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Future Public Servants Get a Boost From UC Fellowships

September 23, 2016

UC Merced student Stephanie Maldonado was excited when she earned a slot in the University of California’s public service internship program in Washington, D.C., this fall — then came the financial reality check. Maldonado, a third-year political science major from the San Fernando Valley, felt her...

Winston’s Innovative Project Highlights UC Solar Symposium

September 22, 2016

UC Merced Professor Roland Winston will deliver details on a groundbreaking hybrid solar collector he’s working on that simultaneously generates electricity and very-high-temperature heat at the annual 2016 UC Solar Research Symposium slated for Oct. 7 at UC Davis. The University of California...

New Grants Will Expand Computational Training at UC Merced

September 21, 2016

Graduate students at the University of California, Merced, will benefit from extensive new research, funding and training opportunities, thanks to two National Science Foundation (NRS) grants totaling more than $3.25 million. Right to left: Professors Ramesh Balasubramaniam, Suzanne Sindi...

Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants

September 21, 2016

Graduate students at the University of California, Merced, will benefit from extensive new research, funding and training opportunities, thanks to two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling more than $3.25 million. Interdisciplinary groups of computational sciences researchers won two of...

Run Raises $2,500 for Scholarship Funds

September 20, 2016

More than 300 participants, including students, alumni, faculty and staff members and friends of the campus, gathered for the second annual UC Merced Journey 5K Fund Run earlier this month. First-year biological sciences major Guillermo Rivas, who is on the UC Merced men’s cross country team and is...

Mind and Body Join Robotics in New Research Project

September 19, 2016

Three UC Merced researchers are connecting eye-tracking hardware with a robotic exoskeletal arm to further understand the mind-body connection and, someday, to help people with disabilities have better use of their limbs. A National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant and...

New Director Looks to Build on Sexual Violence Prevention Efforts

September 15, 2016

UC Merced was ahead of the curve in 2009, when it created the Violence Prevention Program to combat sexual violence, dating and domestic violence, and stalking on campus and in the community just four years after opening its doors to students. The program later became the Campus Advocacy, Resources...

U.S. News Ranks UC Merced Among Nation’s Top Universities

September 13, 2016

In just its 12th academic year, the University of California, Merced, has been named one of the best public universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. The news magazine’s 2017 Best Colleges rankings, released today, rate UC Merced No. 78 among public schools...

Researcher’s Solar-Powered Water Heaters Could Save Energy and Money

September 7, 2016

UC Merced Professor Gerardo Diaz is developing solar-powered water heating technology that could reduce the demand for natural gas in businesses and homes and lower the costs for business and homeowners. Soon he’ll be putting that technology to the test in Southern California. Through a nearly $1...

UC Merced ‘Cool’ Again in Sierra Sustainability Rankings

September 6, 2016

A week after being lauded by Washington Monthly in its rankings for social mobility and value, UC Merced today was named one of the Sierra Club’s “Cool Schools” for its commitment to sustainability. It’s the fourth time in the last five years that UC Merced has appeared in the rankings — each time...