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What's There to Do in the Merced Area? Plenty

April 12, 2023
One question students considering attending UC Merced might ask is, "What's there to do around there?" The quick answer is - a lot. There are plenty of ways for students to spend their leisure time in the greater Merced area, for students of varying interests: Are you an outdoors enthusiast? Do you...

UC Merced Library Hosts Opening Reception for Farmworker Movement Exhibit

April 10, 2023
The UC Merced Library is hosting an opening reception for a new art exhibit that showcases the farmworker movement in the Central Valley through the lens of the late photographer and labor activist George Ballis. "Building a New Future: Art and Activism in the Central Valley" is on display on the...

Students Gain Experience (and Money) Doing Career-Oriented Work in New Program

April 10, 2023
Sarif Morningstar wondered something: "What happens if I grow plants using fog?" The UC Merced student's efforts to find an answer to that question led to a research project they got paid to conduct. That in turn led to an opportunity to study plant biology in the UC Davis Ph.D. program. Like...

Events at UC Merced Aimed at Reducing Food Waste

April 6, 2023
Roughly a third of all food worldwide goes to waste. Outside of the obvious direct costs, that waste has numerous other repercussions: much of it goes to landfills, where it generates methane, a greenhouse gas. Resources such as water and seeds are squandered. And at the same time, one in four...

Challenges Bring About Positive Change for UC Merced Food Services

April 4, 2023
After weathering a pandemic shutdown and some fairly withering criticism, UC Merced's food service programs have emerged better than ever. The shutdown that started in 2020 brought about abrupt changes to food service operations - prepackaged items were the order of the day to feed students, and...

'Listen to Your Gut': First-Year Student Offers Tips for Success to Incoming Bobcats

April 4, 2023
Bobcat Day turned out to be one of the most important days in Isabella Mitchell's life. Her experience at UC Merced's open house event in April 2022 assured her that she belonged at the newest UC campus — so much so that she submitted her Statement of Intent to Register that afternoon. Fast-...

Advisory Committee Hit Hard by COVID-19 Rebuilding to Continue Supporting Women

April 3, 2023
The Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (CACSW) has brought awareness to issues related to the campus climate for women since its founding at UC Merced in 2008. But after being greatly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the group is working to move forward promoting gender...

Group Conflict Inspires People to Feel Morally Elevated — for Their Side — Study Shows

March 28, 2023
You know that warm, uplifting feeling you get when you see someone going out of their way to help other people? You might get goosebumps or even a tear in your eye, and something inside you might make you want to be like them, support others and try to be a better person. That feeling isn't...

Student Philanthropy Month Puts Spotlight on Giving Back to UC Merced and Community

March 23, 2023
For the second year, UC Merced's Student Alumni Association (SAA) and Office of Alumni Relations have partnered to host Student Philanthropy Month in March. The monthlong initiative is dedicated to building a culture of philanthropy and awareness at UC Merced. Through events and fundraising...

Campus Visit Broadens Mexican Research Collaborations

March 21, 2023
When three buses rolled onto campus on one chilly winter morning, UC Merced gave the occupants a warm Bobcat welcome. More than 100 undergraduate students and faculty members from Universidad Autónoma Chapingo — an agricultural institution in Texcoco, Mexico — visited the UC Merced campus on March...

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