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Graduation Events Honor UC Merced's Rich Diversity

April 25, 2018
Commencement is one of the biggest events – if not the biggest – in a student’s academic career. It’s a time-honored tradition that recognizes students’ scholarly achievements and marks the beginning of the next phase of their academic and professional journeys. At...

Faculty, Students and Guests Perform Two Spring Concerts

April 24, 2018
UC Merced Global Arts Studies Program presents two free spring concerts, “Songs of Spring,” featuring original music and selections from each of the performers' musical backgrounds, including Brazilian and Latin music, jazz, blues, Nordic tunes and musical theater, performed by...

Shakespeare’s ‘Dream’ Delights Yosemite Visitors for Earth Day Weekend

April 24, 2018
“April ... hath put a spirit of youth in everything,” Shakespeare wrote in Sonnet 98. He might as well have been writing about this year’s Shakespeare in Yosemite production. With Friday’s premiere — attended by high school students from Mariposa and several...

Nilsen and Weisner Named Daktronics-NAIA Men's Volleyball Scholar-Athletes

April 23, 2018

Applied Math Grad Student Committed to Central Valley Roots

April 23, 2018
When Mario Banuelos was 12, his mother took him into the fields to tie grape vines. The labor was tough and the wages were meager. After just one day on the job, Banuelos knew that his path in life would be different. He worked even harder in school and earned nearly straight As. His efforts...

ABC 30 KFSN: First Three 2020 Buildings Open in Fall

April 23, 2018

National Science Foundation: Thinning Forests, Saved Water

April 23, 2018

Billions of Gallons of Water Saved by Thinning Sierra Forests

April 23, 2018
There are too many trees in Sierra Nevada forests, say experts from UC Merced, UC Irvine and the National Park Service working at the National Science Foundation Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory (NSF SSCZO). This comes as a surprise to those of us who see dense, verdant forests as a...

The Mercury News: Giants' Baker's Grand Slam at Ma Kelley

April 22, 2018

QSB’s Portia Mira Wins GradSlam!, Advances to Finals

April 19, 2018
After a fierce round of competition during last week’s UC Merced GradSlam! finals, the third time was the charm for quantitative and systems biology (QSB) student Portia Mira, who emerged as the campus’s new champion. For her success, Mira earned a $5,000 grand prize and the honor of...

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