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UC Merced and LACCD Forge New Transfer Pathway to Boost Student Access, Success

September 18, 2024

A memorandum of understanding signed between University of California, Merced, and the Los Angeles Community College District this week will extend access for transfer students through the Merced Promise Pathway Program. With an initial goal of attracting 100 qualified LACCD transfer students to UC...

Bakersfield Student Ready to Go the Distance at UC Merced

September 9, 2024

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. A high school distance runner from Bakersfield is striding into new territory, becoming the first person in her family to attend college. Leslie Aquino brings academic distinction and a reputation...

Physics Grad Student Receives Competitive UC Fellowship

September 5, 2024

Ph.D. student Micah Oeur has been awarded a 2024-2025 UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship to support her physics research and boost her goal to be a professor. PPPF’s goal is to enhance faculty pathways for historically underrepresented groups, particularly Chicanx/Latinx, African Americans...

Mellon Grant Launches ‘Interwoven Futures’ Community Partnership Project

September 5, 2024

UC Merced has received a $750,000 boost to its mission to invest in the San Joaquin Valley’s unique cultural, creative and linguistic wealth by working with the region’s people to strengthen communities and champion social justice. The university’s Center for the Humanities will use a three-year...

UC Merced Ranked No. 1 in the Nation for Social Mobility, No. 18 Overall

September 4, 2024

When it comes to changing the lives of its students, UC Merced is second to none. In the latest Wall Street Journal America's Best Colleges rankings, UC Merced was the No. 1 university in the nation for social mobility — a term used to describe how well colleges and universities attract, retain and...

Researchers Discover Mechanism that Could Control Longevity, Cancer Cell Production

September 3, 2024

Researchers at UC Merced used fruit flies to uncover a cellular process common to many organisms that could dramatically impact the understanding of cancer and aging. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Professor Fred Wolf, then-graduate student Sammy Villa and Genentech Vice President and...

It’s a ‘Welcome’ Party at UC Merced Scholars Bridge Crossing

August 28, 2024

UC Merced said “welcome” to its 2,400 new students Tuesday as only UC Merced can, with a joyous and colorful Scholars Bridge Crossing ceremony that symbolizes their transformation into Bobcats at the San Joaquin Valley’s only research university. Hundreds of those first-year or transfer students...

Political Science Students Take on Lawmaking and Lobbying at the State Capitol

August 19, 2024

UC Merced political science students returned to Sacramento to get first-hand experience at California’s Capitol with internships. The Center for Analytic Political Engagement (CAPE) Legislative Bootcamp is led by CAPE’s Director Professor Nathan Monroe and Associate Director Adam Gray. The week-...

Researchers Accurately Model Animals’ Hunting, Scavenging Behavior

August 14, 2024

A group of UC Merced researchers modeled predation behaviors, as well as changes in those behaviors, among large carnivores, developing a new theory that will help biologists assess the health of various ecosystems. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences Professor Justin Yeakel, Department...

Central Coast Student Brings Flair for Robotics to UC Merced

August 13, 2024

This is part of a series of profiles of new UC Merced Bobcats enrolled for the fall 2024 semester. After diving into robotics in high school, Antonio "Tony" Lopez-Blanco is eager to attend UC Merced in pursuit of a career that reaches for the sky. Lopez says he is “ready to learn, ready to work...