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UC Merced Welcomes Future Bobcats for Bobcat Day

April 18, 2024
UC Merced will host incoming students, their families and friends on Saturday, April 20, for Bobcat Day - the university's annual open house. Bobcat Day will begin at 9:15 a.m. with a welcome message from Chancellor Juan Sánchez-Muñoz at University Plaza. Campus staff, faculty,...

Two Community Colleges Join UC Merced Transfer Pathway for Students

April 17, 2024
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 Madera Community College and Las Positas College. By signing the Madera Promise and Las Positas...

California Volunteer Program Expansion Effort Makes UC Merced Stop

April 17, 2024
Sometimes public service at UC Merced looks like finding ways to grow crops with a changing water supply. Or delving into how children translate for their non-English-speaking parents. And sometimes it looks like picking up a paintbrush and refurbishing park benches and curbs at Lake...

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

April 16, 2024
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 paid for through a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and...

NEWSWEEK: The West Has a New Way To Save Water

April 16, 2024

Shakespeare in Yosemite Goes Big for Magical ‘Midsummer’

April 15, 2024
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 band to deliver the score and propel the musical numbers. The headcount for park staff in the cast...

Students, Alums Awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Fellowship

April 12, 2024
Four current or incoming UC Merced graduate students and an undergraduate alumnus were recently offered fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). UC Merced’s 2024 NSF GRFP recipients are: Anthony Alfaro, who graduated with...

Study Urges New Approach to Energy Planning

April 12, 2024
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 swiftly the needs and resources for electricity are shifting. The study, “How Demand-Side...

New Aerospace Engineering Major Links UC Merced to Skyrocketing Industry

April 11, 2024
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 state, will be available as a major area of study at the university in fall 2025. The adoption of an...

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

April 10, 2024
(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 language learning irresistible for young minds. Sprinkle in bright colors, bold graphics and infectious...

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