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Shayna Bennett Wins Grad Slam at UC Merced

April 21, 2021
Applied Mathematics graduate student Shayna Bennett will represent UC Merced at the University of California Grad Slam finals on May 7. For the campus’s Grad Slam final round, Bennett presented her dissertation research, “A New Tool to Fight Invasive Species,” in just three minutes and earned first...

Professor Tracey Osborne Leads New UC Center for Climate Justice

April 20, 2021
The University of California is launching a new center just in time for Earth Day: the Center for Climate Justice. Led by Management of Complex Systems Professor and UC Presidential Chair Tracey Osborne , the Center for Climate Justice is a system-wide initiative to address climate change as a...

Bobcat Won’t be Stopped by Pandemic, Creates a Resource for Students  Worldwide

April 19, 2021
Like many students at UC Merced, pre-medical student Nina Bouzamondo-Bernstein faced uncertainty as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world. She had applied for more than 40 clinical research care openings, but the pandemic had closed them all down. Feeling cornered by the changes...

Public Health Professor Shows Food Dye Linked to Childhood Behavior in California EPA Study

April 16, 2021
Public health Professor Asa Bradman contributed to a new report that examines the relationship between synthetic food dye — found in everything from juice to cupcakes — and child development. The report, released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental...

Public Health Professor Shows Food Dye Linked to Neurological Childhood Development in California EPA Study

April 16, 2021
Public health Professor Asa Bradman contributed to a new report that examines the relationship between synthetic food dye — found in everything from juice to cupcakes — and child development. The report, released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental...

Public Health Professor Shows Food Dye Linked to Neurological Childhood Development in EPA Study

April 16, 2021
Public health Professor Asa Bradman contributed to a new report that examines the relationship between synthetic food dye — found in everything from juice to cupcakes — and child development. The report, released today by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental...

Students Contribute to Castle Air Museum Improvement Proposal 

April 14, 2021
A team of UC Merced students partnered with Castle Air Museum to complete a proposal in the hopes of making the park more accessible to the diverse community it serves. When Californians passed Proposition 68 in 2018, that meant more taxes to fund improving parks in the state. Castle Air Museum...

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza is 13th Recipient of Spendlove Prize

April 13, 2021
Alicia Garza, civil rights activist and co-founder of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, will be honored as the 13th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance during a virtual award ceremony on April 20. Garza was raised...

Collaboration Furthers Understanding of Immune Cell Development

April 12, 2021
Immunology Professor Jennifer Manilay and bioengineering Professor Joel Spencer are using a new grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand a project they’ve been working on for the past two years — delving into the immune systems of living mice to see how B-cells develop under...

Bobcat Teams Rise Above with Inspiring Levels of Success

April 8, 2021
It’s an incredible time to be a Bobcat student-athlete. In a year turned inside-out by COVID-19, UC Merced’s intercollegiate teams have risen above with atmospheric levels of success. With all sports seasons shifted to spring because of the global pandemic, UC Merced squads burst out of the gate...

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