Diversity

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Students from across California and their family members will converge on the UC Merced campus April 16 for Bobcat Day.

Carlos Castillo-Chavez has had, by all accounts, an extraordinarily successful academic career.

He began as an immigrant from Mexico City and wound up researching and teaching at Cornell University for 18 years before moving to Arizona State University in 2004 — with multiple awards and honors in between.

But he didn’t do it alone.

UC Merced’s Campus Advocacy, Resources and Education (CARE) Office will kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) on April 1 with numerous events.

The Victory Over Violence (VOV) exhibit is on display through April 1 in the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library, Room 355, to help raise awareness of the need to overcome violence.

UC Merced’s Pride Week kicks off March 28.

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.

Five UC Merced students earned recognition and gained valuable experience at a recent UC systemwide undergraduate research symposium.

From the moment they step foot on the UC Merced campus, people often say they feel a sense of pride and belonging.