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Student-driven Center Offers Safe Space for Community, Resources and Programs
February 13, 2025
This story is part of a series for Black History Month. Read more stories highlighting Black excellence at UC Merced. The Black Scholars Resource Center might be one of UC Merced’s best-kept secrets, although its leaders hope that... Read More
UC Merced Achieves R1: Highest Tier of Research Classification
February 13, 2025
UC Merced has assumed its place in the top echelon of research institutions in the nation by earning R1 status from Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The announcement was made Thursday morning by the American... Read More
5 Questions for Indigenous Author of Acclaimed Memoir Coming to UC Merced
February 11, 2025
Deborah Taffa, an Indigenous author and educator whose book about growing up in a mixed-race home and struggling with social acceptance was hailed as one the best memoirs of 2024, will make a special visit to Merced this month. Taffa will... Read More
Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center Enlists Wastewater Tests in Fight Against Smoking
February 10, 2025
UC Merced's Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center has embarked on an innovative partnership with university researchers who can track an entire community’s health and habits with samples of human sewage. The project aims to determine... Read More
UC Awards Support Tackling Big Questions in Health, Physics, Agriculture and Climate
February 5, 2025
Faculty members at UC Merced are taking the lead on four Multicampus Research Program Initiatives (MRPI), working with colleagues around the University of California system to address challenges around labor and agriculture, active matter... Read More