Last fall, UC Merced’s first peer-led recovery program — known as Bobcats for Recovery — began meeting weekly to help support undergraduate and graduate students in recovery from substance use disorders.
As the recovery group’s first coordinator, student John Dovales Flores worked to educate others and change the support culture on campus.
“When you’re doing outreach, there’s a stigma around drug use and recovery,” he said. “We are trying to change the way that we talk about addiction — in the group and across campus.”
Last fall, the 
Considering the close ties between UC Merced and Yosemite National Park, it should be no surprise that several members of the campus community — including Chancellor Dorothy Leland — have been named 
Besides attending Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) with 1,200 other college students from arou
Most people probably don’t think about food when considering how to celebrate Earth Day.
Arturo Durazo, winner of this year’s UC Merced GradSLAM! competition, has a personal connection to his research.
Students from across California and their family members will converge on the UC Merced campus April 16 for 
UC Merced’s 
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.
