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UC Merced Welcomes Students For Fall 2024 Semester

August 26, 2024
As classes begin Wednesday for UC Merced's 20th academic year, the campus and its offerings continue to grow to meet the needs of students and the community at large. Edwin Lopez was so excited for his college experience to begin that he volunteered to help his fellow students move in last...

Campus Hosts Computational Chemistry Conference

August 22, 2024
UC Merced was the site of the 22nd Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY (MERCURY) Conference held in mid-July. “MERCURY is delighted to have the University of California, Merced, host this year’s annual meeting on the campus,”...

Students Spend Summer Learning about Stem Cells

August 21, 2024
A diverse group of students participated in a stem cell training pilot program at UC Merced this summer. It was the second summer for the Training Undergrads in Stem Cell Engineering and Biology (TUSCEB) program, funded through the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM). It's a...

Political Science Students Take on Lawmaking and Lobbying at the State Capitol

August 19, 2024
UC Merced political science students returned to Sacramento to get first-hand experience at California’s Capitol with internships. The Center for Analytic Political Engagement (CAPE) Legislative Bootcamp is led by CAPE’s Director Professor Nathan Monroe and Associate Director Adam...

Grad Student Receives Prestigious Defense Fellowship

August 19, 2024
Thomas “Teddy” Adams has been awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) fellowship sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The three-year fellowship covers tuition and university fees and provides a monthly stipend of $3,600, along with access to...

CITRIS Aviation Prize Delivers Connections, Prizes

August 19, 2024
What would it take to connect the University of California's campuses in Merced, Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz with a safe and sustainable system of air taxis that ferries students, faculty, staff and cargo across Northern California? That's the question posed by the 2023-24 CITRIS...

First Responders Conduct Successful Simulated Emergency at UC Merced

August 15, 2024
First responders from across Merced County converged on UC Merced Thursday for what they said was a highly successful response to a simulated emergency. Police officers, sheriff’s deputies, firefighters and medical personnel assembled at the university’s library to carry out incident...

Researchers Accurately Model Animals’ Hunting, Scavenging Behavior

August 14, 2024
A group of UC Merced researchers modeled predation behaviors, as well as changes in those behaviors, among large carnivores, developing a new theory that will help biologists assess the health of various ecosystems. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences Professor Justin Yeakel,...

Central Coast Student Brings Flair for Robotics to UC Merced

August 13, 2024
  This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. After diving into robotics in high school, Antonio "Tony" Lopez-Blanco is eager to attend UC Merced in pursuit of a career that reaches for the sky. Lopez says he is “...

Do Countertop Compost Machines Really Work?

August 12, 2024

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