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Three-year Grant Lifts Joy Provided by UC Merced Children’s Opera
October 20, 2025
UC Merced Children’s Opera, a performance that delights and enlightens thousands of schoolchildren a year while giving Bobcat students experience in theater, has received support from a generous grant from the Central Valley Opportunity... Read More
UC Merced a National Finalist for Student Success Award
October 16, 2025
UC Merced, recognized nationwide for providing access to a world-class education and transforming young scholars’ lives, is a finalist for the inaugural Excellence in Student Success Award offered by the Association of Public and Land-... Read More
Multinational Effort to Map South Africa’s Biodiversity from the Air Earns NASA Award
October 15, 2025
BioSCape, a multinational research project co-led by UC Merced, the University at Buffalo and the University of Cape Town, which monitored Earth’s biodiversity from the air, has received a Group Achievement Award as part of the 2024-25... Read More
Flavors & Stories: Chef Sean Sherman Brings Indigenous Culinary Wisdom to UC Merced
October 14, 2025
The beat of drums and the scent of cedar filled UC Merced’s Conference Center as acclaimed chef, author and activist Sean Sherman shared stories of tradition, resilience and culinary innovation during “Flavors & Stories: A Fireside... Read More
Need for More Latino Doctors Highlighted at UC Merced Event
October 13, 2025
In the United States, 20 percent of the population is Latino. By 2050, it’s expected that one in three people will identify as Latino. But less than 7 percent of doctors come from a similar background. Dr. Michael Galvez, a board-certified... Read More