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Bioengineer’s Infectious-Cells Research Earns an NSF CAREER Award

February 2, 2021
Bioengineering Professor Arvind Gopinath received a CAREER award for his research that seeks to understand how living biological materials such as bacterial swarms and fungal biofilms colonize surfaces, respond to physical features of their environments and cause infection. He is the 25th...

UC Merced Receives Highest Number of Applications in Campus’s History

February 1, 2021
In a record year for applicants to the entire University of California system, UC Merced has received a total of 30,105 prospective student applications among freshman and transfer students into the university — the highest number in the campus’s history.  This comes as UC Merced hosted its largest...

Merced 2020 Project Buildings Earn LEED Certification

January 28, 2021
Eleven buildings in the Merced 2020 Project, UC Merced’s ambitious public-private partnership that nearly doubled the campus footprint, have been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Platinum is the highest LEED...

Matlock Earns Prestigious Athena Award for Academic Leadership

January 27, 2021
Vice Provost for Academic Personnel Teenie Matlock has been honored with the Athena Award for Academic Leadership by the Women in Technology Initiative at the University of California. Matlock was selected from a nationally competitive pool of candidates exemplifying high technical achievement...

Paleoecology Professor's Research and Teaching Earns Recognition

January 21, 2021
Professor Sora Kim has been named one of this year’s Emerging Scholars by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. Only 15 researchers, out of hundreds of nominees, have been selected. Each scholar is selected based on their research, educational background, publishing record, teaching record...

Prestigious Biennial Grant Program Includes Funding for Ag-labor and Wildfire Research

January 14, 2021
Two new projects designed and led by UC Merced researchers will address challenges facing many Californians — wildfire recovery and agricultural labor — but will also have global reach. Both are funded through the University of California’s prestigious Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives...

Month of Giving Surpasses Fundraising Goal

January 13, 2021
During December, the Give to UC Merced 2020 initiative tripled the campus’s goal of raising $50,000. The final tally: $163,000 raised for a variety of campus initiatives and programs. The fundraising initiative has traditionally been held on a single day, but in 2020 it was expanded to one month...

UC Merced: Looking Back on 2020

January 12, 2021
There was an undeniable feeling of optimism and excitement in January 2020, as the calendar turned to a new year at the University of California, Merced. The university would be welcoming its fourth chancellor in the summer, and celebrating its 15th anniversary and the opening of a slew of shiny...

A Year to Remember: UC Merced Made the Most of 2020

January 12, 2021
There was an undeniable feeling of optimism and excitement in January 2020, as the calendar turned to a new year at the University of California, Merced. The university would be welcoming its fourth chancellor in the summer, and celebrating its 15th anniversary and the opening of a slew of shiny...

UC Plans for Fall 2021 In-person Instruction Across Its 10 Campuses

January 11, 2021
The University of California announced today that it is planning for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide starting in fall 2021. The announcement is intended to provide prospective and current students and their families time to understand the University’s goals and plans amid the...

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