Student Life and Athletics
August 20, 2012
New students make their way across the Scholars Lane Bridge, an annual tradition. This week, UC Merced welcomes more than 1,400 new first-year, transfer and graduate students to campus. Special programs are happening...
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August 13, 2012
Sophomore Demonte Hughes from Inglewood enjoys the benefits of renting textbooks to keep his college expenses minimal.Like many students, UC Merced sophomore Demonte Hughes is gearing up for the fall semester....
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August 6, 2012
Catalina Hernandez with her youngest child.Catalina Hernandez, UC Merced's first Human Rights Center fellow, is spending this summer exploring how women decide to seek help from a midwife for childbirth instead of an...
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July 30, 2012
Graduate student Neeraj Sharma, left, and engineering Professor Gerardo Diaz work together to turn waste into steam to power equipment for their biomass research.There’s a reason the UC Merced plasma lab is isolated...
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July 16, 2012
Graduate student Graham Thompson and undergraduate student Priscilla Montez this summer will ask people to arrange animal names on a whiteboard to express how they conceptualize the semantic relations among them. From...
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July 9, 2012
Biological sciences major Portia Mira has overcome plenty, but she has found a way to pursue her dreams of a career and a family.Portia Mira considers herself lucky. Although the UC Merced senior was taken from her...
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June 20, 2012
Math and physics major John Li will travel to China this summer as a Strauss Foundation Public Service Scholar to perform magic for orphaned children.When a deadly earthquake shook the Sichuan province of his native...
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June 13, 2012
UC Merced Latino Leadership Initiative participants already planning their
future impact on the San Joaquin Valley
. Five University of California, Merced, undergraduate students have been selected to attend...
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June 6, 2012
Graduate student Michael Eissinger recently published a book about the Madera County community of Fairmead.An academic focus on the Central Valley region’s historically African-American communities brought Michael...
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May 23, 2012
Fidel Cervantes, who was invited to attend the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Public Policy and Leadership Conference at Harvard University, serves on Delhi Unified School District’s school board.Fidel...
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May 21, 2012
Graduate student Alexandra Paxton finds opinionated students, puts them in a room together and tells them to argue about a hot-button issue.
Then she...
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May 17, 2012
Siyu WuIt’s no surprise UC Merced graduate student Siyu Wu’s research — rooted in mechanical engineering — has veered toward the environmental. Wu, who grew up in China, was raised by parents who felt strongly that the...
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May 15, 2012
UC Merced researchers shed light on how bone density may change a person's immune system, a finding that could impact how scientists try to combat bone-related disease, such as osteoporosis. Researchers at...
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May 12, 2012
The university honors more than 700 graduates as former Lt. Gov. and campus advocate Cruz Bustamante addresses an estimated crowd of 7,700 at Commencement 2012. A joyous throng of 776 degree candidates of the...
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May 10, 2012
Grecia Sanchez, a Merced native, majored in sociology with a minor in political science and plans to attend law school.Grecia Sanchez and Blaine Hartsock know they’re more than lucky. Out of dozens of UC Merced seniors...
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May 8, 2012
Alma Fausto, who spent her four years at UC Merced working for the student-run newspaper The Prodigy, is heading to graduate school at the Columbia School of Journalism. When Alma Fausto first arrived at UC Merced in...
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May 7, 2012
Kyle D. Hoffman to continue 28-year career in the UC system as UC Merced's chief fundraiser; will join campus in late May, pending approval by the UC Board of Regents. Chancellor Dorothy Leland of the...
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May 4, 2012
Students hike near Dana Glacier in Yosemite as part of an Outdoor Experience Program outing.UC Merced sits in an ideal spot for students, faculty and staff who want to engage in an active, outdoor lifestyle.
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May 2, 2012
Jesse Anaya, who is set to graduate on May 12, said UC Merced has been the “perfect incubator” for his research interests. UC Merced senior Jesse Anaya answered his phone one day to hear an unfamiliar voice ask, “Are...
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April 30, 2012
After two months on the job, UC Merced’s first full-time medical director has already entrenched himself in campus life and understanding student...
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