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Professor Dives with Crocs, Displays Megalodon Expertise During Shark Week
July 17, 2025
Shark Week starts Sunday and Professor Sora Kim will be featured again this year in a special airing at 9 p.m. Monday, titled “Jaws vs. Mega Croc,” and the filming allowed her to swim with a Nile crocodile. “I flew to Florida and learned... Read More
UC Investment Academy Propels Students to Financial Career Success
July 14, 2025
This summer, 2024 UC Merced graduate Tatiana Howell is set to begin working as a wealth management analyst with Goldman Sachs. She got the job through tenacity, a strong work ethic and participation in an innovative program that prepared... Read More
UC Merced Breakthrough Could Transform How California Monitors Toxic Algae
July 10, 2025
San Luis Reservoir in Merced County - one of California's largest artificial lakes - not only irrigates Central Valley farmland and supplies drinking water across Silicon Valley and the South Bay, but also draws swimmers, boaters and... Read More
Imagination the Only Limitation at UC Merced's Makerspace
July 9, 2025
UC Merced's Makerspace lab has been living up to its name recently. The School of Engineering's lab, housed in the Sustainability Research and Engineering building, has been increasingly busy. The Makerspace offers services to courses,... Read More
Honors Student from Merced Ready for Next Big Step
July 8, 2025
This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2025 semester. Leslie Perez-Cruz will start at UC Merced with several accomplishments already under her belt - she took classes at Merced College while... Read More