Skip to content

News

UC Merced Playing Bigger Role in New UCSF SJV PRIME

September 16, 2019
With a projected shortage of more than 4,000 primary-care clinicians over the next decade in California, the newest cohort in the UCSF SJV PRIME program presents a glimmer of hope to San Joaquin Valley medicine. Six medical students — all from the Valley — have been admitted to the UCSF San Joaquin...

Blood Cell Research Taking Groundbreaking Turns in Biology Lab

September 11, 2019
Developmental biologist Professor Anna Beaudin and her lab are making breakthrough discoveries in a growing field of research that could lead to exciting developments in such medical puzzles as cancer treatments, regenerative medicine and the cause of autism. She examines the mechanisms of how...

UC Merced Takes Another Giant Leap in U.S. News Rankings

September 6, 2019
The fastest-growing public research university in the nation is the fastest-rising university in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings. The University of California Merced, jumped 32 spots in the ranking of National Universities in the 2020 edition of the guide, released today. UC...

University Ranks Top Ten in Nation in First-Generation Student Performance for Washington Monthly

September 3, 2019
UC Merced moved into the top 10 in the country in first-generation student performance in the Washington Monthly 2019 College Guide and Rankings released last week. The university — with more than 73 percent of the undergraduate student population being first generation, double the national average...

TED Audiences get the Dirt on Soil and Climate Change from Berhe

September 3, 2019
Soil is one of the foundations of life on Earth and could be an important part of the solution to climate change, if only we can stop treating it like dirt. That’s the message Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe shared with a global audience when she became the only current UC Merced researcher to...

Hellman Family Recognizes Young UC Merced Faculty Projects and Careers

August 30, 2019
Six faculty members have been named this year’s Hellman Fellows — two from each of UC Merced’s schools. The 2019-20 winners are: • Professor Anna E. Beaudin, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, School of Natural Sciences; • Professor Chih-Wen Ni, Department of Bioengineering, School of...

New Batch of Bobcats Celebrate Welcome Week

August 29, 2019
UC Merced welcomed the largest incoming class to campus over the past week, as more than 2,000 first-year and transfer students took part in Welcome Week festivities. Throughout the weekend, families from across the state made their way to Merced to move in their new Bobcat. Among those moving in...

Researchers Use Monkey Flower to Study Climate Change

August 20, 2019
California’s drought was hard not to notice — the dry lawns, fallowed fields and hot temperatures were evident across the state. To better understand how the drought affected the natural ecosystem in which we live, biology Professor Jason Sexton and his graduate students conducted a study on a...

UC Merced Unveils Second Phase of Merced 2020 Project, Says Thank You to Leland

August 19, 2019
Two simple words, “Leland Legacy,” captured the significance of Wednesday’s opening event for the second phase of the Merced 2020 Project, an event that doubled as a goodbye and thank you to outgoing Chancellor Dorothy Leland. The message graced a wall of the new Sustainability Research and...

Media Creates False Balance on Climate Science, Study Shows

August 13, 2019
The American media lends too much weight to people who dismiss climate change, giving them legitimacy they haven’t earned, posing serious danger to efforts aimed at raising public awareness and motivating rapid action, a new study shows. While it is not uncommon for media outlets to interview...

Pages