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Doctoral Student Secures New Fellowships to Support Computational Modeling Research
December 11, 2025
Physics Ph.D. candidate Arabi Seshappan added two prestigious fellowships to her curriculum vitae: the Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics & Biology-Health and the UC President's Pre-Professoriate... Read More
COSMOS Expands to UC Merced, Opening Doors for California’s Brightest Young Scientists
December 11, 2025
Starting next summer, UC Merced will join an elite group of University of California campuses hosting COSMOS — the California State Summer School for Math and Science — giving some of the state’s most talented high school students a new... Read More
Challenges, Opportunities Presented at Small Farm Tech Expo
December 10, 2025
The Small Farm Tech Expo brought researchers, farmers, university students and even a group from a Modesto elementary school to UC Merced to talk about agriculture technology and how it can best help those who grow the world's food.... Read More
UC Merced Receives Transformational $38 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott
December 8, 2025
The University of California, Merced today announced the largest philanthropic gift in its history, an extraordinary new commitment from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. This transformational investment, Ms. Scott’s second major gift to UC... Read More
Conference of California Sociologists Engages UC Merced Undergrads
December 3, 2025
More than a dozen undergraduate students in UC Merced’s Sociology Club were immersed in the discipline’s breadth of research and professional possibilities during the California Sociological Association’s annual conference. The two-day... Read More
Giving Tuesday at UC Merced: Collective Generosity Transforms Lives
December 1, 2025
When UC Merced launches Give to UC Merced 2025 on Dec. 2, it won’t just be about one day of giving; the month-long campaign will be about hope, opportunity and community impact. For the 12th year, the campus joins the global Giving Tuesday... Read More
Ag Tech For Small Farms Highlighted at UC Merced Expo
November 26, 2025
An expo at UC Merced next week will bring together farmers, ranchers, researchers and community organizers to highlight what's possible when agriculture technology is designed for small farms. The Small Farm Tech Expo, scheduled for 9 a.m... Read More
Younger, Latino and Moderate California Republicans Diverge from Party Line on Immigration Policies
November 24, 2025
While California Democrats are nearly unified in their views on current immigration enforcement strategies, Latino Republicans and party moderates, especially women, are most likely to diverge from the GOP majority, according to a study co... Read More
A Husband’s Self-esteem Could Protect Against Preterm Births, Study Finds
November 20, 2025
A husband’s optimism and confidence might play a crucial, if often unseen, role in helping babies arrive healthy and on time. A new study from UC Merced psychology researchers found that when married fathers reported higher levels of... Read More
People Don’t Worry About Losing Jobs to AI, Even When Told It Could Happen Soon
November 18, 2025
As debates rage about artificial intelligence's impact on jobs, new research suggests that even warnings that AI could disrupt workers' employment soon do little to shake their confidence. In a survey-based study, political scientists Anil... Read More
Native and Indigenous Student Coalition Promotes Culture and Community at UC Merced
November 17, 2025
November marks Native American Heritage Month — a time to celebrate, honor and amplify Indigenous traditions and histories. At UC Merced, the student-led Native and Indigenous Student Coalition has become a powerful source of community and... Read More
Sow and Grow Workshops Connect Smart Farm, Community
November 13, 2025
On a chilly autumn morning at the UC Merced Experimental Smart Farm, about a dozen people enthusiastically dug/plunged their hands into soil in an exercise on how to propagate plants. For the less horticulturally inclined, propagating is... Read More
Postdoc Leads Study to Turn Cotton Waste into Climate-Smart Compost
November 12, 2025
UC Merced researchers are collaborating on a two-year research project to develop effective composting methods for cotton textiles. The project explores manufacturing cotton waste scraps from clothing into compost to demonstrate efficient... Read More
Professor and Environmental Champion Bales Retires, But Research and Advocacy Continue
November 10, 2025
Professors Roger Bales and Martha Conklin arrived in Merced in 2003, the first non-administrative faculty members at UC Merced. They came with a vision: to create a research university that would serve California’s future. Now, after more... Read More
UC Merced Earns Perfect Score, Ranks 7th in Nation on Princeton Review’s ‘Top 50 Green Colleges’ List
November 9, 2025
UC Merced was recognized again as a national leader in sustainability, earning a perfect Green Rating score and ranking No. 7 in the nation on The Princeton Review’s 2025 list of Top 50 Green Colleges. The ranking highlights universities... Read More
UC Merced Chemist Wins DOE Award to Simulate Electron Motion at Quantum Speeds
November 5, 2025
Chemistry Professor Henrik Larsson has received a prestigious Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy, becoming the first faculty member from UC Merced’s School of Natural Sciences to earn the honor. The award includes more... Read More
Thinning, Burning Forests Provide Multiple Benefits, Some of Them Surprising
November 4, 2025
Wildfires are growing more frequent and severe across the western United States, and California's Sierra Nevada is ground zero. Decades of fire suppression have left these forests overstocked and vulnerable to catastrophic fires, drought... Read More
Unraveling Cancer’s Neural Connections: NIH-Funded Study Investigates How Stem Cell Regulation Influences Tissue Renewal, Cancer Development
November 3, 2025
The same cellular renewal that keeps our bodies healthy might also fuel the growth of cancer. A UC Merced biologist has found that the brain could hold the key to stopping it. Professor Néstor Oviedo, a molecular and cell biologist and... Read More
First-generation Students Shine at UC Merced. This Week Celebrates Them
November 3, 2025
More than six in 10 UC Merced undergraduates are the first in their families to attend a university. The national average for four-year universities is about two in 10. Opening doors to opportunity for first-generation students is infused... Read More
Hundreds Gather at UC Merced to Explore Graduate School Pathways
October 30, 2025
UC Merced buzzed with energy as nearly 800 students and 200 recruiters, staff and volunteers from across California converged on campus on Oct. 18 for the California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education - a dynamic event dedicated to... Read More