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Driven Student from Los Angeles Excited for Possibilities at UC Merced

July 15, 2022
UC Merced is highlighting incoming first-year students for fall 2022 - a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. Christian Boyd is ready for the next chapter of his life. The recent graduate of Brío College Prep in Los Angeles is leaving Southern California and joining his...

Community College Leadership Retreat Builds Pipeline for Students of Color to Attend UC Merced

July 14, 2022
To continue to execute and build a strong foundation for students of color to attend a four-year college, UC Merced held its first Black California Community Colleges CEO’s Retreat. The three-day event welcomed to the campus several Black community college leaders from around the state....

Third Segment of Campus Parkway Opens to Traffic

July 12, 2022
UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz joined dignitaries from the city of Merced, Merced County and the state of California for the Campus Parkway Segment 3 ribbon cutting ceremony. The project, which was completed almost a year in advance, extends Campus Parkway from Highway 99 all the way up to...

High Achiever from Delano Headed to UC Merced

July 8, 2022
UC Merced is highlighting incoming first-year students for fall 2022 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. It’s no surprise Joselle Talabong was named Student of the Year from Delano High School. In addition to her academic prowess, the incoming first-year...

UC Merced Earns Highest Rating for its Sustainability Efforts

July 7, 2022
For the first time, UC Merced has been awarded a Platinum rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements under the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS.) Platinum is the highest...

Delia Saenz Takes Reins of UC Merced's Equity, Justice and Inclusion Mission

July 7, 2022
Horses, cattle and other livestock dotted broad, flat ranchland as the rental car followed Highway 140 toward Catheys Valley. It was February 2022. Delia Saenz was seeing the San Joaquin Valley for the first time. All the views were fresh and new. And comfortingly familiar. “I was...

UC Merced Takes Admissions on the Road

July 5, 2022

Palmer Headed for Capitol Hill as Campus’s First Congressional Science Fellow

July 5, 2022
UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Hannah Palmer, Ph.D., was named as the 2022-23 Congressional Science Fellow by the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and will spend a year in Washington, D.C., working for a member of Congress or a congressional...

Modest’s Work in Radiative Heat Transfer Earns Prestigious Award

July 1, 2022
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Michael Modest has earned the 2021 Max Jakob Memorial Award, given by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in recognition of “eminent achievement of distinguished service in the area of...

Count Me In Program Helps LA Student Choose UC Merced

July 1, 2022
Kamil Williams-Fisher is enjoying the summer in her hometown of Los Angeles before starting classes this fall at UC Merced. A graduate of St. Mary's Academy in Inglewood, she first heard about the newest UC from another Bobcat. However, she initially didn't apply because the university...

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