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How to Tap Into Your Hispanic/Latinx Heritage at UC Merced

September 28, 2023
  More than half of UC Merced's population is made up of Hispanic/Latinx students. There is no shortage of ways for Bobcats to get in touch with their roots on campus, in the community and even around the globe. Taste of Latinx Cultures UC Merced Dining Services is celebrating cultura with meals...

New Major Trains Students to Tell the Planet’s Urgent Stories

September 28, 2023
Compelling storytelling is vital to ensuring the action needed to secure a habitable planet for future generations, according to an increasing amount of research. UC Merced is recruiting students now to become the next environmental storytellers. Students who are interested in creatively conveying...

HACU Leadership Cohort an ‘Exciting Opportunity to Learn,’ Ortiz Says

September 26, 2023
Physiology Professor Rudy M.Ortiz has been named a Fellow in this year's cohort of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ Leadership Academy (La Academia de Liderazgo). The program is designed to increase diverse representation in executive and senior-level positions in higher...

UC Merced Alum Drives Innovation in Drug Manufacturing

September 26, 2023
You could almost say Edwin Shen was destined to become a bioengineer. His mother, a medical doctor, practices pathology in Northern California, and his father retired from a career as a mechanical engineer for medical device companies. “I guess what I do is right in the middle of my parents’...

UC Merced and Riverbank Unified Announce Automatic Admissions Partnership (Slideshow)

September 25, 2023
UC Merced and Riverbank Unified School District (RUSD) have signed an agreement for a new guaranteed admissions partnership. Through the Merced Automatic Admissions Program (MAAP), RUSD students could earn automatic acceptance to UC Merced if they meet the university's eligibility requirements...

Three Hellman Fellows Awarded at UC Merced

September 22, 2023
Three UC Merced researchers have recently received the prestigious Hellman Fellowship. Computer science and engineering Professor Shijia Pan, economics Professor Briana Ballis and life and environmental sciences Professor Xuan Zhang have all been named Hellman Fellows. The Hellman Fellows...

UC Merced Is a Hispanic Serving Institution. What Does that Mean?

September 21, 2023
Merced is one of five University of California campuses designated a Hispanic Serving Institution, or HSI. (The others are Riverside, Santa Cruz, Irvine and Santa Barbara.) But what does it mean to be designated an HSI? Yvette Gullat, University of California vice provost for Equity, Diversity and...

UC Merced Rises Nearly 40 Spots in U.S. News College Rankings

September 17, 2023
UC Merced's commitment to student success continues to earn national recognition as the university climbed to No. 60 - up from No. 97 last year - in U.S. News & World Report's list of Best Colleges in the nation released today. Among US public institutions UC Merced placed in the top 30,...

What is the Future of Water? UC Merced Hosts Vital Discussion

September 15, 2023
Water is the most precious, and most debated, resource in the Central Valley. Secure Water Future (SWF) and the UC Merced Library are co-hosting a vital discussion Sept. 28 about the future of water and the role of history in shaping water policy. Mark Arax, author of "The Dreamt Land: Chasing...

Department of Energy Awards $37 Million to Build Research Capacity

September 7, 2023
Five faculty members from the School of Natural Sciences received grants recently from the Department of Energy (DOE) under its Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research (FAIR) initiative. To support research at minority-serving institutions and emerging research institutions, the DOE announced...

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