UC Merced was ahead of the curve in 2009, when it created the Violence Prevention Program to combat sexual violence, dating and domestic violence, and stalking on campus and in the community just four years after opening its doors to students.

UC Merced Professor Gerardo Diaz is developing solar-powered water heating technology that c

A team of UC Merced engineering students — plus one from a nearby state university

Ke-Myrion Anderson had never set foot on college campus before he spent a week at UC Merced in July.

Faculty members from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Mechanical Engineering

Surabordin "Ai" Prachumsri has been hired to take the helm as UC Merced’s second head coach in women's volleyball and the first alumnus to become a head coach for the campus.

When she began her journey at UC Merced, Sheena Truong had the future planned out. She’d graduate, go to dental school and become an orthodontist. But Merced had more to offer — and in a roundabout way, it became her destination.

Editor's note: The following story appeared in the spring issue of UC Merced Magazine.

When Abraham Olivares moved to Merced at age 20, a career in education was the furthest thing from his mind.

Olivares said he didn’t have a lot of confidence in his abilities back then. Life is quite different now that he is the associate principal for Student Support at Golden Valley High School in Merced.

From the forests of Tuscany, Italy, to the shores of a San Diego reservoir, Professor Marc Beutel is hunting mercury.

Researchers at UC Merced are making a big deal