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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 the...

Josiah Beharry Oﬀers Unique Perspective as 50th Student Regent

December 18, 2024

First-generation doctoral student Josiah Beharry made history in 2023 when he was chosen as the ﬁrst student regent from UC Merced. In addition to being the 50th student to serve on the Board of Regents that governs the University of California system, Beharry also is the ﬁrst publicly identiﬁed...

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. 20, with...

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 showcase Dec....

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 and...

Grant Funds Research into Fungal Structures

December 4, 2024

Mushrooms are pretty amazing. They are light and porous yet have a high strength-to-weight ratio. They are absorbent. They can serve as filters. Manufacturing a material that mimics mushrooms and other fungal structures could provide opportunities in any number of areas, ranging from aerospace...

UC Students Tackle Tech-Centered Challenges in CITRIS Summer Internships

December 3, 2024

Efosa Omorogieva, a third-year computer science and engineering major at UC Merced, spent her summer using data to help transform items such as stalks and husks leftover after harvest into usable products for rural communities. Omorogieva interned at technology startup Takachar as a member of the...

Grant Will Cover Tuition for Community Health Worker Program

November 27, 2024

A new program aimed at training people to be community health workers has already gotten an important boost: a grant to cover scholarships for some attendees. The Community Health Worker Specialized Training Certificate program was introduced earlier this year as a partnership of UC Merced...

A Major Step Forward for UC Merced's Agricultural Experiment Station

November 25, 2024

The first four faculty members named to UC Merced's Agricultural Experiment Station look to make a big impact on farming in the San Joaquin Valley and beyond. Mechanical engineering Professor Reza Ehsani, civil and environmental engineering professors Safeeq Khan and Josué Medellìn-Azuara, and...