Sustainability

Students Gabriel Morabe and Hoaithi “Thi” Dang share a love of green —

Innovate to Grow, the annual showcase of UC Merced student creativity, features some amazing teamwork this year, from medical and agricultural devices to mobile applications for saving energy and water.

Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the dirt under their feet.

For the first time, UC Merced made the Princeton Review’s list of the most environmentally responsible colleges.

The education services company — known for its test prep and tutoring services, books and college rankings — features UC Merced in the 2015 edition of its free book, The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges.

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. But this year, the new Earth Day Planning Committee has built on the popular annual recycling-themed carnival and tabling event to include a movie night, a poetry slam, sustainability initiatives proposed by students and more.

Three UC Merced undergraduates are the recipients of a new fellowship under University of California President Ja

California’s groundwater is being rapidly depleted because cities and farms extract more than is replenished naturally, compacting local aquifers a

UC Merced’s Dining Services is bringing Produce on the Go, a mobile farmers market, to campus from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Wednesday, beginning April 1.

Warmer weather gave students the opportunity to spring to action to replant the community garden located next to Little Lake.