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Students’ Capstone Project Reaps Sweet Benefits

December 23, 2014
A group of students in the most recent School of Engineering capstone design course at the University of California, Merced, devised a sweet solution to a local farm’s harvesting problem – one that is reaping long-term benefits for the farm and the students. D&S Farms, a multi-generation family...

Golf Tournament Breaks Fundraising Record

December 23, 2014
The 18th annual Ma Kelley Memorial Shoot-Out and the fifth annual Building Future Champions Dinner, presented by Merced Honda in October at the Stevinson Ranch Golf Course, netted more than $56,000 for UC Merced Athletics. The funds raised set a new single-year record for the tournament, which has...

Solar, Water Research Proposals Rewarded with Competitive UC Grants

December 22, 2014
MERCED, Calif. — Research into sustainable water supplies and viable solar energy solutions won the University of California, Merced, an anticipated $5 million in prestigious and competitive grants from the University of California. UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) awards...

Students, Faculty Inducted into Hispanic Honor Society

December 19, 2014
Spanish majors and minors at UC Merced have a new measure of excellence to pursue, thanks to the recent charter of the university’s chapter of Sigma Delta Pi. UC Merced is the seventh UC campus to charter a chapter of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, which was founded at UC Berkeley...

Day of Giving Nets $40,000 for Scholarships

December 18, 2014
On Dec. 2, UC Merced alumni, parents, staff, faculty members and friends of the campus came together for the first #GivingTuesdayUCMerced, in an effort to create a positive effect on the lives of students. In all, nearly 170 people donated more than $11,000 in just 24 hours. Thanks to a three-to-...

New Algorithm Helps Machines Function More Like Brains

December 17, 2014
Every day, your brain completes millions of complicated functions without you even being aware of them, and it learns as it goes. Teaching a machine to do the same thing is extremely complicated, but it has gotten a little easier thanks to the work of University of California, Merced, Professor...

UC Merced Journeys | Stephen Maxey

December 16, 2014
Even when Stephen Maxey might have wanted to, he never gave up. Through education, and with the help of a strong support system, he has created a new life for himself at UC Merced and is working to provide the same support to others in need.

Undergrads Get One-of-a-Kind Experience through NanoBIO Program

December 15, 2014
For the University of California, Merced, students in this year’s nanoBIO internships and research program, working with something extremely small could have huge implications. “I had no idea nanotechnology could have so many applications in biology,” said John Harvey Paredes, a fourth-year student...

Discovery News | Why We Torture When We Know It Doesn't Work

December 11, 2014
Prof. Courtenay Conrad comments on the reasons why government agents use torture instead of other methods of coercion.

Discover Magazine Features Archaeologist’s Cave Research

December 10, 2014
Most archaeologists have to dig in the field, but Professor Holley Moyes digs deeper than most. Her research takes her more than 400 feet into the Belize underground, where ancient Maya caves hold evidence of rituals to appease gods of fertility and rain. That research is the cover story in...

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