UC Merced’s branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies rebooted this spring with a faculty-led effort to spend two years working on becoming the hub for all food-security-related research and outreach on and off campus.
Part of that effort includes seed grants for UC Merced researchers. The Blum Center just announced this year’s winners:
Water is a delicate balancing act in California. When the scales tip in the wrong direction, the consequences can have national effects. Nobody knows this better than UC Water Co-Director Joshua Viers.
Subalpine meadows are among the Sierra Nevada’s most enchantingly picturesque landscapes.
Manuel Meraz transferred to UC Merced with a mission: to revive what had once been an award-winning, student-led robotics scene on campus.
Students from Burbank and Peterson Elementary Schools in Merced participated in 
Is it still possible to build a better mouse trap? Engineering students at UC Merced think so.
More than 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to participate in the University of California, Merced’s 12th 
Jocelyne Fadiga and Havilliah “Jake” Malsbury traveled from different worlds to study at UC Merced.
UC Merced added a powerful new tool to the campus’s 
