Art & Culture

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New Major Trains Students to Tell the Planet’s Urgent Stories
September 28, 2023
Compelling storytelling is vital to ensuring the action needed to secure a habitable planet for future generations, according to an increasing amount of research. UC Merced is recruiting students now to become the next environmental... Read More
The Labyrinth Provides Space to Reflect, Meditate and Find Peace on Campus
August 22, 2023
Just in time for the start of the academic year, UC Merced's newest landmark has opened —The Labyrinth. Located in Kelley Grove overlooking Little Lake, UC Merced Art Director Collin Lewis calls The Labryinth "a testament to our university... Read More
UC Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry appointed as 2024-25 UC student Regent
July 19, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed University of California, Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry to be the 2024-25 student Regent. Beharry is the 50th student Regent, a position established in 1975. He will... Read More
Sharim’s New Photo Essay Reveals Night in Merced County
June 23, 2023
Global Arts Studies Professor Yehuda Sharim has published a new photo essay, “A Map of Light,” on the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI)’s digital platform Foundry. This is the second piece Sharim has... Read More
Campus Adds New Areas of Studies for Students to Choose From
June 12, 2023
New students or those who have not yet chosen their majors will have an array of options before them. Five new majors and several new emphases, ranging across all three schools, are all coming online in 2024 and are recruiting students now... Read More
A Turn of the Page: Camfield on Why It’s Time to Bow Out
May 9, 2023
At the end of May, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Gregg Camfield will step down after five years in the role and nearly a decade in executive leadership at UC Merced. He intends to take a year’s sabbatical then return in the role he... Read More
Environmental Conservation Takes Center Stage in Shakespeare in Yosemite's 'Romeo and Juliet'
April 18, 2023
"Romeo and Juliet" is considered William Shakespeare's most famous romantic tragedy. But this Earth Day weekend, it will be transformed into a new production that will offer hope for the future of the environment. Shakespeare in Yosemite ... Read More
UC Merced Library Hosts Opening Reception for Farmworker Movement Exhibit
April 10, 2023
The UC Merced Library is hosting an opening reception for a new art exhibit that showcases the farmworker movement in the Central Valley through the lens of the late photographer and labor activist George Ballis. "Building a New Future:... Read More
Engaging the Black Community Inside, Outside UC Merced
February 21, 2023
Professor Maria Martin has a lot going on. On Feb. 18, she was the grand marshal and a speaker at a program and march honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in downtown Merced. This weekend, she and the university will host a two-day... Read More
Alumnus Shares His UC Merced Experiences to Guide Youth to College
February 16, 2023
While growing up in the Sacramento area, Donald Carter ('21) said he didn't see many people who looked like him pursuing higher education. As the oldest of four boys in a single-parent household, he spent most of his time setting examples... Read More