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Campus Celebrates LGBT+ Culture During Pride Week

March 23, 2016
UC Merced’s Pride Week kicks off March 28. The weeklong celebration is hosted by Lambda Alliance and LGBTQ+ Initiatives in the Office of Student Life. It’s a collaborative effort to affirm the LGBT+ community by providing recreational, social and support services, and learning opportunities to...

Student-Athlete Takes Leadership to the National Level

March 21, 2016
Junior Sammantha Fajardo wasn’t satisfied with merely representing UC Merced on the cross country course, so she stepped up to represent the university’s student-athletes at the national level. In April, Fajardo will attend the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) Conference as...

Students Can Catch Up, Save Up With Summer Session

March 17, 2016
Completing degree requirements in eight semesters can be challenging for many students. Add a minor, a job or a semester abroad, and students can easily find themselves playing catch-up. That’s why UC Merced senior Shelby Smith, a typical student seeking to pack as much as possible into her college...

Study: Fishing Industry a Bigger Polluter than Previously Known

March 14, 2016
Many studies have shown that raising cattle and pigs for food is hard on the environment, and fish has long been considered a better alternative. But the work of UC Merced graduate student Brandi McKuin indicates that because of emissions, fishing for large fish like tuna warms the climate just as...

Student Volunteers Work With Local Emergency Department

March 7, 2016
In Fall 2007, Maricela Rangel-Garcia became one of the first UC Merced students to sign up for a new, non-clinical volunteer program in the busy Mercy Medical Center Emergency Department (ED). Her participation in what has become a vital and growing program cemented her career path.  “I decided to...

New Study Shows Early Human Impacts on Biodiversity

March 7, 2016
Even without all the industrial and technological growth that has accelerated climate change, humans can — and do — dramatically impact ecosystems. A new paper in Nature Communications, co-authored by UC Merced Professor Marilyn Fogel, indicates early humans were responsible for the fairly rapid...

Young Professor Honored with Prestigious NSF Award

March 2, 2016
In his first faculty position, in his first year at UC Merced, Professor Dong Li has won his first grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and it’s a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. “I’m really honored,” said Li, who works in supercomputing. “It’s very ...

Researchers Identify Drug That Could Treat Melanoma

February 29, 2016
Less than a year after mapping the genetic landscape of melanoma, a researcher from the University of California, Merced, has identified a drug that could be effective in battling the deadly skin cancer. UC Merced Professor Fabian V. Filipp led a team of researchers on the new project, the results...

Growing Research Week Offers Events and Activities for All

February 24, 2016
The annual Research Week tabling event has more than doubled in size from last year, and that’s just one of the new and growing events featured in UC Merced’s weeklong celebration of research. More than 20 tables have been booked by groups, graduate and undergraduate students, organized research...

Three Students Chosen for Clinton Global Initiative University

February 22, 2016
Three of UC Merced’s student sustainability stars will share ideas about the future and network with international students and dignitaries at the upcoming session of Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U). Hoaithi Dang, Adriana Gomez and Gabriel Morabe are three of 1,000 college students...

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