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Social Sciences Graduate Programs Shine in U.S. News Rankings
April 10, 2025
UC Merced’s School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts made a splash in the latest rankings of university graduate programs compiled by U.S. News and World Report. The university’s Political Science program ranked 52nd in the... Read More
Three Engineering Programs Ranked in Top 100 by U.S. News
April 8, 2025
UC Merced’s School of Engineering and its programs continue to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as demonstrated in the release today of its 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The R1 school advanced three spots in the latest... Read More
Address Stigma, Build Strength: UC Merced Co-leads Project to Lower LGBTQ2S+ Use of Nicotine
April 7, 2025
LGBTQ2S+ individuals use tobacco and nicotine products at significantly higher rates than straight and cisgender people, research shows. Reasons can include stress and other health problems brought on by systemic and social prejudice,... Read More
Machine Learning Research Earns CAREER award
April 3, 2025
Electrical engineering and computer science Professor Pengfei Su has received a CAREER award for his research on cross-layer performance tuning to enhance deep learning model efficiency. He is the 41st researcher from UC Merced to earn a... Read More
Researchers Make the Case for Charging Cars During the Day
April 1, 2025
Many people with electric vehicles drive them to work during the day and then charge them overnight after returning home. But a simple reversal of that schedule could make it cheaper and easier to charge your electric car. That was the... Read More