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UC Merced’s Center for Health Equity Convenes Partners to Address Patient Trust Gap in San Joaquin Valley
March 26, 2026
On March 20, UC Merced's Center for Health Equity brought together researchers, regional health partners and community members to share findings from a study on how community health workers are transforming patient care across the San... Read More
Two UC Merced Researchers Among This Year’s AAAS Fellows
March 26, 2026
Professors Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and Ming-Hsuan Yang have been named 2025 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.... Read More
Her UC Merced Path Changed But Stockton Student Stays on Track
March 25, 2026
Taliyah Miller would be the first to tell you she arrived at UC Merced with an unwavering, long-range goal: become an anesthesiologist. What she could not have predicted was that a difficult roommate, a therapist’s question and a job she... Read More
CalTeach and Local Schools Team Up to Energize Learning across Merced County
March 23, 2026
UC Merced’s CalTeach program is opening new pathways for younger students to experience hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning, academic support and early exposure to a college environment. The CalTeach program... Read More
Ripon Student Turning Heart and Heritage into a Path of Healing
March 19, 2026
As a child of the Central Valley and a member of a Native tribe, Grace Grinder developed an early awareness of health care disparities affecting rural regions and underserved communities. While in third grade, Grinder lost her grandmother... Read More