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Local Homebuilder Donates to UC Merced Women’s Volleyball

March 6, 2018
UC Merced Athletics received a generous donation from longtime campus supporter Greg Hostetler, owner of Stonefield Home of Los Banos. The gift recognizes and supports two student-athletes from communities where Hostetler conducts business. Jade Fachin, a junior biological sciences major from Los...

A Fruit Fly Walks Into a Bar ...

March 5, 2018
Editor’s note: Every year UC Merced shines a spotlight on the cutting-edge research underway at the university. Research Week is an opportunity for the public to explore the groundbreaking work conducted by students and faculty. As part of Research Week, the Newsroom will highlight a few of these...

Campus to Tackle Food Waste with CalRecycle Grant

February 27, 2018
UC Merced is one of the first recipients of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s new Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant. As part of the state’s comprehensive strategy, CalRecycle awarded $9.4 million to 31 projects throughout California. The Bobcat Eats Food Waste and...

First-Gen Students Get Career Tips at New Conference

February 26, 2018
Starting and navigating the career-planning process can be daunting for any college student, but especially for those who will be the first in their families to graduate from college. UC Merced’s Office of Leadership, Service and Career and Office of Undergraduate Education hosted the campus’s...

Chancellor Inks Deal with Berkeley Lab to Promote Collaboration

February 23, 2018
At a ceremony held earlier today, UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Director Michael Witherell signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a formal partnership between the two organizations. The agreement sets terms for the appointment of...

Berkeley Law Dean Speaks Up for Free Speech

February 15, 2018
People on college campuses hold a wide range of views, and the First Amendment gives everyone the right to express their opinions. But restricting speech at a public institution — even when what’s said is unpopular, offensive or even hateful — is against the law. Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC...

Campus Launches New Framework for Sustainable Practices

February 14, 2018
UC Merced has a new Sustainability Strategic Plan to help the campus further advance its sustainability goals. In 2016, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS), and the Department of Sustainability (DOS) initiated a strategic planning process for the campus’ sustainability...

Pellissier Speaker to Discuss Substance Abuse and the Adolescent Brain

February 12, 2018
California’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana and the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis have many parents worried that their own teenagers might succumb to the temptations of drugs and alcohol. At this year’s installment of the Vital and Alice Pellissier Family Distinguished Lecture...

Berkeley Law Dean to Visit Campus for Talk on Free Speech

February 8, 2018
When does freedom of speech cross the line and become hate speech? What’s considered protected speech? And, how do universities strike the delicate balance between allowing individuals or groups the right to free speech while protecting those who may be harmed or offended by that speech or the way...

Campus Invests Time, Resources to Help New Faculty Adjust

February 8, 2018
Management Professor Alexander Petersen said that without the roadmaps UC Merced offers for new faculty, he’d have been adrift on campus his first year. “I tend to get lost easily when there is a deluge of new information, so the new faculty seminars appropriately spread out...

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