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UC Merced Student-athletes, AD Earn Top Cal Pac Honors

May 9, 2024

UC Merced athletes Alexandra Lopez and Brycen Miller, and athletics director David Dunham
UC Merced has earned a trio of top athletic year-end honors from the California Pacific Conference. Alexandra Lopez and Brycen Miller were named female and male Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively. David Dunham, the university's executive director of athletics and recreation, was named...
Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz shaking hands with Las Positas College President Dyrell Foster. Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz shaking hands with Madera College President Angel Reyna.

Two Community Colleges Join UC Merced Transfer Pathway for Students

UC Merced has partnered with two California community colleges to further extend access to students transferring to a four-year university. In April, ceremonies were held to sign agreements with...
Traffic is shown along a stretch of Bellevue Road near UC Merced.

UC Merced Lands Grant for Making Roads Safer for Bicyclists, Pedestrians

A major route to UC Merced could soon begin to be much safer under a project to install, test and assess several bike lane and other safety interventions. The Bellevue Road safety project will be...
UC Merced Shakespeare in Yosemite cast

Shakespeare in Yosemite Goes Big for Magical ‘Midsummer’

There’s nothing small about this year’s Shakespeare in Yosemite production. It boasts the largest cast in the program’s seven-year history and, for the first time, features a full...
An electric vehicle charger on the UC Merced campus is shown.

Study Urges New Approach to Energy Planning

The world of energy is changing so quickly that the processes used for planning can’t keep up. UC Merced electrical engineering Professor Sarah Kurtz took part in a study that showed how...
UC Merced students hold a drone at a recent competition.

New Aerospace Engineering Major Links UC Merced to Skyrocketing Industry

The newest major in UC Merced's School of Engineering is one of the most exciting subjects in - and out of - this world. Aerospace engineering, one of the fastest-growing industries in the...
Speech therapists and TeleLingo creators Lorena Aceves Hernandez and Brenda Sanchez

Creators of TeleLingo, a Spanish Immersion Show for Children, Come to UC Merced

(Lee este artículo en español.) Take the cultural rewards of preserving Spanish for babies and toddlers in a bilingual home. Bring in two speech pathologists steeped in techniques that make...
Yehuda Sharim film "Flora" still image three daughters

Sharim Film 'Flora' to Premiere at Philadelphia Festival

"Flora," the latest film by Yehuda Sharim, will have its world premiere later this spring at a festival in Philadelphia, according to the UC Merced global arts professor. Sharim...
Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses upcoming federal and state solar projects with other officials.

New Canal Project Expands on UC Merced Solar Research

Federal and state government officials journeyed to the western corner of Merced County on Thursday to announce a new project to place solar panels on the water in the Delta-Mendota Canal. The...
Thirty students attended ¡Valle! Get Your Start in Tech! at UC Merced

Charting a Course to Tech Success: Insights from UC Merced's ¡Valle! Event

How do you find your way to a lucrative career in tech? That's a question many students want answered. The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and...

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