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Bobcats Returning to New Features and Opportunities at UC Merced

August 17, 2023

UC Merced is preparing to welcome back thousands of students to campus for the start of the university's 19th academic year. From Aug. 17-20, family and friends will join incoming Bobcats as they arrive on campus throughout move-in weekend. As they settle into the residence halls, student and...

UC Merced Researchers Describe Solar Over Canals Pilot Project

August 16, 2023

In an opinion piece published in today's Los Angeles Times, UC Merced researchers Brandi McKuin and Professor Roger Bales describe the work that led to the upcoming Project Nexus, a pilot project that will erect solar panels over canals in the Turlock Irrigation District. Here is an excerpt: In...

Researcher Studies Effects of Dust on Climate Change

August 15, 2023

Being able to accurately predict how the climate will change in the future is one of the most important quests of our lifetimes. A key to better prediction is the fundamental understanding of how particles in the atmosphere are connected to climate and climate change. One way to do that is to...

Research into Electric Vehicles Earns Awards

August 10, 2023

Two of mechanical engineering Professor Ricardo de Castro 's Ph.D. students recently earned awards for their research on electric vehicles. Dilawer Ali, whose work centers on the electrification of tractors, won the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) award for the...

UC Merced Among Institutions Awarded $20 Million NSF Investment for Mechanical Chemistry

August 8, 2023

Understanding the atomic-scale mysteries of "crushing" chemistry is the goal of an expanding research center with a newly awarded $20 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Managed by Texas A&M University, NSF's Center for the Mechanical Control of Chemistry (CMCC)...

Students to Present Wide Array of Research at Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

August 1, 2023

UC Merced students will present research conducted over the summer at the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC) annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. The research presentations mark the end of the Summer Undergraduate Research Institute (SURI), a nine-week program conducted and...

UC Merced Students Get Firsthand Political Experience at California Legislature

July 28, 2023

After taking part in the UC Merced Center for Analytic Political Engagement 's inaugural legislative boot camp, students say they are better prepared to take on the first internships of their careers. The week-long session in Sacramento was led by former Assemblymember Adam Gray and political...

Paper on Online Object Tracking Earns Award 10 Years Later

July 27, 2023

UC Merced electrical engineering and computer science Professor Ming Hsuan-Yang recently won an award for a paper he co-authored 10 years ago. Yang was awarded the Longuet-Higgins Prize at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' June Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern...

CogSci Undergraduate Students Can Now Earn Honors for Research

July 26, 2023

Starting this fall, the Department of Cognitive and Information Sciences is offering an honors program for undergraduate students. Each student who is majoring in cognitive science and enrolled in the program will conduct research for a year and produce an honors thesis before they get a bachelor...

Clovis Native Excited to Represent the Central Valley Playing for UC Merced Volleyball Team

July 25, 2023

UC Merced is highlighting incoming students for fall 2023 — a dynamic, diverse and accomplished cohort of new Bobcats. When Clovis native and lifelong volleyball player Morgan Wilson first began exploring her options to play at the collegiate level, her path was not clear. She had several out-of-...