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April 1, 2025

Depicted are two electric vehicle charging stations at UC Merced.
Many people with electric vehicles drive them to work during the day and then charge them overnight after returning home. But a simple reversal of that schedule could make it cheaper and easier to charge your electric car. That was the conclusion reached by a team of UC Merced researchers, who...
Photo shows people using carts to move items into dorms at UC Merced.
As classes begin Wednesday for UC Merced's 20th academic year, the campus and its offerings continue to grow to meet the needs of students and the community at large. Edwin Lopez was so...
Nearly 140 faculty and students from universities across the nation attended the three-day conference MERCURY held at UC Merced
UC Merced was the site of the 22nd Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY (MERCURY) Conference held in mid-July. “MERCURY is delighted to have...
Kara McCloskey and students in her lab are shown.
A diverse group of students participated in a stem cell training pilot program at UC Merced this summer. It was the second summer for the Training Undergrads in Stem Cell Engineering and Biology (...
A cohort of six UC Merced political science students traveled to Sacramento for the CAPE Legislative Bootcamp.
UC Merced political science students returned to Sacramento to get first-hand experience at California’s Capitol with internships. The Center for Analytic Political Engagement (CAPE)...
What would it take to connect the University of California's campuses in Merced, Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz with a safe and sustainable system of air taxis that ferries students, faculty,...
Officers rehearse emergency simulation at UC Merced
First responders from across Merced County converged on UC Merced Thursday for what they said was a highly successful response to a simulated emergency. Police officers, sheriff’s deputies,...
Lions consume a giraffe carcass in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
A group of UC Merced researchers modeled predation behaviors, as well as changes in those behaviors, among large carnivores, developing a new theory that will help biologists assess the health of...
New UC Merced student Antonio "Tony" Lopez-Blanco
  This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. After diving into robotics in high school, Antonio "Tony" Lopez-Blanco is...
Illustration of hands reach out to each other.
Experiments conducted by UC Merced researchers find that people who perform good deeds are far more likely to be thought of as religious believers than atheists. Moreover, the psychological bias...

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