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Give to UC Merced 2021 Raises Nearly $230,000 in Campus Support

January 20, 2022
In December, the Give to UC Merced 2021 fundraising initiative surpassed the targeted goal of $100,000, garnering a total of $227,569 to support programs and people throughout the university. Give to UC Merced 2021 was the second year in a row that the initiative has been held over an entire month...

New Climate-focused Agriculture Program Aims to Train Students, Professionals and Farmers

January 18, 2022
California is the largest and the most diverse agricultural economy in the nation with revenue exceeding $50 billion — larger than the combined agricultural economies of the other 10 western states.   But the state and its residents, especially the disadvantaged, are highly vulnerable to the...

Campus Receives Grant to Provide Financial Support to Students in Service to Communities

January 18, 2022
As part of the 2021-22 Governor’s California Comeback Plan, UC Merced students will get the opportunity to serve their community while receiving financial support for college through the new program #CaliforniaForAll College Fellowship. Modeled after the pilot Civic Action program launched in 2020...

UC Merced Team Wins CITRIS’s Inaugural Student Aviation Competition

January 14, 2022
A team from UC Merced comprising eight undergraduate and graduate students has won the inaugural CITRIS Aviation Prize. For engineering the winning proposal, they will receive a $2,000 cash award, as well as a $25,000 budget to support a live demonstration of their flight in spring 2022.   Launched...

UC Merced Extends Remote Teaching by One Extra Week

January 7, 2022
UC Merced will delay the start of in-person instruction in light of the highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant sweeping the nation, but otherwise is moving forward with plans for on-site courses and carefully coordinated campus operations for spring semester. Resident students are scheduled...

UC Merced Prepares for Spring Semester, Girds for Omicron

January 4, 2022
UC Merced will briefly delay the start of in-person instruction in light of the highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant sweeping the nation, but otherwise is moving forward with plans for on-site courses and carefully coordinated campus operations for spring semester. Resident students are...

Grad Student Awarded 2022 UC-National Lab Fee Research Program Fellowship

December 22, 2021

Ph.D. Student Goes from Former Inmate to Teaching Prisoners

December 16, 2021
In his early 20s, Cory Mccullough battled addiction and stole to support his habits. The Dos Palos native spent several stints in prison as early as 2011 for commercial burglary. Education was the last thing on his mind. Now, the former inmate finds himself in the joint again, this time not behind...

Survey: Fresno Voters Concerned with Pandemic, Spending Priorities, Basic Needs

December 15, 2021
A representative sample survey of Fresno voters, now in its second year, is giving area policymakers insight into the opinions and concerns of the people they represent. The UC Merced Community and Labor Center partnered with the Fresno County Civic Engagement Table to conduct the Fresno Speaks...

Fall Commencement Speaker Pursues Goal to Transform Education

December 15, 2021
Na’ilah Suad Nasir has adjusted to Chicago winters as much as a native Californian can. She owns a snow shovel and knows how to use it. She purchased a big, warm coat. “They say there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing,” Nasir said, speaking from her office at The Spencer Foundation...

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