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Speakers Set for UC Merced Fall Commencement

December 18, 2024
The head of one of the largest municipal housing authorities in the United States and the first undocumented resident to earn at Ph.D. at UC Merced will be keynote speakers at the university’s fall commencement ceremonies. Lourdes M. Castro Ramírez, president and chief executive officer of...

UC Merced to Celebrate Hundreds of Graduates at Fall Commencement

December 17, 2024
UC Merced will celebrate hundreds of graduates alongside their friends and families in the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre this weekend. There are 402 Bobcats set to participate in the fall commencement ceremonies in downtown Merced. The festivities begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec....

Chef’s Film Highlights Regional Farmers, Collaboration with Campus Dining

December 16, 2024
Recognizing food as both sustenance and a cultural experience that can evoke memories, cross boundaries and bring people together, seasoned chef and media personality Ed Porter recently brought his latest short film to UC Merced for an exclusive screening. “The Food that Fuels” is a...

CALMATTERS: California got millions to train workers in disaster relief, but it’s leaving money on table

December 13, 2024

REUTERS: US solar industry downplays climate in strategy for Trump era

December 12, 2024

Innovate to Grow Highlights Engineering, Software Capstone Projects

December 12, 2024
Innovate to Grow, or I2G as it’s known on campus, is a twice-a-year showcase for UC Merced engineering and computer science students demonstrating projects they have been developing. Students compete on teams that are judged by experts from around California. People can see the fall...

In UC Merced Standup Comedy Course, Joy is the Punchline

December 11, 2024
Katherine Cai is on stage, reminiscing about high school. “My dad tried to teach me geometry. You know how that goes. The questions get more and more difficult and Dad gets more and more frustrated, which leads to both of us having a crisis.” “We’re all just victims of...

High School Student Part of AI Art Project at UC Merced

December 9, 2024
Here's a nifty use for AI: Turning photographs and other images into Cubist art. A team of UC Merced researchers developed a project to do just that, using artificial intelligence to transform images into the style of art created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque that reduces and fractures...

University and Yosemite National Park Offer Special Program for Veterans

December 5, 2024
For five years, UC Merced has offered veterans a unique opportunity to consider, dream of and plan for their lives beyond the military. A free workshop held in Yosemite National Park, the Yosemite Veterans Education and Leadership Seminar presents veterans with an array of networking, career...

UC Merced Filmmaker Turns Inward for Meditation on Conflict and Loss

December 4, 2024
Filmmaker and UC Merced Professor Yehuda Sharim recently completed an autobiographical project that is an intimate contemplation of his childhood home in Israel, where visits with his aging father are juxtaposed with the conflict and violence engulfing the Middle East. “I don’t...

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