Student Life

Whether it's through art, film, literature, education, civil rights, food, or music, events planned for the month of February are a way to commemorate Black History Month and celebrate the achievements and contributions of black people to American society.

A group of female students at UC Merced are determined to show that their college home is more cosmopolitan than many others might think. And they're doing it through fashion, with a plan to benefit neighbors in need.

The University of California, Merced, will become the new headquarters of Engineers for a Sustainable World effective July 1, the university announced today.

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is a fast-growing, global nonprofit network of about 4,000 students, faculty and professionals dedicated to building a sustainable world for current and future generations by way of collaborative, interdisciplinary engineering projects.

For the second year, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government has selected six University of California, Merced undergraduate students to attend the Latino Leadership Initiative (LLI) Program.

This year, LLI partnered with seven universities across the country including UC Merced, the University of Houston, Texas A&M International University, the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Loyola Marymount University. New to the initiative this year are the University of Texas-Pan American and Miami Dade College.

Men's basketball, women's volleyball and men's and women's cross country teams will begin competing at the varsity intercollegiate level in the 2011-12 academic year