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Engineering Seniors Gain Career Experience Through Capstone Projects

May 13, 2019
The undergraduate engineering curriculum at UC Merced offers students professional experience by participating in the senior capstone project, the Innovation Design Clinic (IDC). The IDC culminates in the Innovate to Grow event on Friday, May 17, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in an annual showcase of...

LA Times: UC Merced Chancellor, Who Brought Big Ambitions to the Small Campus, to Step Down

May 13, 2019

Grad’s Passion for Research Leading Her to Dartmouth College

May 9, 2019
Asmaa Mohamed’s enthusiasm for research is contagious. Her passion not only radiates through her words, but it is also evident in the research career she has built in her undergraduate years at UC Merced. Mohamed was born in Egypt. In 2013, her father accepted a position as a senior...

Ennis Receives Prestigious NIH Fellowship for Research of Biofilms

May 9, 2019
The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) awarded Quantitative and Systems Biology graduate student Craig Ennis the Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Service Research Award. The award provides multiyear support to...

UC Merced Shows Sustainability Matters in Cool Campus Challenge

May 9, 2019
The Cool Campus Challenge called for UC campuses to spend the month of April pledging to reduce their carbon footprints, and UC Merced didn’t disappoint. The university finished fourth overall in the competition, but was one of three campuses specially recognized for its efforts. The...

When Art Imitates Art: The Centuries-Old Tradition of the Copyist

May 8, 2019
There’s a striking image of “San Andres” that was recently on display at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center. The illumination of the saint’s torso and visage are iconic. But this version is different. It’s darker – and newer. On second glance, it’s...

Women's Soccer to Host Night ID Camp on August 3

May 7, 2019

Topping Off Marks Major Milestone in 2020 Project

May 7, 2019
It is one of the largest and, arguably, most complex social infrastructure projects in the nation. Now, every building in the award-winning Merced 2020 Project is completely topped off. Chancellor Leland, UC Merced senior leadership and members of Webcor and Plenary — the project’s...

UC Merced MESA Lab Wins Big Ideas Contest

May 7, 2019
Now ubiquitous, machine learning has made its way into farming, thanks to an affordable, unmanned ground vehicle that recognizes and spatially maps agricultural pest infestations, treating them with “surgical precision spraying.” New, award-winning robot-driven technology developed...

Scheduling Algorithms Earn Computer Science Researcher an NSF CAREER Award

May 6, 2019
Professor Sungjin Im, with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award, making him the 21st recipient from UC Merced. CAREER awards are among the NSF’s most prestigious awards. They are given...

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