With a carnival, movie and other events, this year’s Earth Day festivities are shaping up to be bigger, more fun and more educational than ever.
UC Merced’s annual celebration of the 45-year-old day of observance is always a big deal on this green campus. But this year, the new Earth Day Planning Committee has built on the popular annual recycling-themed carnival and tabling event to include a movie night, a poetry slam, sustainability initiatives proposed by students and more.
Students from UC Merced will visit Fresno’s Riverview Elementary School on Feb. 27 to help promote interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The visit, which will include activities for second- and fifth-graders, coincides with Engineers Week, which will be celebrated Feb. 22 through 28 across the U.S.
“Start something new” could be the unofficial motto of UC Merced. Even in our 10th academic year, many opportunities for innovation still exist on campus.
Spanish majors and minors at UC Merced have a new measure of excellence to pursue, thanks to the recent charter of the university’s chapter of Sigma Delta Pi. UC Merced is the seventh UC campus to charter a chapter of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, which was founded at UC Berkeley in 1919.
In high school, Domonique Jones knew she wanted to go to college. She also knew it wasn’t going to be easy.
The 2015 UC Merced Leadership Awards were held this evening (April 30) at the Wallace-Dutra Amphitheater. Presented by the Margo F.
Warmer weather gave students the opportunity to spring to action to replant the community garden located next to Little Lake. 
