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Graduate Summer Bridge Program Recognized as a ‘Program to Watch’

December 22, 2022
Graduate Division’s Competitive Edge Summer Bridge program for incoming Ph.D. students was identified as a Program to Watch by Excelencia in Education, a national effort to identify evidence-based programs that improve Latino student success in higher education. “We are thrilled to receive this...

'Courage' and 'Idealism' Take Center Stage at Fall 2022 Commencement

December 21, 2022
Neither chilly temperatures nor a thick blanket of dense fog could dampen the smiles and spirits of hundreds of Bobcats as they participated in UC Merced's Fall 2022 Commencement. Nearly 450 graduates took part in three separate ceremonies at the Art Kamangar Center at the Merced Theatre. "The...

UC Merced Provides Unique Opportunities for Undergrad Research

December 21, 2022
Christina Georges didn't choose UC Merced because of the opportunities she would have to conduct research as an undergraduate. "When doing my own research on UC Merced in high school, I learned that UC Merced was a younger university," said the fourth-year biological sciences major from La Mirada...

UC Merced-led Research Predicts How Air Cleans Itself

December 19, 2022
Although climate change is still a very real challenge, the past decades of efforts to reduce the effects of human activities on the atmosphere have been potent enough to have thrown off the models scientists use to understand and forecast the atmosphere’s chemical composition and cleansing...

Fall 2022 Commencement to Include First Graduate Division Ceremony

December 14, 2022
Downtown Merced will be covered in a sea of blue and gold over two days as hundreds of UC Merced Bobcats take part in fall commencement. Also, for the first time, graduate students will have their own ceremony to celebrate their achievements. The pomp and circumstance kick off with the inaugural...

Researchers Look at Tree Reproduction and Effects of Climate Change Across North America

December 12, 2022
Life and Environmental Sciences Professor Emily Moran and collaborators at several other universities are set to conduct a continental-scale analysis of climate change effects on tree reproduction. In addition to monitoring seed production, thanks to a new grant from the National Science Foundation...

Research Reveals an Easy Way Dairy Farmers Can Dramatically Reduce their Climate Impact

November 28, 2022
Adding even a small amount of biochar — a charcoal-like material produced by burning organic matter — to a dairy’s manure-composting process reduces methane emissions by 84%, a recent study by UC Merced researchers shows. The dairy industry is one of the main sources of methane in California,...

UC Merced Gains Prestigious UC Agricultural Experiment Station Designation

November 16, 2022
UCs Merced and Santa Cruz became the newest campuses in the system to be named an agricultural experiment stations (AES), UC President Michael Drake announced at today’s Regents’ meeting. They are the first campuses in more than 50 years to earn the designation. “With the AES designation, Santa...

Nishiguchi Joins California Academy of Sciences, Recognized for Contributions to Microbiology

November 9, 2022
Molecular and Cellular Biology Professor Michele “Nish” Nishiguchi has been inducted as a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences and was recently named president-elect for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). She is one of 11 distinguished scientists inducted at the...

Webinar on Health Effects of Hookah to Include Doctoral Student's Research

November 9, 2022
A doctoral student in the Public Health program will be among the presenters taking part in a webinar on the health effects and policy implications of hookah smoking. Sarah Alnahari will present her research in the webinar titled "Shisha, Hookah and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking: Health Effects of Use...

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