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UC Merced Commencement Keynote Speakers Ready to Inspire

May 10, 2023
  A teacher who has touched the stars and a professor who was the first star in the UC Merced doctoral firmament will serve as keynote speakers at the university’s spring Commencement ceremonies May 12-14. NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba will address ceremonies for undergraduates from UC Merced’s three...

Central Valley Town Seeks $20 million for Flood Recovery

May 10, 2023

SIAM Student Chapter Conference Showcases Math Students from Around Region and Coast

May 9, 2023
After a three-year hiatus, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Student Chapter from UC Merced held its fifth annual Central Valley regional conference on campus. The UC Merced SIAM Student Chapter hosted the mid-April conference in the Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy Grand...

San Francisco Airport Will Monitor Plane Waste for COVID-19

May 9, 2023

UC Merced to Celebrate Class of 2023 with Three Commencement Ceremonies

May 5, 2023
Nearly 1,500 students plan to participate in UC Merced's Spring 2023 Commencement that will be celebrated with three distinct ceremonies on the campus's Recreation Field. The first ceremony kicks off Friday, May 12, at 6 p.m. for the Graduate Division. Forty-one master's candidates and 61 Ph.D....

How the DNA We Leave Behind Can Help Conservation

May 3, 2023

Campus Grad Slam Champion Wows with Talk About Recycling CO2

May 1, 2023
Aneelman Brar wants to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Chemistry and Chemical Biology Ph.D. student’s three-minute talk entitled “From Pollutant to Fuel and New Products: Recycling Carbon Dioxide” earned her bragging rights as UC Merced's Grad Slam champion and a $5,000 prize, plus the...

Civil Rights Activist Dolores Huerta Speaks to UC Merced Students

May 1, 2023

UC Merced’s Graduate Programs Rank Among Best in the Nation

April 25, 2023
UC Merced continues to be recognized nationally, with some programs leaping forward, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 edition of Best Graduate Schools released on April 25. Designed for prospective students looking to further their education beyond college, the Best Graduate...

Graduate Students Help Further the Understanding of Diseases such as Alzheimer's

April 12, 2023
Student researchers in experimental physics Professor Jing Xu’s lab have played a critical role in a study that will help understand Alzheimer’s and other diseases that progressively destroy brain tissue. Three students, including a graduate student who has since completed his Ph.D. and an...

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