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Bobcat Art Show Puts Broad Range of Creativity on Display
April 1, 2024
The 12th edition of the Bobcat Art Show, which debuts this week in a new space, is further proof that creativity can come from anywhere in the UC Merced community. “In addition to the amazing work done by our Global Arts Studies students... Read More
Ph.D. Student Juggles Academic Demands with Managing a City
March 20, 2024
Glancing at Mike Futrell’s resume, one might ask, “What hasn’t he done?” He is a retired United States Navy captain with two submarine tours under his belt and 26 years of service; a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives... Read More
Human Rights Film Festival Shows the Faces of Injustice
February 27, 2024
The unflinching demand for justice drives the moving images and impassioned ideas packed into the agenda of this year’s UC Merced Human Rights Film Festival, presented by the university’s Global Arts, Media & Writing Studies... Read More
Project Positions W.E.B. Du Bois as Inspiration for STEM Students
February 27, 2024
Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. We all need heroes. Perhaps that was on Roy Wilkins... Read More
Wang Curates New Traveling Exhibition of Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women
January 29, 2024
A new art exhibition curated by Professor ShiPu Wang is reintroducing the diverse art of three California painters to a national audience by bringing representative works from each together for the first time. “Pictures of Belonging:... Read More
New Study Suggests Chance Plays a Bigger Role Than One Might Think in Faculty Promotion
January 11, 2024
For professors, it’s up or out when it comes to tenure and promotion: After five years on the job as assistant professors, junior professors’ promise is evaluated by their more senior colleagues. These senior colleagues judge whether a... Read More
New Collaborations Designed to Increase Access to Data Science for All Students
November 20, 2023
UC Merced is part of several new initiatives aimed at increasing the accessibility and inclusivity of data science studies and opening new opportunities for historically underserved students after graduation. New grants from the National... Read More
Labor, Community-based Groups Key to Addressing Climate Challenge, Study Shows
November 2, 2023
One of the major challenges of this century is democratically engaging institutions and large numbers of people with strategies to mitigate global warming by minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. A new study by sociology Professor Paul... Read More
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
How to Tap Into Your Hispanic/Latinx Heritage at UC Merced
September 28, 2023
  More than half of UC Merced's population is made up of Hispanic/Latinx students. There is no shortage of ways for Bobcats to get in touch with their roots on campus, in the community and even around the globe. Taste of Latinx Cultures UC... Read More