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Startups Poised to Make Strides for Local Economy

March 17, 2017

Two startup companies run by UC Merced alumni have taken big steps toward the kind of success many entrepreneurs can only hope for. St. Vincent’s Solutions, which makes a humidifying respirator for premature babies, and Sweep Energy, which makes energy-monitoring devices for production facilities...

Ancient Biological Clockwork Revealed Using ‘Secret Sauce’

March 16, 2017

In finding a way to see assemblies of the proteins that direct cyanobacterial circadian rhythms, or biological clocks, UC Merced biochemistry Professor Andy LiWang and his colleagues have done what no one else has been able to, despite more than 15 years of trying. A new paper released in the...

Alumni Bring Unique Experience to Bobcats’ Coaching Ranks

March 15, 2017

Some of UC Merced’s most celebrated sports stars of the recent past are now helping to lead the newest generation of student-athletes at their alma mater. For these former players, coaching is a chance to remain connected to a campus they love and to share their experiences and work ethic with...

Graduate Programs on the Rise, U.S. News Rankings Show

March 14, 2017

At just 12 years old, the graduate programs at the University of California, Merced, are already among the best in the nation, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Graduate Schools rankings. UC Merced’s School of Engineering made its second appearance in the graduate school...

Donation Encourages Grad Students to Share Their Research

March 13, 2017

The contest for top honors in UC Merced’s Grad Slam competition will be even more intense this year thanks to a generous donation from Jane Binger, Ed.D., and her husband, Robert Bernstein, M.D. Binger and Bernstein — a UC Merced Foundation Board of Trustees diplomat and a UC Merced Foundation...

New Initiative Advances Agriculture Technology Education

March 13, 2017

As agriculture and food production achieve greater high-tech heights and resources such as water become more scarce, the country will increasingly depend on innovative solutions from its brightest minds. A new initiative at UC Merced aims to poise today’s students at the leading edge of the nexus...

New UC Solar Project Produces Both Heat and Power

March 7, 2017

One of California’s greatest energy challenges is finding innovative ways to lower natural gas consumption to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. To help meet that challenge, a new solar energy system that produces both heat and electricity might not be far away...

New Math Center Aims to Enhance Student Support, Success

March 6, 2017

Student success has always been a priority at UC Merced, and now students looking for support in math have an additional resource with the launch of The Math Center. “We’re very excited to collaborate with the Applied Math faculty to enhance the substantial resources the campus offers through the...

Pulitzer Winner, HP Executive to Speak at Commencement Ceremonies

March 6, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Héctor Tobar and HP Inc. Chief Diversity Officer Lesley Slaton Brown are the keynote speakers for the University of California, Merced’s 12th commencement exercises, May 13 and 14. The campus expects more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students to...

Annual Research Week Celebrates UC Merced’s Innovation and Advances

March 2, 2017

It’s time for the annual celebration of one of the main missions of UC Merced, along with education and public service — research. From March 6-10, people on and off campus can get an up-close look at how UC Merced research fosters the development of students and faculty and extends growth from...