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Annual Tradition Marks Start of Native American Heritage Month at UC Merced

November 1, 2023
The UC Merced Toloma 5K event was held over the weekend to mark the beginning of Native American Heritage Month. "Toloma" is Miwuk for "bobcat", and the annual event pays tribute to the tradition of distance running amongst indigenous tribes for communication as well as...

UC Merced Named Fulbright HSI Leader by the U.S. Department of State

October 30, 2023
  UC Merced has been designated a Fulbright Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) Leader for 2023 by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Each year, the ECA recognizes the strong engagement of select HSIs within the Fulbright Program, the U.S....

Film, Poetry, Philosophy the Subjects of Three Foundry Pieces by Humanities Community

October 30, 2023
The new issue of Foundry, a digital platform similar to a magazine, assembled by the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI), features works by three members of the UC Merced campus community. The issue features an interview with Global Arts Studies Professor Yehuda...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Tour the Maya underworld in these Belizean caves-if you dare

October 27, 2023

Students Compete Against Thousands in 24-Hour Hackathon

October 26, 2023
UC Merced computer science and engineering teams are again taking part in the IEEExtreme Hack-a-Thon, a 24-hour challenge in which teams respond to one or more prompts to solve a problem by developing software. More than 14,000 people, in 6,300 teams and representing 65 countries, will compete...

Sharim’s Films Honored at More than 80 Festivals Worldwide

October 25, 2023
Professor Yehuda Sharim 's film entitled “El Ojo Comienza En La Mano,” which he calls a tribute to campesino histories in rural California told through the art of local farm worker and painter Rubén Sanchéz, will be featured at the Oscar-nominated International Film Festival in St...

LA TIMES: California’s San Joaquin Valley is on the front line of climate change. How will it adapt?

October 25, 2023

Toloma 5K Honors Native American Heritage at UC Merced

October 25, 2023
  Ahead of Native American Heritage Month, the Toloma 5K will return to UC Merced on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event has been held since 2021, and not only raises money for Native American activities on campus but preserves tradition while acknowledging the campus's...

Remembering UC Merced’s Founding Planner and Chief Architect Christopher L. Adams (1937-2023)

October 23, 2023
Christopher L. Adams, who left an indelible mark on UC Merced through his significant contributions as the campus’s lead architect and master planner, passed away on August 11, 2023, in Berkeley. He was 86. Adams was tapped in January 1999 to serve as the founding planner for development...

Free Discussion, Reception at UC Merced Centers on Climate Change Messaging

October 23, 2023
Climate change is a very real - and very scary - threat. Climate change and its underlying primary cause - burning fossil fuels - are arguably the world's leading causes of preventable death and ill health, writes researcher Edward Maibach. However, there are tangible ways to limit global...

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