UC Merced students will present research conducted over the summer at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
The research presentations mark the end of the Summer Undergraduate... Read More
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August 1, 2023
July 28, 2023
After taking part in the UC Merced Center for Analytic Political Engagement 's inaugural legislative boot camp, students say they are better prepared to take on the first internships of their careers.
The week-long session in Sacramento... Read More
July 26, 2023
Starting this fall, the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences is offering an honors program for undergraduate students.
Each student who is majoring in cognitive science and enrolled in the program will conduct research for a... Read More
July 25, 2023
UC Merced is highlighting incoming students for fall 2023 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats.
When Clovis native and lifelong volleyball player Morgan Wilson first began exploring her options to play at the... Read More
July 25, 2023
In the early days of building UC Merced, founding faculty member Teenie Matlock took on lots of tasks that were well outside her job description. Over the years, she expanded her service to the campus and UC in many ways, from designing... Read More
July 24, 2023
About 20 UC Merced students spent the past two weeks working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to see if they can solve a problem that could have a significant impact on cardiology.
The annual Data Science Challenge (DSC), a... Read More
July 19, 2023
The University of California Board of Regents has appointed University of California, Merced graduate student Josiah Beharry to be the 2024-25 student Regent.
Beharry is the 50th student Regent, a position established in 1975. He will... Read More
July 19, 2023
For Joslyn Conchas, becoming a physician wasn’t always the plan.
“I wanted to be a veterinarian, but that was before I saw firsthand how impactful health disparities are within my community,” she said.
Her grandfather was ill and she... Read More
July 18, 2023
Faculty members from the departments of Physics and Chemistry and Biochemistry recently co-hosted a conference that drew about 100 faculty members, researchers and students from around the country and around the world.
Physics Professor... Read More
July 17, 2023
After seven months of working for hours each weekend to design, build and fly a drone, it all came down to a nervous moment for UC Merced students taking part in a worldwide competition.
Their drone had to be suspended between two poles... Read More
July 17, 2023
UC Merced 's resident expert on the nightmarishly massive megalodon will play a role in Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, a celebration of the toothy creatures at the top of the oceanic food chain.
Professor Sora Kim will be featured in a... Read More
July 12, 2023
Since age 5, Preston Nguyen has been kicking around a soccer ball.
“I have been consumed by the sport ever since,” the Turlock native said. “I can play any role in the midfield, but I usually play as a defensive midfielder.”
The incoming... Read More
July 12, 2023
Incoming Bobcat Benji Thier already knows what he wants to do with his college degree: Save the planet.
“I am planning to study Environmental Systems Science because I did some environmental work in high school and I think it is a very... Read More
July 11, 2023
UC Merced and the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD) have partnered to further extend access for transfer students in the Central Valley.
By signing the Merced Promise Pathway Program memorandum of understanding, the two... Read More
July 10, 2023
UC Merced doctoral student Luis Rubén González Marquez was awarded the American Sociological Association Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (ASA DDRIG), funded by the National Science Foundation, for his research on renewable... Read More
July 10, 2023
Incoming first-year student Hayden Elliott will hit the UC Merced campus this fall with quite a bit of college already under his belt.
A 2023 graduate of Turlock High School, Elliott has earned associate's degrees from attending both... Read More
July 6, 2023
UC Merced is highlighting incoming students for fall 2023 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats.
It's the change of pace that Kayla Lopez has been craving. In August, she will leave the busy streets of Southern... Read More
July 5, 2023
Merced, California, and Kyoto, Japan, are nearly 5,500 miles apart, but their research universities' shared goals to improve society is bringing them together. A new agreement between institutions of higher education in both cities will... Read More
June 29, 2023
When Associate Director for Educational Equity and Access for the Calvin E. Bright Success Center Alejandro Delgadillo announced his plans for retirement earlier this year in a social media post, there was an outpouring of felicitations... Read More
June 28, 2023
UC Merced is highlighting incoming students for fall 2023 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats.
Delia Rodriguez poured her heart into college prep — applying to almost 20 universities. When it came time to make her... Read More