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UC Merced Lands $12.5M NSF Grant to Predict the Impact of Climate Change on Symbiotic Systems

September 26, 2022
UC Merced has received a $12.5 million grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop the Biology Integration Institute (BII): INSITE — the INstitute for Symbiotic Interactions, Training and Education — a research collaborative that aims to expand the fundamental knowledge of...

Eco-Friendly Vehicle Makes Pit Stop At UC Merced

September 22, 2022
Design by Sam Yniguez

Eco-Friendly Vehicle Makes Pit Stop At UC Merced (Slideshow)

September 22, 2022
The worlds first ever carbon-neutral vehicle was on display at UC Merced on Wednesday. Students, staff and the public were invited to get an up-close look at the prototype which is made of organic materials and runs on renewable energy sources.

Great Resignation: Where are Americans Quitting Most?

September 21, 2022

Four Ph.D. Students Awarded Chancellor’s Fellowship for Inclusive Excellence

September 14, 2022
UC Merced has awarded its second cohort of Chancellor’s Fellowship for Inclusive Excellence to four incoming Ph.D. students from the schools of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Natural Sciences and Engineering. Their studies will contribute to the representation of Black scholars in academia...

UC Excels as Many Colleges Fail in Push to Boost Enrollment

September 14, 2022

Sogin Receives Inaugural NSF Grant to Further Microbial Interactions Research

September 8, 2022
Professor Maggie Sogin is one of 20 faculty members nationwide to receive the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) inaugural Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO) award. This new grant supports pre-tenured faculty in the biological sciences at institutions that traditionally...

Five Students Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

September 7, 2022
Two UC Merced doctoral students and three undergraduate alumni have each earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRFP). The fellowships are highly competitive, with annual acceptance rates of about 16% from among more than 12,000 applicants. The five-year fellowship...

A Climate-Fueled Heat Wave Tests California’s Power Grid

September 6, 2022

The Heat Wave Crushing the West Is Preview of Hot Ag Future

September 2, 2022

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