Student Life and Athletics
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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November 5, 2012
When UC Merced first announced it would be sending students to the national political conventions through The Washington Center program, senior Chelsea Coe never expected she'd be one of the lucky two.
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November 1, 2012
The Bernard Osher Foundation gives $500,000 to help community college students
reach their potential at UC Merced
. Students transferring to the University of California, Merced, from California community...
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October 22, 2012
Author Matthew Garcia will speak about his new book on Oct. 22.The author of a controversial new book offering fresh insight into Cesar Chavez and the labor union he led will speak Oct. 22 at UC Merced.
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October 17, 2012
On Oct. 25, the campus will celebrate its first 10 years since breaking ground in 2002 and the many successes it has achieved so far. UC Merced will commemorate the 10th anniversary of its groundbreaking with a...
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October 16, 2012
UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland and campus staff members to visit Merced High School to tell students there's a place for them at UC
. University of California, Merced, Chancellor Dorothy Leland will...
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October 11, 2012
Monica MedinaProfessor Mónica Medina started out as the only marine biologist in a National Science Foundation workshop last year, but she ended up with a group of new partners and an opinion piece in the prestigious...
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October 8, 2012
Sociology transfer student Nick Navarrette is one of the key people behind the Central Valley Sports Academy, which integrates athletics with education and life-skill development.At 33, Nick Navarrette isn’t the...
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October 3, 2012
Sometimes, all you need is a little push, even if it comes from a mechanical arm.
That was the case with the UC Merced Robotics Society, which began in 2008 but languished after its founders graduated. This past year,...
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September 27, 2012
The university sees largest graduate and freshman classes in its eight-year history with
the opening of the fall 2012 semester
. The University of California, Merced, began its eighth academic year with 5,760...
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September 24, 2012
UC Merced doctoral student Nate Bogie and Central State University student Thad Mccants work on one of two farm sites where they are researching why a certain shrub helps other crops thrive.Shrubs blooming in a...
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September 19, 2012
Professor Arnold Kim performs his music from time to time in the Bay Area.Professor Arnold Kim’s music couldn’t be more different than that of student-staff-alumni band Feeling Gravity’s Pull.
Kim’s The Yellow Hope...
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September 12, 2012
UC Merced’s first NAIA women’s soccer team is going to have a short season – five home games and nine away games.
That’s by design.
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September 10, 2012
Jacob Croasdale, a UC Merced alumnus, will head the campus’s Yosemite Leadership Program.The UC Merced Yosemite Leadership Program's first full-time leader plans to build on the program's momentum and expand its...
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August 31, 2012
The UC Merced Center for the Humanities will explore a thematic topic using four different lenses — literature, digital technology, creative arts and public humanities. . With the help of a $2 million gift, UC...
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August 29, 2012
Nine new members of this year’s UC Merced Women’s Volleyball team, from all around the Central Valley, are among the campus’s first group of recruited student athletes.
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August 27, 2012
Patricia Paredes is one of a dozen UC Merced students who are working with community leaders to find ways to encourage children to stay in school.UC Merced senior Patricia Paredes didn’t grow up in the best...
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August 27, 2012
UC Merced's Society of Automotive Engineers team members gain hands-on experience that will help them in their future careers and beyond.
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August 23, 2012
Total enrollment reaches new high as record numbers of freshmen, graduate students choose to matriculate at newest UC campus. The University of California, Merced, begins its eighth academic year today with record...
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August 22, 2012
The Lula Washington Dance Theatre will visit Merced on Sept. 29 as part of a 10-city tour throughout California, sponsored in part by the James Irvine Foundation.UC Merced will bring the acclaimed Lula Washington Dance...
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