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Ph.D. Student Pushes for Better Education Benefits for Veterans’ Dependents

January 24, 2024

A new state law will make a difference in accessing education for the dependents of disabled veterans in California, thanks to the initiative of UC Merced Interdisciplinary Humanities graduate student Karla Seijas. Seijas proposed the idea for a bill that would expand the CalVet College Fee Waiver...

Having a Mix of Tree Heights Enhances Drought Resilience in Sierra Nevada Forests

January 19, 2024

In a paper published in Nature Communications, UC Merced Professor Roger Bales, collaborating with an international team, found that the height of neighboring trees strongly influenced whether a given tree survived California's record 2012-15 drought. Using high-resolution maps developed from...

Lukens’ Latest Research Tracks Sediment’s Journey in the Eastern Sierra

January 16, 2024

Rocks, from ponderous boulders to tiny grains of sand, are subject to the whims of moisture, weather and time as they tumble from surrounding slopes into rivers, pools and lakes. UC Merced Professor Claire Lukens is getting more detailed data about these natural processes by using a larger range...

Buhl Named to ASCE Committee

January 16, 2024

Environmental Systems Ph.D. candidate Marie Buhl has been invited to join the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate (CACC). Buhl, who is from Germany, works in Professor Sam Markolf’s lab focusing on climate change adaption research in the field of...

New Study Suggests Chance Plays a Bigger Role Than One Might Think in Faculty Promotion

January 11, 2024

For professors, it’s up or out when it comes to tenure and promotion: After five years on the job as assistant professors, junior professors’ promise is evaluated by their more senior colleagues. These senior colleagues judge whether a junior colleague has developed a reputation for their research...

¿Field Curious? Smashes Barriers to Outdoor Science

January 8, 2024

When Carlos Martinez was growing up in Southern California, his experience outdoors largely consisted of the irrigated lawns and tidy trees of his local park. Camping and hiking were not in his family’s recreational repertoire. Meanwhile, high school and work kept him too busy to focus on much else...

Researcher Among the World's Most Highly Cited for the Fourth Straight Year

December 19, 2023

Distinguished Professor Martin Hagger from the Department of Psychological Sciences has been awarded one of this year’s Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher awards. He is one of four researchers from UC Merced to receive the award, and the only one from the School of Social Sciences, Humanities...

Fall 2023 Commencement (Slideshow)

December 19, 2023

Downtown Merced was awash in blue and gold as UC Merced's Fall 2023 Commencement literally spilled into the streets. Graduate students took the stage of the Art Kamangar Center inside the Merced Theater on Friday evening. They were followed on Saturday by the graduating class from the Schools of...

CAREER award funds high-performance computing research

December 14, 2023

Computer science and engineering Professor Xiaoyi Lu has received a CAREER award for his research into high-performance computing (HPC) cyberinfrastructure systems. He is the 39th researcher from UC Merced to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). CAREER awards are among...

Hundreds of Bobcats to be Celebrated at UC Merced Fall Commencement

December 13, 2023

Hundreds of UC Merced graduates, their friends and familes will pack the Merced Theatre in downtown Merced this weekend as fall commencement ceremonies are celebrated. There are 427 Bobcats set to participate. The pomp and circumstance begin at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15, with the Graduate Division...