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Researcher Among the World's Most Highly Cited for the Fourth Straight Year
December 19, 2023
Distinguished Professor Martin Hagger from the Department of Psychological Sciences has been awarded one of this year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher awards. He is one of four researchers from UC Merced to receive the award, and... Read More
UC Merced's New Medical Education Director Values Service
December 11, 2023
During college, Dr. Margo Vener was on a completely different career path. Having received a C in chemistry early on, she had all but closed the door on any notion of pursuing a career in medicine. But a conversation with her uncle during... Read More
New Partnership Offers Ph.D. Students a Path to Pedagogical Excellence
December 4, 2023
Graduate student Samuel Leventini comes from a long line of educators, and the tribology researcher thinks he might want to follow in those footsteps. Thanks to a new supplemental grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Leventini... Read More
Latest CAREER Award Funds Research into Building Climate Control
November 28, 2023
UC Merced Professor Wan Du has received a CAREER award for his research on energy efficient building management. He is the 36th researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER awards are... Read More
Grant Funds Research into Wildfire Behavior and Ecological Effects of Fuel Treatments
November 22, 2023
A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund a project led by a UC Merced researcher looking into predicting behavior of wildfires. Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez is leading a team from UCs Merced and Irvine awarded $1,179,479 to... Read More
New Collaborations Designed to Increase Access to Data Science for All Students
November 20, 2023
UC Merced is part of several new initiatives aimed at increasing the accessibility and inclusivity of data science studies and opening new opportunities for historically underserved students after graduation. New grants from the National... Read More
UC Merced Medical Education Building Gains Final Approval from UC Regents
November 15, 2023
  At their Nov. 15 meeting, the Regents of the University of California gave final approval for the construction of a new medical education building at UC Merced. The vote approved the final design, California Environmental Quality Act (... Read More
ARCS Scholars Work to Advance STEM Research
November 13, 2023
Four UC Merced graduate students can focus fully on their research and academic studies this year thanks to a generous gift from the Northern California Chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation. ARCS, a... Read More
UC Merced Team Picked for Federal EV Battery Competition
November 8, 2023
A team from UC Merced has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy (DOE) "BattChallenge," a three-year competition to develop a battery for an electric vehicle. Mechanical engineering Professor Ricardo Pinto de Castro is... Read More
Ed and Jeanne Kashian Give $5 Million to Support Medical Education at UC Merced
November 1, 2023
Ed and Jeanne Kashian, longtime UC Merced donors who have supported the campus since its earliest days, have made a $5 million gift to advance the university's medical education efforts. Slated for groundbreaking in the spring, a new state... Read More