Just because it’s summertime doesn’t mean research at UC Merced comes to a halt.
Just the opposite.
This summer, professors and students at all levels are conducting a variety of research projects on campus, off campus, in the oceans and forests and around the world.
Up in Yosemite National Park, for example, nine undergraduate students are getting a summer experience to last them a lifetime, conducting research with faculty researchers from UC Merced, scientists from the U.S. Geologic Survey and from the park.
Although the UC Merced campus is entering its ninth academic year, the campus is still in a constant state of expansion.
It has been four years since Mike Oliveira earned his bachelor’s degree in 
In John Bultena’s writing classes, students often explore new literary classics. Like “Batwoman Volume 1: Hydrology.”
UC Merced senior Alexandra Hamilton is spending five months at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, studying global markets and business.
At a conference of the Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers, Jessyca Kamel, a junior from Los Angeles, wore her UC Merced shirt on her morning coffee run.
Three entrepreneurs with UC Merced roots are trying to revolutionize the biking experience.
The best way to explore what UC Merced has to offer is to visit the campus and see it firsthand.
