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Lakireddy Family Makes First Substantial Gift for Newly Completed Portion of Campus

September 28, 2020
Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy, a Merced family deeply engaged in both local and international philanthropy, have made the first significant gift in support of UC Merced’s landmark Merced 2020 Project. The generous donation from the Lakireddys will name the state-of-the-art central hub of the new...

UC Merced Enrollment Passes 9,000 — a New High — Despite National Decline

September 25, 2020
UC Merced rose into the top 100 of the U.S. News & World Report rankings of National Universities earlier this month, and the university already has another milestone to celebrate. According to numbers released today (Sept. 24), UC Merced’s total student enrollment has surpassed 9,000 for the...

Scholarship and Community Partnerships Continue with Renewed Luce Foundation Grant

September 22, 2020
It has been two years since UC Merced received the $280,000 Henry Luce Foundation grant, but its community engaged research endeavors are far from over. This fall, UC Merced Interdisciplinary Humanities graduate students and faculty will have the benefit of two additional years of funding to find...

UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools

September 21, 2020
The technology world is punctuated by startups, and UC Merced is “starting up” its own program to invigorate computer science education in the San Joaquin Valley. The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000, two-year grant to support START UP SJV, which stands for “STEM Teachers Alliance for...

Chancellor Muñoz Honored for Leadership on Workers’ Rights and Humanitarian Issues

September 18, 2020
UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz was a first-generation college student who became a lifelong advocate for education and the social mobility it provides to students from underrepresented backgrounds. Next month, he will be honored for his leadership in support of workers’ rights and...

Public Conference Presents COVID-19 From Different Angles

September 16, 2020
Everyone will have opportunities to learn about collaborative research at the intersections of COVID-19 and topics related to the environment, health and equity through a series of online conference sessions this fall. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Colleen Naughton...

ACTIVATE Bringing Telehealth Services to Vulnerable Merced County Residents

September 16, 2020
Researchers at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute at the University of California have launched a new public-private pilot initiative to bring telehealth services to underserved rural residents in Merced County....

UC Merced Moves Into Top 100 National Universities Ranked by U.S. News & World Report

September 14, 2020
UC Merced has broken into the top 100 of U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the top national universities, placing 97th overall and 40th among public institutions. The university, which just celebrated the 15th anniversary of its opening in 2005, is winning acclaim for its ability to...

Professor Tracey Osborne Taking on Complex, Grand Challenges in Climate and Social Justice

September 9, 2020
The world is a complex place, and humanity faces major challenges. Climate change mitigation might be the most difficult, in large part because of the interdependency of living things and their ecosystems. How do people transform economic systems so they are also sustainable for people and the...

$100K Donation by HP Makes Summer Bridge a ‘Remote’ Possibility

September 4, 2020
Many universities across the country have transitioned to remote instruction, which can present a new set of challenges to students who might not have access to the right equipment to complete their coursework. Some students at UC Merced received additional help from HP, which donated 100 computers...

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