquifers and decreasing supply in some places in the Central Valley.
And, it turns out, levees placed along rivers in...
New software developed at UC Merced allows anyone on campus with a smartphone to report water leaks to Facilities in a couple of easy steps.
Facilities and Operations in mid-March installed quick-response-code stickers in all the restrooms in the Social...
UC Merced Professor Joshua Viers has been named a member of the new Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Water Policy Center, established to help meet the state's urgent need for timely information and innovative water management solutions.
Viers...
Researching oceanic oil spills can be difficult when you work at a landlocked university like UC Merced.
But thanks to a large consortium of researchers from around the country, that’s exactly what Professor Wei-Chun Chin is doing in the hopes of...
UC Merced’s sustainable practices have earned the campus its 15th Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for new construction and its first LEED certification for building operations and maintenance.
The Half Dome student...
Armando Quintero has been chosen as the new executive director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute (SNRI) at the University of California, Merced.
Quintero has served as director of development for SNRI — UC Merced’s first research institute — and...
Several UC Merced faculty members will play important roles in a new UC systemwide effort to study the ecological effects of climate change across varied ecosystems.
Funded by a $1.9 million President's Research Catalyst Awards grant from UC President...
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