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Volunteers Help Make Commencement Memorable for Grads, Families

May 14, 2018
Early on Mother’s Day morning, Coty Ventura and her daughters Bobbi and Jessica headed to UC Merced to do their part to help make the day special for hundreds of UC Merced graduates and their families. With steamers in hand, Coty and Bobbi smoothed wrinkles from the ceremonial robes of the...

Party Like It’s the 1980s During Staff Appreciation Week

May 14, 2018
Get ready to break out your “Flashdance” leg warmers and wear your sunglasses at night: Staff Appreciation Week (SAW) is here, and it’s taking UC Merced back to the ‘80s. This year’s festivities celebrate UC Merced’s hard-working and awesome staff members...

UC Merced Students Celebrate Graduating Class of 1,254 with Family, Friends

May 12, 2018
The University of California, Merced's, commencement ceremonies this year include the most doctoral candidates conferred in the campus' history.

SIAM Student Chapter Math Conference Continues to Grow as It Enters Third Year

May 11, 2018
The dynamics of blood coagulation, evolution of language and carnivore foraging strategies were just a few of the many topics discussed at the third annual Central Valley Regional Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter Conference held on the UC Merced campus April 27...

New Endowment Enhances Alumni Association’s Initiatives

May 10, 2018
Last month, the UC Merced Alumni Association (UCMAA) established the UC Merced Alumni Association Journey Endowment with $25,000 it collected through fundraising efforts to support initiatives throughout campus. Over the past several years, UC Merced alumni — especially UCMAA board members...

New Scholarship Pays Homage to Persistence and Research

May 10, 2018
A generous gift from the grandmother of a UC Merced alumna and current staff member is benefitting two undergraduate students who put the UC Merced Library to good use. Melissa Becerra, a third-year psychology student, and Nathan Parmeter, who graduates this week, are the first recipients of the...

Grad Student’s Passion for Prince Fuels Research

May 9, 2018
Dig if you will, a picture: the chance to study Prince – the musician and purveyor of all things purple -- as a subject of academic research. UC Merced’s Dalena Ngo did. For years, Ngo – a Minnesota native and lifelong Prince fan – wanted to examine aspects of the...

DCC Building Wins Blueprint Award for “Smart Growth”

May 9, 2018
UC Merced built its Downtown Campus Center (DCC) for two big reasons: to bring together the off-campus administrative staff and departments that were previously scattered across multiple locations and to strengthen the university’s connection to the community. The university achieved both...

Children Save the World’s Books in Upcoming Opera Performance

May 8, 2018
UC Merced Arts Presents welcomes everyone to the annual Children's Opera. This year's production is entitled “The Last Book on Earth.” Three young friends, Luna, Izzy and Finn, are the only hope to save all the world's books from being forever shut by the dark force of...

Campus Conferring its Highest Number of Doctorates at Commencement

May 8, 2018
This weekend, 1,250 UC Merced undergraduate and graduate students, including 52 doctoral candidates — the most in the campus’s 12-year history — are expected to cross the commencement stage and embark on the next chapter of their lives. “Commencement is the culmination of...

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