When UC Merced began transitioning to emergency remote instruction in late March, hoping to lessen the spread of COVID-19, Jackie Shay didn’t waste any time jumping in to help her fellow teaching assistants (TA) make the shift.
Teaching... Read More
Smokers and former smokers are not only more susceptible to COVID-19, they are far more likely to see their conditions worsen over time and to require intensive respiratory assistance, according to a review released Thursday by the UC... Read More
When you add UC Merced students majoring in math and science with a mentor teacher it equals real-life experience teaching in local schools.
That’s one of the many goals of UC Merced’s CalTeach program, which aims to address the shortage... Read More
U.S. News & World Report has ranked six of UC Merced’s engineering graduate programs in its 2021 Best Graduate Schools rankings released today, a sign that the university’s reputation is continuing to build.
“We’re particularly proud... Read More
Flocks of starlings producing dazzling patterns across the sky are natural examples of active matter — groups of individual agents coming together to create collective dynamics.
In a study featured on last week’s cover of the journal... Read More
Two projects from a UC Merced engineering lab are making interactions with mobile devices easier and quicker, especially for blind people.
Computer science Professor Ahmed Arif and his students have developed a new way for blind people... Read More
Breakthrough collaborative science by an interdisciplinary team of researchers brought together by computational biology Professor David Ardell promises a new approach for treating all types of infections.
Infections have become more... Read More
Just 90 miles from the future of higher education — UC Merced — lies one of the epicenters of the future of technology, innovation and national security.
Regardless of the route you take, the journey from UC Merced to Lawrence Livermore... Read More
Bioengineering Professor Victor Muñoz has answered a long-standing genetic mystery, and his research suggests that someday, bioengineers could devise ways to control gene activity — manually switching off the genes that contribute to... Read More
Competitions, showcases, career success stories and more highlight the work of the School of Engineering and its students at UC Merced’s annual celebration of National Engineers Week, Feb. 18 to 21.
E-Week is an opportunity for engineering... Read More