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UC Merced’s Pride Week kicks off March 28.

Campus supporters, administrative and academic leadership, faculty members, students and alumni gathered for UC Merced’s Celebration of Philanthropic Leaders event, held March 19 to recognize the campus’s annual giving and leadership donors.

UC Merced is launching a new public lecture series that combines the campus’s emphasis on interdisciplinary scholarship with its strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

The UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees recently honored the University Friends Circle (

The annual Research Week tabling event has more than doubled in size from last year, and that’s just one of the new and growing eve

The University of California, Merced, has been designated a “doctoral-granting university with higher research activity” — or R2, the second-highest classification for American research universities — in its first appearance on the highly cited Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

The R2 classification recognizes UC Merced as a selective institution that awards more than 20 doctoral degrees, primarily in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

While at UC Merced, students work diligently to achieve academically and reach their leadership potential. Each year, the Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center awards top students and student organizations for their outstanding leadership qualities, and honors staff and faculty members who have helped students accomplish their aspirations.

With two decades of experience at prominent American research universities, Jill Robbins has a good feel for what works and what doesn’t in academia.

Two trailblazers in their fields will grace the stage during the 11th commencement at the University of California, Merced.