All Stories

UC Merced Aerial Picture
High School Visit to Inspire Local Students to 'Achieve UC'
October 16, 2012
University of California, Merced, Chancellor Dorothy Leland will visit Merced High School Oct. 18 as part of Achieve UC, a systemwide initiative to show high school students how they can attain a University of California education. The... Read More
Professor Working to Stop Melanoma in its Tracks
October 15, 2012
Alt
Professor Fabian Filipp is trying to put up roadblocks. But instead of stopping cars, he's trying to keep cancers from growing. Filipp, a systems biology professor who started at UC Merced this fall, studies the metabolic cycle of... Read More
Campus Research Investment Hits New High
October 11, 2012
Alt
Research is the hallmark of the University of California, which develops more patents than any other university in the nation. And as the system’s newest campus, UC Merced is continuing to conduct cutting-edge research. According to... Read More
UC Merced Faculty Opinion in Journal Science
October 11, 2012
Alt
Professor Mónica Medina started out as the only marine biologist in a National Science Foundation workshop last year, but she ended up with a group of new partners and an opinion piece in the prestigious journal Science that’s being... Read More
Campus Grows Valley Investment, Boosting Area's Economic Strength
October 9, 2012
Alt
With evidence mounting that the San Joaquin Valley economy is finally gaining strength, the University of California, Merced, today announced that it continues to do its part, investing more than $165 million in the regional economy over... Read More
Transfer Student Uses Sports, Academics to Inspire Local Youth
October 8, 2012
Alt
  At 33, Nick Navarrette isn’t the average UC Merced student. He’s not even the average transfer student. Then again, Navarrette has never been “average,” nor does he pretend to be. Maybe that’s why adversity doesn’t seem to faze him... Read More
Lakireddy Gift Promotes Engineering and Entrepreneurship
October 4, 2012
Alt
MERCED, Calif. — A generous gift from a Valley family with long ties to UC Merced will give the campus a legacy fund that firmly establishes its leadership role in regional entrepreneurialism. The Dr. and Mrs. Vikram Lakireddy Innovation... Read More
Robotics Society Navigates Uncharted Courses
October 3, 2012
Alt
Sometimes, all you need is a little push, even if it comes from a mechanical arm. That was the case with the UC Merced Robotics Society, which began in 2008 but languished after its founders graduated. This past year, though, the club’s... Read More
Study Sheds Light on Bacterial Cell Division
October 1, 2012
Alt
Staph, e-coli, meningitis, MRSA and botulism are just a few of the thousands of bacterial infections that plague people all over the world. For example, almost 23,300 people in the United States were sickened by food-borne bacterial... Read More
Enrollment Continues to Climb at UC Merced
September 27, 2012
Alt
The University of California, Merced, began its eighth academic year with 5,760 undergraduate and graduate students, up nearly 11 percent to a new high, according to data released today (Sept. 27). The increase proves that demand for UC... Read More
Cog Sci Professor Researches Communication's Development in Newborns
September 26, 2012
Alt
From burps to babbling, cognitive science Professor Anne S. Warlaumont studies how children develop their ability to verbally communicate in the first year of their lives. "I've always been interested in the origin of complex human... Read More
UC Merced the Focus of Global Sustainable Design Contest
September 26, 2012
MERCED, Calif. — A global sustainable architecture competition is turning all eyes to the University of California, Merced, the newest campus in the UC system, and the only one to have all its buildings certified by the US Green Building... Read More
National Science Foundation Grant Supports Biodiversity Research
September 25, 2012
Alt
MERCED, Calif. — A $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will support a five-year investigation by University of California, Merced, researchers into environmental changes in marine lakes, including why some species adapt... Read More
Senegal Shrubbery Research Could Bear Fruit for Many
September 24, 2012
Alt
Shrubs blooming in a specific area of Africa might hold the answers to feeding millions of people on that continent, and possibly others. UC Merced Professor Teamrat Ghezzehei, his doctoral student, Nate Bogie, and researchers from Ohio... Read More
Student, Faculty Music Projects Enlivening Area Scene
September 19, 2012
Alt
Professor Arnold Kim’s music couldn’t be more different than that of student-staff-alumni band Feeling Gravity’s Pull. Kim’s The Yellow Hope Project work is heavily influenced by what he has been listening to for years – old-school... Read More
Common Read Builds Community, Connections with Shared Book
September 17, 2012
Alt
A richly illustrated book tracing centuries of change in the California landscape is this year’s Common Read, a program that connects students and faculty across disciplines by putting the same text in dozens of classrooms. First launched... Read More
New Women’s Soccer Team Kicks Off With Home Opener in September
September 12, 2012
Alt
UC Merced’s first NAIA women’s soccer team is going to have a short season – five home games and nine away games. That’s by design. New head coach Megan Atoigue said this is the time to set the foundation for the campus’s inaugural women... Read More
Yosemite Leadership Program Coordinator to Expand Its Profile
September 10, 2012
Alt
The UC Merced Yosemite Leadership Program's first full-time leader plans to build on the program's momentum and expand its visibility. Jacob Croasdale was recently selected to oversee the 3-year-old program. A $65,000 grant from... Read More
Snowy, Sandy Research Explores Climate Change
September 5, 2012
Alt
From the white, sugary sands of Hawaii to the white, powdery slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Natural Sciences Professor Stephen Hart has his eye on climate change. For the past two years, the professor, who’s affiliated with the Sierra... Read More
Staff Members’ Invention Helping Reduce Campus Waste
September 4, 2012
Alt
UC Merced’s library used to be one of the trashiest places on campus – patrons generated a lot more garbage than recycling. But all that garbage led to an invention by two campus staff members that could help UC Merced reach the zero... Read More