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New Initiative Advances Agriculture Technology Education

Professor SunAs agriculture and food production achieve greater high-tech heights and resources such as water become more scarce, the country will increasingly depend on innovative solutions from its brightest minds.

New Math Center Aims to Enhance Student Support, Success

Student success has always been a priority at UC Merced, and now students looking for support in math have an additional resource with the launch of The Math Center.

Pulitzer Winner, HP Executive to Speak at Commencement Ceremonies

Lesley Slaton BrownPulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar and HP Inc. Chief Diversity Officer Lesley Slaton Brown are the keynote speakers for the University of California, Merced’s 12th commencement exercises, May 13 and 14.

Annual Research Week Celebrates UC Merced’s Innovation and Advances

It’s time for the annual celebration of one of the main missions of UC Merced, along with education and public service — research.

From March 6-10, people on and off campus can get an up-close look at how UC Merced research fosters the development of students and faculty and extends growth from within the local neighborhood to the global academic community.

Hundreds of Coders Compete in Second Annual Hackathon

Hundreds of students participated in the second annual HackMerced competition on campus.Computer enthusiasts from all areas of study gathered at UC Merced earlier this month for the second annual

Blum Center Relaunching With Focus on Food

Everyone in the campus community can get fresh produce from the farmers market truck that comes to campus each week.UC Merced is relaunching its branch of the Blum Center for Developing Economies with a focus on food secur

Campus Gets $2.2 Million From State to Expand Entrepreneurial Reach

UC Merced’s share of $22 million in state funds through Assembly Bill 2664 will help the campus fulfill some of its primary goals: transforming the region economically and providing people with greater opportunity.

Each of the 10 UC campuses is receiving $2.2 million in one-time funding from AB 2664, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Expansion, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last fall.