Campus News
February 6, 2013
A UC Merced professor is one of five finalists in an international challenge that could win him a $50,000 research grant and free access to a record-setting, ocean-going robot.
Professor Michael Beman, with the School...
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February 4, 2013
Sustainability is a campuswide practice.Sometimes, what goes on behind the scenes is as important as what happens in full view – especially when it comes to UC Merced’s pledge to uphold and develop new...
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January 31, 2013
School of Engineering credits corporation for outstanding partnership and for enhancing engineering students’ experiences. MERCED, Calif. — UC Merced honored the Pacific Gas and Electric Company with the School of...
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January 30, 2013
A powerful one-woman play that explores the troubling world of physical and sexual abuse debuts Feb. 23 as part of Arts UC Merced Presents.
“Black n Blue Boys/Broken Men,” written and performed by actress/poet/...
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January 28, 2013
As UC Merced’s new energy manager, it’s Varick Erickson’s job to watch every kilowatt hour used on campus and identify ways to save them.
“It’s a lot like rummaging around in the couch and looking for change,”...
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January 22, 2013
Vadim Gassiy, a junior with a management major and political science minor, sees a future of infinite possibilities. Vadim Gassiy was in eighth grade when his mother encouraged him to leave Russia for a taste of...
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January 18, 2013
More than 17,000 applied to fill about 1,600 undergraduate spots and graduate student applications increased 6.6 percent, reflecting immense demand for a UC Merced education. Editor's Note: As of mid-February, UC...
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December 18, 2012
Campus shows healthy growth, a wide reach into the San Joaquin Valley through investment and increased college-going rates, and a global view toward problem-solving. MERCED, Calif. — Though UC Merced looked back...
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December 17, 2012
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Peterson has been meeting with staff and faculty since arriving to campus earlier this month. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Tom Peterson assumed his leadership role at...
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December 12, 2012
Carolin FrankProfessor Carolin Frank is concerned with the inner lives of trees.
She looks inside them to see whether microbes are part of – and perhaps even critical to – life functions such as growth.
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December 10, 2012
Students work to install a remote camera in the Los Banos Wetlands for a service-learning client.Students with a variety of skills and perspectives make up a team that’s taking engineering principles into some...
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December 5, 2012
Professor Christine IsbornProfessor Christine Isborn is doing quantum chemistry at the speed of graphics.
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December 3, 2012
Professor Erik RollandThe tougher a problem, the more creative a solution it needs, from the increasing power in orbiting satellites and saving tigers to saving state parks and catching thieves.
And when a problem...
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November 21, 2012
UC Merced's Students First Center offers students a one-stop shop assisting with a wide array of areas.Students who visit the UC Merced Students First Center (SFC) in the lobby of the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library...
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November 19, 2012
Kaitlyn Lubetkin, an engineering graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, is studying conifer encroachment in Yosemite.Graduate student Kaitlin Lubetkin and several sure-footed assistants spent much of the summer in...
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November 14, 2012
They sleep in secret, fuzzy beds and have questionable dietary habits. They prefer to be active in the evenings and early mornings. They are easily startled and can, if the situation calls for it, do some damage with...
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November 13, 2012
UC Merced is one of only seven universities nationwide to receive a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools to develop new approaches for enhancing graduate student skills for assessing undergraduate learning, and...
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November 8, 2012
Chris Swarth, experienced reserve manager, and Steve Shackelton, former national parks leader, hired to shepherd acreage into a UC reserve, develop educational and research programs. MERCED, Calif. — The effort to...
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November 7, 2012
Qianting Chen, a junior physics major, participated in the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems (COINS) summer program at UC Merced.More than two dozen UC Merced undergraduates spent the summer exploring a tiny...
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November 5, 2012
Zhijiang "Justin" Ye wasn’t expecting to attend the newest campus in the UC system.
He just wanted to work with Professor Ashlie Martini.
When Ye, then a student at University of Minnesota, connected with Martini and...
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