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Myles Haynes Wins Big by Creating Human Help Project
February 28, 2025
This story is part of a series for Black History Month. Read more stories highlighting Black excellence at UC Merced. Men's basketball senior Myles Haynes has encountered expected and unexpected opportunities at UC Merced, and he has done... Read More
Center Engages Campus, Community with Africa and its Diaspora
February 27, 2025
This story is part of a series for Black History Month. Read more stories highlighting Black excellence at UC Merced. The brutal deaths of African Americans George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and others at the hands of police officers five years... Read More
Stargazing and Lecture Offer Unique Perspectives on Stars and Exoplanets
February 27, 2025
The night sky is filled with countless mysteries and worlds yet to be explored but that someday might be visited by spacecraft. In a free event titled “Celestial Tales: Stars, Exoplanets and the Myths That Connect Us,” on March 6, the... Read More
New Hmong School Curriculum in Spotlight at UC Merced Conference
February 26, 2025
Educators from across California will gather at UC Merced for an up-close look at a curriculum that teaches schoolchildren about Hmong Americans — their history in Southeast Asia, their cultural traditions, and their journeys to the United... Read More
Todo Cambia Festival Takes New Artistic Directions
February 24, 2025
Todo Cambia, UC Merced’s annual Human Rights Film Festival, is about more than film this year. The seven-day festival kicks off Saturday, March 1 with a talk and readings by a former Texas state poet laureate. Days later, a UC Santa... Read More