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UC Merced Welcomes Future Bobcats for Bobcat Day

April 18, 2024

UC Merced will host incoming students, their families and friends on Saturday, April 20, for Bobcat Day - the university's annual open house. Bobcat Day will begin at 9:15 a.m. with a welcome message from Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz at University Plaza. Campus staff, faculty, students and alumni...

Two Community Colleges Join UC Merced Transfer Pathway for Students

April 17, 2024

UC Merced has partnered with two California community colleges to further extend access to students transferring to a four-year university. In April, ceremonies were held to sign agreements with Madera Community College and Las Positas College. By signing the Madera Promise and Las Positas Promise...

UC Merced Lands Grant for Making Roads Safer for Bicyclists, Pedestrians

April 16, 2024

A major route to UC Merced could soon begin to be much safer under a project to install, test and assess several bike lane and other safety interventions. The Bellevue Road safety project will be paid for through a $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and...

Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains

April 15, 2024

Congratulations to UC Merced political science assistant professor Aditya Dasgupta and co-author Elena Ramirez on the publication of their new article Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains in American Political...

Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion

March 5, 2024

Congratulations to UC Merced political science assistant professor Anil Menon and co-authors Yehonatan Abramson and Abir Gitlin on the publication of their new article Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion in American Journal...

Bobcat Model UN to host Yazidi Genocide Education VR Experience

March 4, 2024

In a joint sponsorship with the Political Violence Lab, UC Merced's Model UN members will participate in an award-winning virtual reality experience commemorating the genocide againt the Yazidis by Da'esh (ISIS). The VR experience, Nobody’s Listening: The Forgotten Voices of Sinjar is...

'Roads to Removal' Symposium Looks at Opportunities to Fight Climate Change

March 4, 2024

Discussions around climate change often center around the bad news - the planet is warming, weather is getting more extreme, resources are increasingly scarce. But there also is cause for hope. There are options to mitigate climate change, and some of them are already happening. This was the...

Grant Supports UC Merced Effort to Improve College Readiness in Valley

February 26, 2024

A significant grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will advance UC Merced's efforts to create a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of college readiness among high-school students in the San Joaquin Valley, particularly those from underrepresented and socioeconomically diverse...

1300 Campaign Continues to Lift up Young Men of Color to Pursue Higher Education

February 14, 2024

Editor's note: In honor of Black History Month, the UC Merced newsroom is highlighting some of the organizations, services and people who serve or represent the Black community on campus. For many aspiring college students, it can be hard to picture themselves attending a four-year university,...

Students From Nine UC Campus Will Be Represented at Student of Color Conference Hosted by UC Merced

January 25, 2024

Hundreds of students representing all nine University of California undergraduate campuses will descend upon Merced this weekend for the annual Student of Color Conference. The conference is sponsored by the University of California Student Association (UCSA) - the official voice of students from...